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Sweden-related events during the year of 1909

1909
in
Sweden

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Police officers guard streetcars during the general strike.

Events from the year 1909 in Sweden

Incumbents

Events

  • 6–14 February – The Nordic Games take place in Stockholm.
  • 4 August to 4 September – Swedish General Strike (The Great Strike of 1909)
    • Introduction of the 8-hour day at the end of 1910s
  • 10 December – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first woman to be given the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • The right for women to vote in municipal elections are extended to include married women, and women are made eligible to municipal councils.
  • The phrase "Swedish man" is removed from the application forms to public offices and women are thereby approved as applicants to most public professions.

Births

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Deaths

References

  1. Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of international games. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 473. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
  2. Schön, Lennart (2012). An economic history of modern Sweden. London: Routledge. p. 233. ISBN 9780415671309.
  3. Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 15. Kromat - Ledvätska
  4. "Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek: Akademikeryrken". Ub.gu.se. 2010-11-17. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
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