1949 in Sweden

Events from the year 1949 in Sweden:

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

• The Swedish Building Workers' Union founded

Popular culture

Film

• 29 August – Flickan frÃ¥n tredje raden released
• 17 October – Thirst released
• 9 December – Pippi Longstocking released

Sport

• 4 to 10 February – the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm
• 12 to 20 February – the 1949 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm

Births

• 2 January – Anders Lidén, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations
• 15 February – Thomas Callerud, figure skater
• 21 February – Ronnie Hellström, footballer (died 2022)
• 6 April – Janet Ågren, actress
• 13 May – Eva Eriksson, illustrator and writer
• 21 May – Björn Ranelid, writer
• 9 July – Jan Brunstedt, auto racing driver
• 19 July – Bo Bernhardsson, politician
• 16 August – Bo Knape, sailor

Deaths

• 28 January – Gustaf Nordqvist, composer, church musician and professor (born 1886)
• 4 March – Karolina Widerström (born 1856)
• 7 March – David Emanuel Wahlberg, sports writer and editor (born 1882)
• 9 March – Claes Johanson, wrestler (born 1884)
• 19 April – Ulrich Salchow, figure skater (born 1877)
• 22 November – John Ekman, film actor (born 1880)

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