Events from the year 1917 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister - Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Carl Swartz, and Nils Edén
Events 10–18 February – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm. 1 and 16 September: The 1917 Swedish general election result in the fall of the rightwing government in favor of the liberals. The child serial killer Hilda Nilsson is put on trial. The movie A Man There Was has its premier
Births
3 February – Arne Sucksdorff, film director (died 2001)
Deaths
14 July – Paul Peter Waldenström, theologian (born 1838) 10 August - Hilda Nilsson, serial killer (born 1876) 5 November - Louise Hammarström, chemist (born 1849) Wilhelmina Lagerholm, photographer (born 1826) Sophie Cysch, singer (born 1847)
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