1989 in Sweden

Events from the year 1989 in Sweden.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Ingvar Carlsson

Events

• 1 October – Establishment of the Swedish Security Service
• 22 March, 2 May and 20 December – the Porn Murders occurred in Stockholm

Popular culture

Film

• 6 March – The 24th Guldbagge Awards were presented.
• 15 September – The Women on the Roof released

Sport

• 17 to 20 August – The 1989 World Orienteering Championships were held in Skövde.
• 23 September to 1 October – The 1989 Men's European Volleyball Championship was hosted in Örebro and Stockholm.

Births

• 22 February – Anna Sundstrand, singer and model
• 28 March – Jenny Lönnkvist, orienteering competitor
• 10 April – Jenny Alm, handball player
• 27 April – Jerker Lysell, orienteering competitor, world champion in sprint (2016)
• 5 May – Agnes Knochenhauer, curler
• 23 May – Jeffery Taylor, basketball player
• 12 June – Emma Eliasson, ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist
• 29 June – Jens Westin, ice hockey player
• 11 July – Tobias Sana, football player
• 21 July – Christoffer Sundgren, curler
• 8 September – Avicii, DJ, remixer, record producer, musician and songwriter
• 24 October – Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, a.k.a. PewDiePie, YouTube personality
• 4 November – Frida Svedin Thunström, ice hockey player

Deaths

• 1 February – Erik Persson, footballer (born 1909)
• 27 February – Göran Larsson, swimmer (born 1932)
• 16 June – Arthur Häggblad, cross-country skier (born 1908)
• 20 September – Stig Andersson-Tvilling, ice hockey player (born 1928)
• 29 October – Anders Rydberg, football player (born 1903)
• 23 December – Lennart Strandberg, athlete (born 1915)
• 31 December – Clarence Hammar, sailor (born 1899)

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