Events from the year 1966 in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
Incumbents
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Monarch –
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf Ado ...
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Prime Minister –
Tage Erlander
Tage Fritjof Erlander (; 13 June 1901 – 21 June 1985) was a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party and led the government for an uninterrupted tenur ...
Events
Popular culture
Music
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Grimascher och telegram
' (English: ''Grimaces and telegram'') is the third studio album by the Swedish-Dutch folk singer-songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk. It is a more jazz-oriented album.
Track listing
Music and lyrics by Cornelis Vreeswijk unless otherwise noted
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'', album by
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Cornelis Vreeswijk (; ; 8 August 1937 – 12 November 1987) was a Dutch-born Swedish singer-songwriter, poet and actor.
He emigrated to Sweden with his parents in 1949 at the age of twelve. He was educated as a social worker and hoped to become ...
Births
* 19 January – Yukiko Duke, journalist and translator
* 5 August – Håkan Algotsson, ice hockey goaltender.
* 12 October – Christian Due-Boje, ice hockey player.
* 12 November – Anette Norberg, curler
Deaths
* 19 April – Gösta Åsbrink, gymnast (born 1881 in Sweden, 1881).
* 11 November – Carl Jonsson, tug-of-war competitor (born 1885 in Sweden, 1885).
References
1966 in Sweden,
1966 by country, Sweden
Years of the 20th century in Sweden
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