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| 1 | 1872 | - 1872: Kung Karl XV avlider,hans bror blir Kung Oskar II.
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| 2 | 1873 | - 1873: Sweden adopts the gold standard. The first 1-krona coin is minted, guaranteed in gold, replacing the riksdaler.
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| 3 | 1891 | - 1891: Första motordrivna bilen körs på Svenska vägar.
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| 4 | 1897 | - 1897: Första Svenska bilen byggs.
- 11 Jul 1897: (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.)
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| 5 | 1905 | - 1905: Unionen med Norge upplöses
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| 6 | 1907 | - 1907: Riksdagsbeslut tas om allmän rösträtt för män.
- 1907: Sven Wingquist founds Svenska Kullagerfabrik (SKF) in Göteborg, to manufacture ball bearings.
- 8 Dec 1907: Kung Oskar II avlider, Prins Gustav blir Kung Gustav V.
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| 7 | 1910 | - 1910: Sista avrättningen i Sverige (guilliotine)
Mördare - Johan Ander
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| 8 | 1912 | - 1912: Sommar Olympiad i Stockholm
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| 9 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: 1a Världskriget
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| 10 | 1918 | - 1918: Spanskasjukan,dödar 38,000 i Sverige.
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| 11 | 1919 | - 1919: Lag om åttatimmars arbetsdag införs. Riksdagsbeslut tas om rösträtt för kvinnor.
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| 12 | 1920 | - Mar 1920: 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.
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| 13 | 1921 | - 1921: Dödsstraffet avskaffas i Sverige
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| 14 | 1927 | - 14 Apr 1927: 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
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| 15 | 1931 | - Maj 1931: In Norrland, in Ådalen, troops fire on and kill five strikers who maltreated a group of strike-breakers.
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| 16 | 1932 | - 12 Mar 1932: Ivar Kreuger, Swedish financier, is found shot dead in his Paris apartment, presumably a suicide. He is estimated to have spent US$400 million of investor money in 15 years.
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| 17 | 1935 | - 1935: Sweden holds the world record for low birth rate, at 13.7 per thousand. Deaths exceed births by 3%
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| 18 | 1937 | - 1937: Saab is founded as an airplane builder, and produces its first airplane.
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| 19 | 1939 | - 1 Sep 1939: Tyskland invaderar Polen 2a världskriget
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1870 - 1940 (69 år)