1994 in Sweden

Events from the year 1994 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

May

• 9 May – Sweden has joined NATO's Partnership for Peace programme.

September

• 18 September – The 1994 Swedish general election.
• 28 September – Sinking of the MS Estonia: the car ferry MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea, killing 852.

Popular culture

Literature

• Synden, novel by Björn Ranelid, winner of the August Prize.

Sports

• 84 athletes competed for Sweden at the 1994 Winter Olympics
• The 1994 Allsvenskan was won by IFK Göteborg

Births

• 27 February – Max Örnskog, ice hockey player.
• 6 June – Moa Lignell, singer

Deaths

• 5 July – Lennart Klingström, canoer (born 1916).

See also

• 1994 in Swedish television

References

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