1958 in Sweden

Events from the year 1958 in Sweden.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 8-29 June – The 1958 FIFA World Cup is played in Sweden. Brazil defeats Sweden, 5–2, in the final game at RÃ¥sunda Stadium in Solna.

• 11 December – The first indoor ice hockey venue in Sweden, Rosenlundshallen in Jönköping, is inaugurated.

Births

• 23 March – Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, ice hockey player and coach.
• 30 May – Marie Fredriksson, singer
• 16 August – Steve Sem-Sandberg, novelist.
• 14 February – Birgitta Lillpers, poet.

Full date missing

• Mats Nordberg, politician (died 2023).

Deaths

• 11 September – Arvid Holmberg, gymnast (born 1886).
• 23 September – Elisabeth Tamm, politician
• 11 November – Helge Bäckander, gymnast (born 1891).
• Anna Lisa Andersson, reporter (born 1873)

See also

• 1958 in Swedish television

References

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