2005 In Sweden
Events from the year 2005 in Sweden Incumbents * List of Swedish monarchs, Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister – Göran Persson Events * 1 January – The train service between Oslo and Stockholm is closed after 133 years. * 8–9 January – A strong storm, Cyclone Gudrun, Hurricane Gudrun, hits northern Europe, including southern Sweden. At least 18 people are killed, 300,000 households and 75 million cubic meters of forest are felled. * 18 January – The company SIBA's CEO Fabian Bengtsson disappears in central Gothenburg, probably kidnapped. * 3 February – Fabian Bengtsson is found alive in Gothenburg. * 5 February – Sweden's Prime Minister Göran Persson is appointed an honorary doctor of medicine at Örebro University. The appointment arouses strong protests, as it is considered a reward for the prime minister's having made Örebro University into a university. * 11 March – Nintendo launches its new game console Nintendo DS in S ...
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