2000 in Sweden

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Sweden.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Göran Persson

Events

January

• 1 January – The Church of Sweden is separated from the Swedish State.

Popular culture

Film

• 13 May – Faithless, directed by Liv Ullmann, released.
• 4 August – Sleepwalker released
• 25 August – Together released in Sweden
• 22 December – Jalla! Jalla!, comedy film directed by Josef Fares

Literature

• The Return of the Dancing Master, crime novel by Henning Mankell
• Missing, crime fiction novel by Karin Alvtegen

Sports

• 10 December – The 2000 European Cross Country Championships were held in Malmö

Births

March

• 7 March – Rasmus Sandin, ice hockey player

April

• 7 April – Julia Kedhammar, singer
• 13 April – Rasmus Dahlin, ice hockey player
• 20 April – Klara Hammarström, singer
• 20 April – Nils Fröling, footballer
• 25 April – Dejan Kulusevski, footballer

June

• 12 June – Nina Dano, handballer

July

• 23 July – Malte GÃ¥rdinger, actor

August

• 15 August – Adam Boqvist, ice hockey player

September

• 4 September – Peter Gwargis, footballer

October

• 23 October – Hanna Ferm, singer

December

• 20 December
• Gaboro, rapper and songwriter (d. 2024)
• Nils Höglander, ice hockey player

Deaths

• 8 January – Henry Eriksson, athlete (born 1920).
• 13 January – John Ljunggren, athlete (born 1919).
• 25 January – Folke Ekström, chess player (born 1906)
• 25 February – Doris Löve, botanist (born 1918)
• 19 March – Egon Jönsson, footballer (born 1921).
• 28 June – Nils Poppe, actor, director and screenwriter (born 1908)
• 29 July – Åke Hodell, fighter pilot and poet (born 1919)
• 30 July – Örjan Blomquist, cross-country skier (born 1957)
• 28 August – Knut Holmqvist, sport shooter (born 1918).
• 18 October – Inga Gill, film actress (born 1925)

References