2019 in Sweden

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Events of 2019 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime minister – Stefan Löfven

Events

• 11–13 January – During the 2018–19 Swedish government formation after the 2018 general election, the Centre Party, Liberals, Green Party, and Social Democrats enter the January Agreement (Januariavtalet), in which the Social Democrats and the Greens are allowed to form a government with influence from the Centre and Liberals.
• 18 January – Incumbent Stefan Löfven returns to his role as prime minister after leading a caretaker government after the hung parliament of the 2018 elections. He is voted back in by the Riksdag after receiving votes from MPs of his own party and the Greens, while the Centre, Liberals, and Left Party abstain, with one Centre MP voting against. The Moderate Party, Christian Democrats and Sweden Democrats all vote against. The Löfven II Cabinet is formed.[1]
• 8 February – Bonnier Group and Amedia acquire media group Mittmedia.[2]
• 4 May – Per Bolund is elected spokesperson of the Green Party, serving along Isabella Lövin who had served as co-spokesperson since 2016. Bolund replaced Gustav Fridolin
• 26 May – European Parliament elections are held.
• 28 June – Nyamko Sabuni is elected leader of the Liberals, replacing Jan Björklund.[3]
• 14 July – Eight parachutists and a pilot are killed when a GA8 Airvan crashes 5 kilometers southeast from Umeå on the island Storsandskär at the Ume River. The cause of the crash is found to be structural failure of a wing.[4]
• 8 August – The newspaper Metro ceases publication after financial difficulties.[5]
• 28 August – 16 year-old Swedish student Greta Thunberg arrives in New York Harbor after sailing across the Atlantic. Thunberg later testifies in front of the United States Congress on 18 September along with other climate activists. She later gives a speech at a UN summit on zero emissions.[6][7][8]
• 10 September – Ann Linde takes office as foreign minister after Margot Wallström announced her resignation on 6 September.[9]
• 15 November – anti immigration Sweden Democrats party top Swedish poll for first time.[10][11]
• December – the municipality of Skurup banned Islamic veils in educational institutions. Earlier the year, the municipality of Staffanstorp approved a similar ban.[12]

Sports

• 4–17 February: The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held in Åre.
• 7–17 March: The Biathlon World Championships are held in Östersund.
• 11–14 July: The 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships are held in Gävle.
• 18–21 July: The 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships are held in Borås.

Deaths

• 18 February – Anna Borgeryd, entrepreneur, author and blogger (b. 1969)[13]
• 5 April – Nina Lagergren, businesswoman and half-sister of Raoul Wallenberg (b. 1921)[14]
• 14 April – Bibi Andersson, actress (b. 1935)[15]
• 7 May – Bernt Frilén, orienteering competitor, world champion 1974 (b. 1945)[16][17]
• 14 May – Sven Lindqvist, author (b. 1932).[18]
• 4 June – Lennart Johansson, sports official, Honorary President of UEFA (b. 1929)[19]
• 29 June – Gunilla Pontén, fashion designer (b. 1929)[20]
• 14 July – Carl Bertil Agnestig, music teacher and composer (b. 1924)[21]
• 19 July – Inger Berggren, singer (b. 1934)[22]
• 30 August – Hans Rausing, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1926)[23]
• 25 September – Arne Weise, journalist and television personality (b. 1930)[24]
• 8 October – Roland Janson, actor (b. 1939)[25]
• 12 October – Sara Danius, literary critic, philosopher and scholar (b. 1962)[26]
• 17 October – Göran Malmqvist, linguist, literary historian, sinologist and translator (b. 1924)[27]
• 21 October – Bengt Feldreich, radio and television journalist (b. 1925)[28]
• 9 December - Marie Fredriksson, songwriter, pianist, painter and lead vocalist of Roxette (b. 1958)[29]

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election

References

1. https://www.thelocal.se/20190118/stefan-lofven-voted-back-in-as-swedish-prime-minister
2. "Bonnier köper Mittmedia". www.resume.se.
3. "Nyamko Sabuni vald till ny ordförande för Liberalerna". Sydsvenskan.
4. https://www.thelocal.se/20190715/sweden-plane-crash-what-caused-tragedy-that-killed-nine
5. "Metro bekräftar: Lägger ner sin journalistiska verksamhet". SVT Nyheter. August 12, 2019.
6. "Greta Thunberg tells Trump to 'listen to the science' as she arrives in New York - video", The Guardian, August 28, 2019, retrieved August 29, 2019
7. Washington, Oliver Milman David Smith in (September 18, 2019). "'Listen to the scientists': Greta Thunberg urges Congress to take action" – via www.theguardian.com.
8. Nations, Oliver Milman at the United (September 23, 2019). "Greta Thunberg condemns world leaders in emotional speech at UN" – via www.theguardian.com.
9. V. Nyheter, S. (September 9, 2019). "Uppgifter: Ann Linde blir ny utrikesminister" – via www.svt.se.
10. Orange, Richard (November 15, 2019). "Far-Right Sweden Democrats party top Swedish poll for first time" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
11. https://www.thelocal.se/20191115/sweden-democrats-now-swedens-biggest-party-historic-poll
12. "Swedish town bans Muslim veils". The Nation. 19 December 2019.
13. Jones, Linda (February 18, 2019). "En av Polarbröds huvudägare har avlidit" – via www.svt.se.
14. Wannefors, Linnéa (April 8, 2019). "Raoul Wallenbergs syster Nina Lagergren har gått bort" – via www.svt.se.
15. "Bibi Andersson, 'Persona,' 'The Seventh Seal' Actress, Dies at 83". Variety. 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
16. "Tillminne.se - Bernt Frilén". tillminne.se.
17. "World Orienteering Championships 1974". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
18. "Författaren Sven Lindqvist är död". SVT Nyheter. May 14, 2019.
19. "Lennart Johansson, Leader in European Soccer, Is Dead at 89". The New York Times. Associated Press. 2019-06-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
20. "Modeikonen Gunilla Pontén är död". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
21. ""Vi spelar piano"-författaren död". July 29, 2019 – via www.svd.se.
22. "Sångerskan Inger Berggren död". SVT Nyheter. July 29, 2019.
23. V. Nyheter, S. (August 30, 2019). "Hans Rausing avliden – blev 93 år" – via www.svt.se.
24. Allen, Axel (September 25, 2019). "Arne Weise är död 89 år gammal" – via www.svt.se.
25. "Skådespelaren Roland Janson är död". SVT Nyheter. October 8, 2019.
26. "Sara Danius död efter lång tids sjukdom". SVT Nyheter. October 12, 2019.
27. "Akademiledamoten Göran Malmqvist är död". SVT Nyheter. October 18, 2019.
28. "Tv-profilen Bengt Feldreich är död". SVT Nyheter. October 21, 2019.
29. "Roxette Singer Marie Fredriksson Dead at 61". www.rollingstone.com. December 10, 2019.