1941 in Sweden

Events from the year 1941 in Sweden

Incumbents

King – Gustaf V Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson Cabinet – Minister for Justice – Karl Gustaf Westman Minister for Foreign Affairs – Christian Günther Minister for Foreign Trade – Fritiof Domö (until 7 March) Hermann Eriksson (after 7 March) Minister for Defence – Per Edvin Sköld Minister for Health and Social Affairs – Gustav Möller Minister for Finance – Ernst Wigforss Minister for Rural Affairs – Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp Minister for Infrastructure – Gustaf Andersson

Events

Enskilda Bank receives $4.5M from Germany & allegedly acts as a purchasing agent for German bonds and securities. 20 January - The first trolleybus line in Stockholm begins to operate. 22 January - Victor Hasselblad registers the Hasselblad Camera Company 4 March - British commandos carry out attacks on Narvik, Norway via Sweden 22 June - The Midsummer crisis begins following Germany's request to transport troops through Sweden during Operation Barbarossa. Historians later debated whether the episode constituted a genuine constitutional crisis. 25 June - 163rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) starts to travel through Sweden. July - A fully-equipped German division crosses Sweden from Norway to Finland. 17 September - Swedish navy experiences its worst disaster ever in Harsfjarden

Births

3 February - Monica Nordquist, actress (died 2017) 13 February - Bo Svenson, actor 28 April - Ann-Margret, actress 15 June - Essy Persson, actress 19 June - Magnus Harenstram, actor 9 July - Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, modern pentathlete 13 September - Jan-Åke Edvinsson, ice hockey administrator (died 2022) 29 September - Thomas Hellberg, actor (died 2023)

Deaths

3 January - Henning Ohlson, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1884) 8 April – Gulli Petrini, women's rights activist (b. 1867) 3 May – Selma Ek, operatic soprano (b. 1856) 15 May – Anna Lindhagen, politician (b. 1870)

1941 in Sweden

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