Events in the year 2017 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Events
Sports
Popular culture
Sports
- 24 January â 5 February â The 2017 Bandy World Championship was held in Sweden. The Swedish team won gold medals, while Russia placed second and Finland placed third.
Deaths
- 8 January â Nicolai Gedda, operatic tenor (b. 1925).
- 9 January â Ulf Dinkelspiel, politician (b. 1939).
- 23 January â Katja of Sweden, fashion designer (b. 1920).
- 25 January â Siewert ÃÂholm, journalist, television presenter (b. 1939).
- 7 February â Hans Rosling, medical doctor, academic, statistician, and public speaker (b. 1948).
- 16 February â Bengt Gustavsson, footballer and manager (b. 1928).
- 1 June â Rosa Taikon, silversmith (b. 1926).
- 13 June â Ulf Stark, author (b. 1944).
- 15 June â Stina Haage, gymnast (b. 1924).
- 27 June â Michael Nyqvist, actor (b. 1960).
- 10 September â Hans Alfredson, actor (b. 1931).
- 17 November â Rikard Wolff, actor and singer (b. 1958).
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