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Events in the year 2021 in Sweden.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
- 31 January – Sweden loses to Denmark in the final of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship, winning silver in the competition.[1][2]
- 3 March – Vetlanda stabbing attack: A man in his twenties injures 7 people[3] with an axe in Vetlanda. He was shot and wounded by police before being arrested.[4][5]
- 22–28 March – 2021 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Stockholm.[6]
- 1 April – Kalix train station is opened.[7]
- 21 June – Swedish government crisis.[8]
- 29 June – Sweden men's national football team are knocked out of the UEFA Euro 2020 competition at the Round of 16 by Ukraine.[9]
- 8 July – A single-engine DHC-2 Beaver carrying 8 skydivers plus 1 pilot crashed shortly after takeoff from Örebro Airport. All 9 people died.[10]
- 22 August – Stefan Löfven announces that he will resign as Prime Minister in November 2021.[11]
- 28 September – An explosion occurs in Annedal in Gothenburg.[12]
- 3 October – Lars Vilks dies together with two guards in a car crash on European route E4 in Markaryd.[13]
- 14 October – The Swedish Police Authority presents a new list of Vulnerable areas, Klockaretorpet in Norrköping and Rannebergen in Gothenburg are removed while Valsta, Fisksätra, Visättra and Grantorp in Stockholm are added.[14]
- 30 November: Magdalena Andersson replaces Stefan Löfven as Prime Minister of Sweden, making her the first woman ever to hold that position.[15]
- 27 November to 5 December – 2021 Women's World Floorball Championships in Uppsala.[16]
- 6 December – A photo published by Nyheter Idag of the Minister for Public Administration Ida Karkiainen doing a Nazi salute in 2004 becomes a political scandal.[17][18]
- 13 December – Two vessels collide of the coast of Ystad.[19]
Anniversaries
[edit]- 400 years since the establishment of Gothenburg as a city, getting town privileges in 1621.[20] The planned Gothenburg quadricentennial jubilee has been postponed till 2023, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]
- 10 January – Thorleif Torstensson, singer (b. 1949).[21]
- 11 January – Tord Peterson, actor (b. 1926).[22]
- 12 January – Mona Malm, actress (b. 1935).[23]
- 16 January – Lars Westman, writer (b. 1934).[24]
- 18 January – Thorsten Johansson, Olympic sprinter (b. 1950).[25]
- 21 January
- Evert Båge, military officer (b. 1925).[26]
- Solveig Nordström, archeologist (b. 1923).[27]
- 24 January
- Gunnel Lindblom, actress (b. 1931).[28]
- Sigvard Marjasin, civil servant (b. 1929).[29]
- 26 January – Lars Norén, playwright, novelist and poet (b. 1944).[30]
- 27 January – Gert Blomé, ice hockey player (b. 1934).[31]
- 28 January – Annette Kullenberg, journalist and author (b. 1939).[32]
February
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- 3 February – Margreth Weivers, actress (b. 1926).[33]
- 4 February – Frank Baude, politician, leader of the Communist Party (b. 1936).[34]
- 13 February – Olle Nygren, speedway rider (b. 1929).[35]
- 19 February – Ebba Andersson, footballer (Öxabäcks, national team) (b. 1935).[36]
March
[edit]
- 5 March
- Stig Malm, trade unionist, chairman of LO (1983–1993) (b. 1942).[37]
- Birgitta Rasmusson, television personality and cookbook author (b. 1939).[38]
- 6 March – Bengt Åberg, motocross racer (b. 1944).[39]
- 7 March – Lars-Göran Petrov, heavy metal singer (Entombed, Entombed A.D., Firespawn) (b. 1972).[40]
- 15 March – Ehrling Wahlgren, weightlifter and reality television contestant (Expedition Robinson) (b. 1946).[41]
- 16 March – Berit Carlberg, stage actress (Nine) (b. 1942).[42]
- 26 March – Lennart Larsson, cross country skier, Olympic bronze medalist (1956) (b. 1930).[43]
- 28 March
- Uffe Bergstrand, singer and musician (b. 1981).[44]
- Ingmar Glanzelius, musician, music writer and playwright (b.1927).[45]
April
[edit]
- 1 April – Nemam Ghafouri, physician, activist and humanitarian (b. 1968).[46]
- 4 April – Ingela Lind, art critic and author (b. 1943).[47]
- 6 April – Maj Britt Theorin, politician, MP (1971–1995) and MEP (1995–2004) (b. 1932).[48]
- 10 April
- Börje Holmberg, educator and writer (b. 1924).[49]
- Bosse Skoglund, drummer (Peps Persson) (b. 1936).[50]
- 11 April – Berta Magnusson, writer and playwright (b. 1928).[51]
- 14 April
- Sköld Peter Matthis, doctor and left-wing political activist (b. 1937).[52]
- Inga Sarri, actress (b. 1934).[53]
- 20 April – Sven-Olof Olson, Air Force officer (b. 1926).[54]
- 24 April – Riitta Vainionpää, textile artist (b. 1952).[55]
May
[edit]- 5 May – Bertil Johansson, footballer (IFK Göteborg, national team) (b. 1935).[56]
- 10 May
- Lars-Gunnar Bodin, electronic musician (b. 1935).[57]
- Svante Thuresson, jazz musician ("Nygammal vals") (b. 1937).[58]
June
[edit]
- 9 June – Torgny Björk, musician, composer and singer (b. 1938).[59]
- 11 June – Sara Wedlund, Olympic long-distance runner (1996) (b. 1975).[60]
- 13 June – Sven Erlander, mathematician (b. 1934).[61]
- 16 June
- Bengt Göransson, politician (b. 1932).[62]
- Anders Nunstedt, music journalist (b. 1970).[63]
- 19 June – Ove Emanuelsson, Olympic sprint canoer (1960, 1964, 1968) (b. 1941).[64]
- 23 June – Med Reventberg, actress (Ronia, the Robber's Daughter) (b. 1948).[65]
- 27 June – Peps Persson, musician (b. 1946).[66]
- 30 June – Inge Danielsson, footballer (Helsingborg, Ajax, national team) (b. 1941).[67]
July
[edit]- 18 July – Tommy Engstrand, sports journalist and television host (b. 1939).[68]
- 20 July
- Curt-Eric Holmquist, conductor (Lotta på Liseberg), Eurovision Song Contest winner (1984) (b. 1948).[69]
- Lars Weiss, journalist and news editor (b. 1946).[70]
- 23 July – Claes Reimerthi, comic writer (The Phantom) (b. 1955).[71]
- 31 July – Kenneth Johansson, politician and MP (1998–2012) (b. 1956).[72]
August
[edit]- 4 August
- Åke Lundqvist, actor (Beck – Mannen med ikonerna) (b. 1936).[73]
- Anders Pettersson, musician (Lasse Stefanz) (b. 1952).[74]
- 10 August – Gun Ädel, Olympic cross-country skier (1964) (b. 1938).[75]
- 11 August – Göran Zachrisson, sports journalist, cancer (b. 1938).[76]
- 25 August – Gunilla Bergström, author of Alfie Atkins (b.1942).[77]
October
[edit]- 21 October – Einár, 19, rapper (shot)[78]
- 27 October – Benjamin Vallé, 47, musician (Viagra Boys)[79]
Sports
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Denmark claim second straight Men's World Championship gold". International Handball Federation. 31 January 2021. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Browne, Ken (31 January 2021). "Mikkel Hansen and Niklas Landin lead Denmark to second straight world title". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "03 mars 15:33, Polisinsats/kommendering, Vetlanda". Swedish Police Authority (in Swedish). 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
23.36 Uppdatering gällande antalet skadade. Siffran på antalet skadade som drabbades av den misstänkte gärningsmannen är sju. Tidigare har uppgifter om åtta skadade personer förekommit.
[23:36 Update regarding the number of injured. The number of injured by the suspected perpetrator is seven. There have previously been reports of eight injured people.] - ^ "Man injures 8 with ax in Sweden before being shot, arrested". Associated Press. 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Tolf, Johannes; Schau, Oscar (3 March 2021). "Efter attacken: Tre har livshotande skador". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Stockholm World Figure Skating Championships 2021". International Skating Union. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Ferm, Jonathan (1 April 2021). "Helt nytt resecentrum i Kalix när pendeltågen börjar rulla igen". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Henley, Jon (21 June 2021). "Swedish PM Stefan Löfven loses no-confidence vote". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Sweden-Ukraine – UEFA EURO 2020 – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Skydivers killed in Swedish plane crash". BBC. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Stefan Löfven steps down as Sweden's PM after seven years" (in Swedish). Guardian. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Dagarna som skakade Göteborg" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Lars Vilks och två poliser döda i bilkrasch". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Swedish Radio. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Andrén, Simon (14 October 2021). "Polisens nya lista över utsatta områden – läget förbättrat i Norrköping". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Swedish Radio. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Magdalena Andersson: Sweden's first female PM returns after resignation". BBC. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Women's WFC 2021 After movie published". International Floorball Federation. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Lundmark, Viktor; Melinder, Marcus (6 December 2021). "Civilministern ser ut att göra Hitlerhälsning på bild: "Inget minne av det"". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Här heilar civilminister Ida Karkiainen till vit makt-musik" (in Swedish). Nyheter Idag. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ Santillo, Erin (13 December 2021). "Two missing after freight ships collide in Baltic Sea". Plymouth Herald. Associated Press. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Göteborg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Thorleifs sångare Thorleif Torstensson död i covid-19". Expressen. 10 January 2021.
- ^ ""Änglagård"-skådisen Tord Peterson är död". Expressen (in Swedish). 13 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Skådespelaren Mona Malm är död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Journalisten och författaren Lars Westman död". Aftonbladet. 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Olympedia – Thorsten Johansson". olympedia.org.
- ^ "Evert Båge". familjesidan.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Martínez, Cristina (22 January 2021). "Fallece Solveig Nordström, la arqueóloga que salvó Lucentum". Información.
- ^ "Skådespelaren Gunnel Lindblom är död". Aftonbladet. 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Sigvard Marjasin död i covid-19". SVT Nyheter. 25 January 2021 – via svt.se.
- ^ "Lars Norén". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Gert Blomé". olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Andersson, Elisabet (28 January 2021). "Journalisten Annette Kullenberg är död". Svenska Dagbladet.
- ^ "Skådespelaren Margreth Weivers är död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 3 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Veldre, Richard; Eidenskog, Jakob (4 February 2021). "Kommunistprofilen Frank Baude är död – blev 83 år". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Motorsport-legendaren "Varg-Olle" är död". svt.se (in Swedish). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Pionjären Ebba Andersson död". svt.se (in Swedish). 21 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ Larsson, Ylva (7 March 2021). "Tidigare LO-ordförande Stig Malm är död – blev 79 år". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish) – via svt.se.
- ^ ""Hela Sverige bakar"-profilen Birgitta Rasmusson är död – blev 81 år gammal". Expressen (in Swedish). 5 March 2021.
- ^ "Vi har sorg!". uppsalamck.se (in Swedish).
- ^ "Entombed A.D. frontman LG Petrov has died". Kerrang!. 8 March 2021.
- ^ Ohlsson, Jan (18 March 2021). "Kroppsbyggaren Ehrling Wahlgren är död – hittades i sitt hem i Ystad". Ystadsallehanda (in Swedish).
- ^ "Berit Carlberg död – blev 79 år gammal". Expressen (in Swedish). 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Svenske VM-guldmedaljören död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 31 March 2021.
- ^ Henriksson, Simon (29 March 2021). "Frontman i uppskattat Kalmarband är död".
- ^ "Journalisten Ingmar Glanzelius död" (in Swedish). 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Kurdish-Swedish humanitarian Nemam Ghafouri dies from Covid-19 in Stockholm". The National. 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Konstkritikern och författaren Ingela Lind är död". SVT.se. 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Maj Britt Theorin har gått ur tiden". Aftonbladet. 12 April 2021.
- ^ "In memory of Börje Holmberg". ICDE. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Trummisen Bosse Skoglund är död". SVT.se. 10 April 2021.
- ^ Samuelson, Lena (13 April 2021). "Kulturprofilen Berta Magnusson är död". SVT Nyheter.
- ^ "Vänsterprofilen Sköld Peter Matthis död i olycka". Expressen.
- ^ "Skådespelaren Inga Sarri är död – blev 86 år". Aftonbladet. 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Minnesord över generallöjtnant Sven-Olof Olson – Flygvapenbloggen". blogg.forsvarsmakten.se.
- ^ "Konstnären Riitta Vainionpää död i covid". DN.SE. 13 May 2021.
- ^ Balkander, Andreas Johnsson,Mattias (5 May 2021). "Bertil "Bebben" Johansson död". gp.se.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Lars-Gunnar Bodin (1935–2021) | Fylkingen". fylkingen.se. 21 June 2021.
- ^ Radio, Sveriges (12 May 2021). "PORTRÄTT Jazzmusikern- och sångaren Svante Thuresson – Jazzradion". Sveriges Radio.
- ^ "Trubaduren Torgny Björk är död". SVT.se (in Swedish). 10 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Före detta löparstjärnan Sara Wedlund död – blev 45 år". SVT.se (in Swedish). 19 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Förre Liu-rektorn Sven Erlander död". Corren (in Swedish). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Tidigare kulturministern Bengt Göransson är död". SVT.se (in Swedish). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Anders var alltid ett långfinger åt döden". Expressen (in Swedish). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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- ^ Radio, Sveriges (24 June 2021). "Skådespelaren Med Reventberg död – Kulturnytt i P1". Sveriges Radio.
- ^ "Musikern Peps Persson är död". SVT Nyheter. 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Inge Danielsson är död". SVT Sport. 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Tommy Engstrand död – blev 81 år gammal". SVT.se (in Swedish). 18 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Kapellmästaren Curt-Eric Holmquist är död". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Lars Weiss är död: Blev 75 år gammal". Expressen (in Swedish). 20 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Fraser, Dan (26 July 2021). "Vale Claes Reimerthi". Chronicle Chamber. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ Kristin Stein (2 August 2021). "Förre landshövdingen i Värmland har avlidit" (in Swedish). SVT Värmland. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Skådespelaren Åke Lundqvist död". DN.SE. 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Lasse Stefanz Anders Pettersson död". www.aftonbladet.se. 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Olympedia – Gun Ädel". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ "Göran Zachrisson är död – blev 83 år". www.expressen.se. 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Författaren Gunilla Bergström är död". SVT.SE. 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Svenske rapparen Einár ihjälskjuten". Expressen. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Hussey, Allison (27 October 2021). "Viagra Boys' Benjamin Vallé Has Died at 47". Retrieved 27 October 2021.