1954 in Sweden

Events from the year 1954 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

• June – The Catalina affair
• Dissolution of the Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad.

Popular culture

Sport

• 26 February to 7 March – The 1954 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm

Literature

• Mio, My Son, children's book by Astrid Lindgren

Film

• 26 December – Gabrielle, directed by Hasse Ekman, released

Births

• 26 February – Stina Ekblad, Swedish-speaking Finnish actress
• 2 April – Lars Lerin, painter and author
• 15 April – Göran Högosta, ice hockey player
• 28 April – Peter Schantz, medical scientist
• 19 May – Lena Einhorn, director, writer and physician
• 23 July – Philip Zandén, actor
• 15 August – Stieg Larsson, writer, journalist, and far-left activist (d. 2004)
• 8 September – Johan Harmenberg, fencer.
• 28 September – Margot Wallström, Swedish Social Democratic politician
• 30 November – Suzanne Ernrup, actress
• 16 December – Eva Gustafsson, middle-distance runner

Deaths

• 19 February – Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, politician (born 1883)
• 2 June – Lydia Wahlström, historian and women's rights activist (born 1869)
• 29 June – Thorsten Svensson, football player (born 1901)

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