Volvo produces its first production line car, the Jakob, in Göteborg. The car has a 28-hp 4-cylinder engine, and costs 4800 kronor. About 200 are produced. The company name was chosen because it means "I roll" in Latin
Dödsstraffet avskaffas i Sverige
The first Social Democrat government is formed, lead by Karl Hjalmar Branting. This is the first socialist government in the world to reach power by peaceful means. The work day is set at eight hours, Monday to Saturday.
Lag om åttatimmars arbetsdag införs. Riksdagsbeslut tas om rösträtt för kvinnor.
Spanskasjukan,dödar 38,000 i Sverige.
1a Världskriget
Sommar Olympiad i Stockholm
Sista avrättningen i Sverige (guilliotine) Mördare - Johan Ander
Kung Oskar II avlider, Prins Gustav blir Kung Gustav V.
Riksdagsbeslut tas om allmän rösträtt för män.
Sven Wingquist founds Svenska Kullagerfabrik (SKF) in Göteborg, to manufacture ball bearings.
Unionen med Norge upplöses
(about 1:30 PM) The hydrogen gas filled balloon Eagle lifts off from Danes Island, Spitzbergen, carrying Swedish Aeronauts Salomon August Andrée, Knut Fraenkel, and Nils Strindberg. They hope to reach the North Pole. (Their balloon is forced down on an ice-covered island, where 83 days later they die of trichinosis from eating polar bear meat infected with trichinae. Their remains are found in 1930.)
Första Svenska bilen byggs.
1873 - 1949 (76 år) 
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