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
31 March – Göran Printz-Påhlson, writer (died 2006) 15 April – Tomas Tranströmer, poet 23 June – Ola Ullsten, politician 16 July – Kjell Hansson, Olympic rower 27 August – Sven Tumba, ice hockey player (died 2011).
Deaths
8 April – Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet (born 1864) 12 July – Nathan Söderblom, clergyman, archbishop (born 1866) 13 October – Ernst Didring, writer (born 1868) – Anna Sandström