1948 in Sweden

Events from the year 1948 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

• Easter – Youth riots in Stockholm
• Summer – Violence against Romani people in Jönköping
• 19 September – Swedish general election

Popular culture

Literature

• Pippi in the South Seas, children's book by Astrid Lindgren

Film

• Banketten, drama film directed by Hasse Ekman

Births

• 26 January – Hasse Andersson, singer and songwriter
• 3 February – Henning Mankell, crime novelist (died 2015)
• 5 February – Sven-Göran Eriksson, football player and manager (died 2024)
• 23 March – Lena Conradson, singer
• 5 April – Dan Söderström, ice-hockey player
• 21 April – Jessica Iwanson, choreographer
• 26 April – Svante Lindqvist, historian
• 5 May – Mats Bergman, actor
• 5 May – Anna Bergman, actress
• 4 July – Tommy Körberg, actor and musician
• 4 September – Anders Åberg, actor (died 2020)
• 11 October – Göran Rosenberg, journalist
• 25 October – Ingrid Sundberg, alpine skier.
• 30 October – Ines Uusmann, politician
• 22 November – Lars Andersson, sprint canoer.

Exact date missing

• Birgitta Eriksson, politician
• Göran Fristorp, singer and songwriter (died 2024).

Deaths

• 21 March – Gustaf Elgenstierna, historian and genealogist (born 1871)
• 12 October – Emilie Rathou, temperance and women's rights activist (born 1862)

References