2017 in Sweden
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Events in the year 2017 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Riksdag/ Legislature
- Speaker: Urban Ahlin
- First Deputy Speaker: Tobias Billström
- Second Deputy Speaker: Björn Söder
- Third Deputy Speaker: Esabelle Dingizian
Events
- 20 February – Rinkeby riots
- 7 April – 2017 Stockholm attack
- 1 July – The new Name Act of 2017 takes legal effect, replacing the Name Act of 1982
Popular culture
Sports
- 24 January – 5. February – The 2017 Bandy World Championship was held in Sweden. The Swedish team won gold medals, while Finland placed second and Russia third.
Deaths
- 9 January – Ulf Dinkelspiel, politician (b. 1939).[1]
- 23 January – Katja of Sweden, fashion designer (b. 1920).[2]
- 25 January – Siewert Öholm, journalist, television presenter (b. 1939).[3]
- 7 February – Hans Rosling, medical doctor, academic, statistician, and public speaker (b. 1948).[4]
References
- ↑ "Ulf Dinkelspiel död". Hallands Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ Ivarsson, Torbjörn. "Modedesignern Katja of Sweden är död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ "Siewert Öholm är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ↑ Gerretsen, Isabelle (7 February 2017). "Hans Rosling dead: 'Jedi master of data' dies at 68". ibtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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