Events from the year 1939 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Gustaf V
Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson
Events
31 August – The Sandö Bridge collapsed while under construction, and 18 workers were killed in the event.
The secret intelligence agency C-byrån established. The Åhlinska skolan is closed.
Literature
Pelle Svanslös på äventyr by Gösta Knutsson, the first book in the Pelle Svanslös children's book series
Births
15 January – Per Ahlmark, writer and politician
25 January - Gabriel Romanus, politician
21 February - Börje Ahlstedt, actor
28 July – Gösta Ekman, actor, comedian, and director
Exact date missing
Ivar Jacobson, computer scientist and software engineer
Deaths
12 January – Hugo Jahnke, gymnast (born 1886). 16 May – Anders Lindstedt mathematician, astronomer and actuarial scientist, known for the Poincaré–Lindstedt method (born 1854) 29 May – Åke Lundeberg, sport shooter (born 1888). 18 December – Bruno Liljefors, painter (born 1860)
Full date missing
Olof Olsson, politician (born 1872).