2021 in Sweden

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Events in the year 2021 in Sweden.

Incumbents

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

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden

• 5 January - A suspected 55-year-old woman is arrested after the deadly stabbing of a man in the Ljura district of Norrköping that occurred a night prior.[1][2][3]

Scheduled events

• 27 November to 5 December – Scheduled date for the 2021 Women's World Floorball Championships, to be hosted in Uppsala.[4]

Anniversaries

• 400 years since the establishment of Gothenburg as a city, getting town privileges in 1621.[5] The planned Gothenburg quadricentennial jubilee has been postponed till 1923, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Deaths

Mona Malm

Margreth Weivers

• 10 January – Thorleif Torstensson, singer (born 1949).[6]
• 11 January – Tord Peterson, actor (born 1926).[7]
• 12 January – Mona Malm, actress (born 1935).[8]
• 16 January – Lars Westman, writer (born 1934).[9]
• 18 January – Thorsten Johansson, Olympic sprinter (born 1950).[10]
• 21 January
  • Solveig Nordström, archeologist (born 1923).[11]
  • Svante Lidén, journalist (born c. 1952).[12] (death announced on this date)
• 24 January
  • Gunnel Lindblom, actress (born 1931).[13]
  • Sigvard Marjasin, civil servant (born 1929).[14]
• 26 January – Lars Norén, playwright, novelist and poet (born 1944).[15]
• 27 January – Gert Blomé, ice hockey player (born 1934).[16]
• 28 January – Annette Kullenberg, journalist and author (born 1939).[17]
• 3 February – Margreth Weivers, actress (born 1926).[18]

References

1. Widestrand, Klas; Holmqvist, Tobias (5 January 2021). "Misstänkt mord i Norrköping – kvinna anhållen". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
2. "Kvinna anhållen för mord i Norrköping". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 5 January 2021. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
3. "Kvinna anhållen för mord i Norrköping". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 5 January 2021. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
4. "One year left to the World Championships in Uppsala!". wfc2021.se. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
5. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Göteborg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
6. "Thorleifs sångare Thorleif Torstensson död i covid-19". www.expressen.se.
7. ""Änglagård"-skådisen Tord Peterson är död". expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
8. "Skådespelaren Mona Malm är död". dn.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
9. "Journalisten och författaren Lars Westman död". Aftonbladet.
10. "Olympedia – Thorsten Johansson". www.olympedia.org.
11. Martínez, Cristina (January 22, 2021). "Fallece Solveig Nordström, la arqueóloga que salvó Lucentum". Información.
12. "Journalisten Svante Lidén är död". SVT Nyheter. January 21, 2021.
13. "Skådespelaren Gunnel Lindblom är död". Aftonbladet.
14. "Sigvard Marjasin död i covid-19". January 25, 2021 – via www.svt.se.
15. "Lars Norén". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 February 2013.
16. "Gert Blomé". olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
17. "Journalisten Annette Kullenberg är död". January 28, 2021 – via www.svd.se.
18. "Skådespelaren Margreth Weivers är död". dn.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 February 2021.