* 1907 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor ( d. 2003 )

* 1907 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator ( d. 1979 )

* 1907 – Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.

* 1907 – László Heller, Hungarian engineer ( d. 1980 )

* 1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England, United Kingdom.

* 1907 – Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed the Coventry Cathedral ( d. 1976 )

Monty Noble led Australia to victory in both 1907 – 08 and 1909.

* 1907 – Mary Hamman, American writer ( d. 1984 )

* 1907 – The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.

* 1907 – Eric Shipton, English mountaineer ( d. 1977 )

* 1907 – Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $ 29. 4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers ; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.

* 1907 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer ( d. 1988 )

* 1907 – Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian military leader and politician, 29th President of Brazil ( d. 1996 )

* 1979 – Angelos Terzakis, Greek writer ( b. 1907 )

* 1907 – Albert Kotin, American painter ( d. 1980 )

* 1907 – Benny Carter, American musician, composer, and bandleader ( d. 2003 )

* 1907 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, invented the snowmobile ( d. 1964 )

* 1907 – August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal ( d. 1947 )

* 1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr.

* 1907 – Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, Washington, opened.

* 1860 – Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler ( d. 1907 )

* 1866 – Henrik Sillem, Dutch sports shooter ( d. 1907 )

* 1907 – Joe Besser, American actor and comedian ( d. 1988 )

* 1907 – Benjamin Henry Sheares, Singaporean politician, 2nd President of Singapore ( d. 1981 )

* 1907 – Archie League, American air traffic controller ( d. 1986 )

* 1968 – Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and writer ( b. 1907 )

* 1907 Sadolins Farver, paints company, founded by Gunnar Asgeir Sadolin in Copenhagen.

The Juvenalorden, or " Juvenal Order ", of 1907 was founded on the initiative of then student, later clergyman August Lindh, remembered for his widespread Swedish translation of the German student song O alte Burschenherrlichkeit ( in Swedish: Gamla klang-och jubeltid ), and with a tenuous connection to the original society in the form of the aging physician M. Aspelin, who had during his student days in Uppsala been introduced into the Juvenals by its principal figure, the poet and composer Gunnar Wennerberg ( 1817-1901 ) himself.

Gunnar Valfrid Jarring ( 12 October 1907 – 29 May 2002 ) was a Swedish diplomat and Turkologist.

* 1907 – King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

* 1907 – Fred Warngård, Swedish athlete ( d. 1950 )

* 1907 – Lars Leksell, Swedish physician ( d. 1986 )

* June 23 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer ( b. 1907 )

* January 28 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children's book author ( b. 1907 )

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren ( née Ericsson ) (), 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002 ) was a Swedish author and screenwriter.

The symbols of Swedish monarchy have not actually been worn since 1907, but are still displayed at weddings, christenings and funerals.

SKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB ( Swedish: Swedish ball bearing factory AB ), later AB SKF, is a Swedish bearing company founded in 1907, supplying bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products and related services globally.

The company was founded on Sven Wingqvist's 1907 Swedish patent No. 25406, a multi-row self-aligning radial ball bearing.

Important precursors of Expressionism were: the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche ( 1844-1900 ), especially his philosophical novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra ( 1883-92 ); the later plays of the Swedish dramatist August Strindberg ( 1849-1912 ), including the trilogy To Damascus 1898-1901, A Dream Play ( 1902 ), The Ghost Sonata ( 1907 ); Frank Wedekind ( 1864-1918 ), especially the " Lulu " plays Erdgeist ( Earth Spirit ) ( 1895 ) and Die Büchse der Pandora ( Pandora's Box ) ( 1904 ); the American poet Walt Whitman ( 1819-92 ): Leaves of Grass ( 1855-91 ); the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky ( 1821-81 ); Norwegian painter Edvard Munch ( 1863-1944 ); Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh ( 1853-90 ); Belgian painter James Ensor ( 1860-1949 ); Sigmund Freud ( 1856-1939 ).

On 8 December 1907, he succeeded his father on the Swedish throne, which had been separated from the Norwegian throne two years earlier.

Gustaf V was the last Swedish king to be Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces ( between 1907 and 1939 ).

It was said of her, that of all foreign princesses married into the Swedish royal house, she was perhaps the one best suited to be Queen consort of Sweden, and for the first ten years in Sweden, she almost was: from 1897 until 1907, Queen Sophia seldom showed herself at public occasions and Crown Princess Victoria spent most of her time abroad, so Princess Ingeborg thereby filled the position of first lady at the Swedish court.

* SS Wasa ( 1907 ) a Swedish cargo ship launched in 1907, sold to Norway in 1925 and renamed Henry

* October 29-Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright ( died 1907 )

Swedish People ’ s Party election poster that was used from 1907 to 1966.

Axel Johan Lille ( 28 March 1848, Helsinki – 28 June 1921 ) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist and politician and the main founder of the Swedish People's Party ( Svenska folkpartiet, SFP ) and its leader 1907 – 1917.

The modern, self-aligning design of ball bearing is attributed to Sven Wingquist of the SKF ball-bearing manufacturer in 1907, when he was awarded Swedish patent No. 25406 on its design.