2003 in Sweden

Events from the year 2003 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

• 10 September – Foreign Minister Anna Lindh stabbed whilst shopping at a Stockholm department store.
• 11 September – Foreign Minister Anna Lindh dies of stab injuries.
• 14 September – 2003 Swedish euro referendum

Popular culture

Film

• 16 September – Evil (), a drama film directed by Mikael HÃ¥fström, was released in Sweden. The film had earlier been presented at the Cannes film festival.

Births

• 3 January Greta Thunberg, climate activist.

Deaths

• 15 January – Arne Palmqvist, bishop (born 1921).
• 16 March – Lars PassgÃ¥rd, actor (born 1941).
• 25 August – Hjalmar Pettersson, cyclist (born 1906).
• 11 September – Anna Lindh, Foreign Minister (born 1957)
• 26 September – Olle Anderberg, sport wrestler, Olympic champion in 1952 (born 1919).
• 30 October – Börje Leander, footballer (born 1918).

See also

• 2003 in Swedish television

References