1998 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1998 in Sweden
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 1 January – Västra Götaland County is founded following a merger of the counties of Älvsborg, Göteborg and Bohus, and Skaraborg Counties.[1]
September
[edit]- 20 September – The 1998 Swedish general election.
Popular culture
[edit]Literature
[edit]- Date unknown: Berömda män som varit i Sunne, novel by Göran Tunström, winner of the August Prize.[2]
Music
[edit]- 21 October – Blott en dag, music album released by Carola Häggkvist
Sports
[edit]- 7–22 February: 99 sportspersons compete for Sweden at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
- 8 November: The 1998 Allsvenskan is won by AIK.
Births
[edit]- 29 May – Matilda Algotsson, figure skater
- 15 October – Jonna Luthman, alpine ski racer.[3]
- 30 October – Jesper Boqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- 15 November – Emma Larsson, artistic gymnast
Deaths
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- 1 January – Åke Seyffarth, speed skater (born 1919).[4]
- 6 January – Märta Johansson, diver (born 1907).[5]
- 21 May – Erik Bladström, canoer, Olympic champion 1936 (born 1918).[6]
- 1 December – Bertil Nordahl, footballer (born 1917).[7]
Full date missing
[edit]- Birger Sandberg, footballer (born 1918)
References
[edit]- ^ Bosse Carlqvist (30 January 2020). "Så överlever begreppet Skaraborg, 22 år efter att länet försvann" (in Swedish). SVT Väst. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Augustpriset" (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Jonna LUTHMAN". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Åke Seyffarth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Märta Johansson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erik Bladström". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bertil Nordahl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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