Events from the year 1931 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister – Carl Gustaf Ekman
Events 14 May – The Ådalen shootings: During a general strike in Ådalen, military troops fired gunshots into a crowd of demonstrants. Five persons were killed in the massacre, and five were injured.
Births 24 January – Lars Hörmander, mathematician (died 2012) 31 March – Göran Printz-Påhlson, writer (died 2006) 15 April – Tomas Tranströmer, poet (died 2015) 23 June – Ola Ullsten, politician (died 2018) 16 July – Kjell Hansson, Olympic rower (died 2019) 23 July – Jan Troell, filmmaker 28 August – Sven Tumba, ice hockey player (died 2011). 16 December – Lasse Björn, ice hockey player (died 2024)Swedish legend Lasse Bjorn passes away at 92
Deaths
8 April – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet (born 1864) 26 May – Anna Sandström, feminist 16 June – Lucie Lagerbielke, writer and painter (born 1865). 12 July – Nathan Söderblom, clergyman, archbishop (born 1866) 13 October – Ernst Didring, writer (born 1868)
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