1956 in Sweden

Events from the year 1956 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

• 16 September – Swedish general election
• The Husaby Affair around Florence Stephens.
• The disappearance of Gunnel Gummeson.

Popular culture

Sport

• Guldpucken established
• 11-17 June - The country stages the Equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics because of problems with quarantine laws affecting the host city of Melbourne

Theatre

• The Eugene O'Neill Award established

Film

• 11 June – Seventh Heaven released
• 10 September – The Staffan Stolle Story released

Births

• 18 March – Ingemar Stenmark, alpine skier.
• 2 May – Kenneth Johansson, politician
• 13 May – Staffan Hellstrand, rock musician, songwriter and record producer
• 23 May – Tomas Norström, actor and film director.
• 6 June – Björn Borg, tennis player
• 24 August – Clas Lindberg, film director and screenwriter
• 2 September – Marcus Wallenberg, banker and industrialist
• 8 November – Peter Lindmark, ice hockey player.
• 5 December – Peter Dalle, actor and comedian

Deaths

• 10 March – Åke Fjästad, football player (born 1887).
• 21 March – Per Kaufeldt, football player (born 1902)
• 7 April – Sven Linderot, politician (born 1890)
• Elin Engström, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (born 1860)
• 15 April – Leonard Peterson, gymnast (born 1857)

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