1982 in Sweden

Events from the year 1982 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Thorbjörn Fälldin, Olof Palme

Events

• 19 September – The 1982 Swedish general election is held.
• 8 October – Thorbjörn Fälldin resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden, following a defeat for the Centre Party of Sweden in the Swedish parliamentary election. He is replaced with Olof Palme.

Births

• 3 January – Lasse Nilsson, footballer
• 25 January – Patrik Ingelsten, football coach and former player
• 31 January – Yukimi Nagano, singer-songwriter
• 6 February – Bojan Djordjic, footballer
• 2 March – Henrik Lundqvist, ice hockey player
• 2 March – Joel Lundqvist, ice hockey player
• 8 March – Erik Ersberg, ice hockey player
• 9 March – Tobias Hysén, footballer
• 10 March – Andreas Johansson, footballer
• 15 March – Daniel Rickardsson, cross-country skier
• 21 April – Patrik Sandell, rally driver
• 15 May Stefan Ishizaki, footballer
• 10 June – Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
• 23 June – Martin Rolinski, Musical artist
• 1 July – Joachim Johansson, tennis player
• 21 July – Miss Li (Linda Karlsson), singer-songwriter
• 23 July – Ace Wilder, singer
• 8 August – Viktor Fasth, ice hockey player
• 10 August – John AlvbÃ¥ge, footballer
• 17 August – Jon Olsson, freestyle skier
• 21 August – Kim Andersson, handball player
• 24 August – Kim Källström, footballer
• 10 September – Staffan Kronwall, ice hockey player
• 15 September – Sofia Jannok, Musical artist
• 15 September – Per Nilsson, footballer
• 27 September – Markus Rosenberg, footballer
• 2 November – Johan Wissman, sprinter

Deaths

• 4 January – Konrad Granström, gymnast (born 1900)
• 30 January – Tora Dahl, writer (born 1886)
• 10 March – Erik August Larsson, cross country skier (born 1912)
• 8 June – Solveig Rönn-Christiansson, politician (born 1902)
• 8 July – Gunnar Eriksson, cross country skier (born 1921)
• 15 August – Hugo Theorell, biochemist
• 20 August – Ulla Jacobsson, actress born 1929)
• 29 August – Ingrid Bergman, actress (born 1915)

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