1991 in Sweden

Events from the year 1991 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Ingvar Carlsson, succeeded by Carl Bildt

Events

• 15 September – Swedish general election, 1991 and Swedish municipal elections, 1991
• The Djurö National Park was established

Popular culture

Film

• 11 February – The 26th Guldbagge Awards were presented

Births

• 13 February – Pontus Jansson, football player
• 22 February – Tobias Ludvigsson, cyclist
• 24 April – Elisa Lindström, singer
• 26 April – Adrian Granat, professional boxer
• 11 May – Marcus Rohdén, football player
• 29 May – Oskar Eriksson, curler, Olympic medalist 2014
• 29 May – Tom Ljungman, actor
• 11 December – Anna Bergendahl, singer

Deaths

Sandro Key-Åberg

• 26 January – Hans Strååt, film actor (born 1917)
• 27 January – Leif Wikström, sailor, Olymic champion 1956 (born 1918)
• 15 February – Birger Malmsten, actor (born 1920)
• 13 March – Göran Strindberg, cinematographer (born 1917)
• 26 April – Lars Hall, modern pentathlete, Olympic champion 1952 and 1956 (born 1927).^[1]
• 17 May – Göthe Grefbo, actor (born 1921)
• 5 June – Carl-Erik Holmberg, football player (born 1906)
• 30 June – Curt Weibull, cyclist (born 1907).^[2]
• 5 July – Sandro Key-Åberg, writer (born 1922).^[3]
• 30 September – Sven Barthel, journalist (born 1903)
• 9 November – Hans Liljedahl, sport shooter, Olympic medalist 1952 (born 1913).^[4]
• 10 November – Gunnar Gren, footballer (born 1920).^[5]
• 10 November – Curt Weibull, historian (born 1886)
• 16 November – Gustav Wetterström, football player (born 1911)

Full date missing

• Olle Hansson, cross country skier (born 1904)
• Torsten Löwgren, painter (born 1903)
• Åke Åkerström, archaeologist (born 1902)

References