April 14 – Erik Gustaf Boström resigns as the prime minister of Sweden, over the issue of the Swedish- Norwegian Union. His minister without portfolio, Johan Ramstedt, becomes the new prime minister of Sweden.
October 26 – Sweden agrees to the repeal of the union with Norway.
November 7 – The lawyer and liberal politician Karl Staaff becomes Prime Minister of Sweden, after an Riksdag election based mainly about, voting rights reform.