Events from the year 1911 in Sweden.
Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister - Arvid Lindman, Karl Staaff
Events
27 April – The film Stockholmsfrestelser by Anna Hofman-Uddgren, the first movie by a female director in Sweden. 11 June – The Sixth Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance is held in Stockholm.Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan B.; Gage, Matilda Joslyn; Harper, Ida Husted (1922). History of Woman Suffrage: 1900–1920 (Public domain ed.). Fowler & Wells. 3-24 September - The first election with universal suffrage for men. 7 October – Liberal leader Karl Staaff returns as Prime Minister of Sweden after a Riksdag election victory based on the promises of defense cuts and social reforms. 1911 Liberal policy focused on decrease in military expenditure. This led to conflict between Staaf and King Gustav V. Date unknown – The Swedish Cross-Country Skiing Association is renamed the Swedish Ski Association. Date unknown - Start of the Swedish intervention in Persia.
Births
15 January – Gösta Bohman, politician (died 1997) 5 February - Jussi Björling, operatic tenor (died 1960)
Deaths 28 January – Wilhelmina Fundin, operatic soprano (died 1819) 8 February – Gustaf Fröding, poet and writer (born 1860) 10 March - Elsa Eschelsson, first woman to finish a Doctor of Laws (born 1861) 8 May - Rosalie Fougelberg, dentist (born 1841) 7 October - Hilda Lund, ballerina (born 1840)
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