1983 in Sweden

Events from the year 1983 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Olof Palme

Events

• 1 January – the Name Act of 1982, replacing the Name Act of 1963, comes into full and legal effect .
• The Tiveden National Park was established

Popular culture

Film

• 16 September – Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain released

Births

• 27 January – John Lundvik, singer
• 21 February – Emilie O'Konor, ice hockey player
• 28 February – Sara Nordenstam, Swedish-born Norwegian swimmer.
• 9 May – Petter Stymne, swimmer
• 13 May – Anna Maria Nilsson, biathlete
• 7 July – Nanna Jansson, ice hockey player
• 11 July – Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer.
• 6 September – Johanna Wiberg, handball player.
• 9 September – Frej Larsson, musician
• 17 October – Åsa Persson, figure skater
• 16 October – Loreen, singer
• 19 October – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
• 15 December – Jonas Persson, swimmer.

Deaths

• 22 February – Georg Rydeberg, film actor (born 1907)
• 12 May – Olle Ohlson, water polo player (born 1921).
• 16 June – Aina Wifalk, social scientist and inventor of the modern walker (born 1928).

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