List of firsts in Sweden
# List of firsts in Sweden

This is a list of firsts in Sweden.

## Politics and government

* First Prime Minister: Louis De Geer: March 20, 1876 – April 19, 1880.
* First female minister of cabinet: Karin Kock (s), 1947
* First female leader of a Riksdag party: Karin Söder (c), 1985
* First female Prime Minister: Magdalena Andersson: 30 November 2021 – 18 October 2022.
* First openly homosexual minister of cabinet: Andreas Carlgren (c), 2006.
* First minister of cabinet of African origin: Nyamko Sabuni (fp), 2006.
* First speaker of the unicameral Riksdag: Henry Allard (s), 1971.

## Architecture

* First planned settlement: Birka

## Education and academia

* First university: Uppsala University, founded in 1477, continuous since 1593.
* First female dentist: Rosalie Fougelberg, 1867 (Amalia Assur, was licensed in 1852, but only with a special permission)
* First female medical doctor: Karolina Widerström, 1884
* First female PhD: Ellen Fries, promoted in 1883
* First female professor: Sofia Kovalevskaya, 1889
* First female university student: Betty Pettersson, 1872
* First (trained) nurse: Emmy Rappe, 1867
* First female pharmacist: Agnes Arvidsson, 1903 (First female with a degree in pharmacology)
* First female psychiatrist: Alfhild Tamm, 1908

## Science and technology

* First scientific discovery: Lymphatic system by Olaus Rudbeck.
* First elephant: Imported from Ceylon in 1804.
* First railway: Frykstadbanan, between Frykstad and Klara Älvs, in the province of Värmland, converted to steam operation in 1855.
* First home-built automobile: a steam car built in 1891-92 by brothers Jöns and Anders Cederholm.
* First aeroplane flight: Frenchman George Legagneux flew his aircraft in Stockholm, 1909.
* First Volvo automobile: Volvo ÖV4, left production line on 14 April, 1927.
* First line of the Stockholm metro: Slussen to Hökarängen, opened October 1, 1950.
* First nuclear reactor: R1 at Royal Institute of Technology, started on July 13, 1954.
* First motorway: Malmö-Lund, 1950s.

## Culture

* First official translation of the Bible: Gustav Vasa Bible, 1541
* First professional native actress: Beata Sabina Straas, 1737
* First theatre: Björngårdsteatern, 1640
* First professional woman photographer: Brita Sofia Hesselius, 1845
* First female film producer: Ebba Lindkvist, 1910

## Business

* First casino: Casino Cosmopol in Sundsvall, opened on July 1, 2001

## Titles and awards

* First Miss Sweden to win Miss World Kicki Håkansson in 1951
* First Miss Sweden to win Miss Universe Hillevi Rombin in 1955

## Other

* First professional woman swimmer Nancy Edberg, 1847
