Events from the year 1997 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
Popular culture
Literature
Sports
Births
- 1 February â Filip DagerstÃÂ¥l, footballer
- 12 February – Johanna Rytting Kaneryd, footballer
- 8 March â Irene Ekelund, sprinter
- 28 March – Sebastian Samuelsson, biathlete
- 4 May – Nathalie Björn, footballer
- 10 May – Anna AnvegÃÂ¥rd, association football player
- 19 May – Oliver Kylington, ice hockey player
- 23 May – Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer
- 20 June – Jordan Larsson, footballer
- 10 July – Ebba Andersson, cross-country skier
- 14 September – Benjamin Ingrosso, singer and songwriter
- 26 November â Jennie WÃÂ¥hlin, curler
- 29 November â Emma Ribom, cross-country skier
- 16 December – Zara Larsson, singer
Deaths
- 13 January – Sivar Arnér, novelist and playwright (born 1909).
- 25 January – Werner Aspenström, poet (b. 1918)
- 7 February – Allan Edwall, actor, director, author, composer and singer (b. 1924)
- 11 March â Lars Ahlin, writer and aesthetician (b. 1915)
- 11 March – Stefan Fernholm, discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1959)
- 12 April – Ivar Eriksson, footballer (b. 1909)
- 1 May – Bo Widerberg, film director, writer, editor and actor (b. 1930)
- 22 June – Ted Gärdestad, singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
- 4 July – Bengt Danielsson, anthropologist (b. 1921)
- 3 October – Jarl Kulle, film and stage actor and director (b. 1927)
- 14 December – Torsten Nilsson, politician (b. 1905)
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