1962 in Sweden

Events from the year 1962 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

• Ewy Rosqvist and co-driver Ursula Wirth win the Gran Premio Argentina, finishing first out of 257 entrants and three hours ahead of their closest rival. Ewy Rosqvist goes on to join Mercedes-Benz.

January

• 1 January - Sweden's GNP increases by 4.5%.
• 1 January - Unemployment at just 1.2% of the insured workforce in 1961.
• 1 January - Fixed capital formation rises to 22% of GNP, with strong government-backed housing initiatives.
• 1 January - Wages increase by 8.5%, but inflation remains moderate at 2%.

March

• 31 March - 51st edition of the Davis Cup has Sweden defeating Italy in the Europe Zone final.

December

• 31 December - Owe Ohlsson ends the year as the top scorer of the Swedish Association Football team, closely followed by Leif Skiöld and Örjan Martinsson.

Births

• 6 March – Bengt Baron, swimmer.
• 1 June – Mats Fransson, former handball player
• 2 June – Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, show jumper
• 10 June – Peter Nilsson, ice hockey player
• 12 June – Patrik Bergner, actor, film director and playwright
• 29 June – Blossom Tainton-Lindquist, singer
• 5 July – Maria Lantz, academic artist
• 8 July – Jan Erixon, former professional ice hockey player
• 9 July – Jörgen Häggqvist, judoka
• 28 July – Lars HÃ¥land, cross-country skier
• 21 September – Peter Åslin, ice hockey player (died 2012).
• 26 September – Jonas Bergqvist, ice hockey player.

Deaths

• 5 January – Per Thorén, figure skater (born 1885)
• 22 January – Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg, gymnast (born 1889).
• 18 February – Erik Granfelt, gymnast (born 1883).
• 5 April – Boo Kullberg, gymnast (born 1889).
• 11 April – Sven Landberg, gymnast (born 1888).
• 4 July – Carl Hellström, sailor (born 1864).
• 7 August – Gustaf Lewenhaupt, count, military officer and horse rider (born 1879).
• 19 August – Kerstin Hesselgren, politician (born 1872

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