1977 in Sweden

Events from the year 1977 in Sweden.

Incumbents

Monarch Ã¢ÂÂ Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister Ã¢ÂÂ ThorbjÃÂ¶rn FÃÂ¤lldin

Events

15 January – Linjeflyg Flight 618 plane crash: Linjeflyg Flight 618 crashes near KÃÂ¤lvesta after ice causes a loss of control, killing all 22 aboard.
3-8 May – The 1st IBF World Championships (badminton) are held in MalmÃÂ¶.
19 June – The 1977 Swedish Grand Prix (Formula One) is held at Anderstorp.
14 October Ã¢ÂÂ The 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded jointly to Bertil Ohlin (Sweden) and James E. Meade.
17 November – Miss Sweden Mary Ann Catrin Stavin is crowned Miss World in London, UK.
12 December – ' released.

Births

26 January Ã¢ÂÂ Nicholaus Arson, guitarist and songwriter

19 March Ã¢ÂÂ Robert Lindstedt, tennis player

23 March Ã¢ÂÂ Daniel Espinosa, filmmaker

5 April Ã¢ÂÂ Daniel MajstoroviÃÂ, footballer

16 April Ã¢ÂÂ Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer

17 May Ã¢ÂÂ Anders SÃÂ¶dergren, cross-country skier

14 July – Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

26 August – Therese Alshammar, swimmer

28 August – Daniel Andersson, footballer

3 September – Olof Mellberg, footballer

14 September Ã¢ÂÂ Malik Bendjelloul, film and documentary director

4 October – Ana Johnsson, singer

14 October – Carl Johan Grimmark, guitarist

20 November – Daniel Svensson, drummer

22 November – Jonas ÃÂberg, open source software activist

17 December Ã¢ÂÂ Samuel PÃÂ¥hlsson, Swedish ice hockey player

18 December – Axwell, DJ, remixer and record producer

20 December – Sonja AldÃÂ©n, singer

Full date missing

Erika Lust, film director

Deaths

5 March – Albert Andersson, athlete and gymnast (born 1902)

10 October – Bengt Bengtsson, gymnast (born 1897)

References