1995 in Sweden

Events from the year 1995 in Sweden.

Incumbents

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

Events

1 January

Sweden accedes to the European Union.

September

• Establishment of the Haparanda Archipelago National Park.

November

• The November Storm of 1995

Popular culture

Literature

• Hummelhonung, novel by Torgny Lindgren, winner of the August Prize.
• Underbara kvinnor vid vatten, novel by Monika Fagerholm, received the Thanks for the Book Award
• Comédia infantil, novel by Henning Mankell, English translation Chronicler of the Winds (2006).

Sports

• 5–18 June – the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup were held
• 5–13 August – the 1995 World Championships in Athletics were held in Gothenburg
• The 1995 Allsvenskan was won by IFK Göteborg

Births

• 9 May – Oliver Källbom, ice hockey player
• 6 June – Jonna Adlerteg, gymnast
• 21 June – Jesper Karlström, footballer
• 6 August – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player
• 2 November – Hanna Öberg, biathlete

Deaths

• 8 June – Erik Beckman, poet, novelist and playwright (born 1935).
• 16 June – Tore Edman, ski jumper (born 1904)
• 13 September – Birger Norman, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and non-fiction writer (born 1914).
• 14 October – Karl Widmark, canoer (born 1911)

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