Events from the year 1985 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 ...

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Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

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Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, on 15 September 1973. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Du ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until h ...

Events

*28 March to 7 April – The

1985 World Table Tennis Championships The 1985 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Göteborg from March 28 to April 7, 1985. Results Team Individual References External linksITTF Museum {{World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Tab ...

were held in

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

*23 August to 1 September – The 1985 World Weightlifting Championships were held in

Södertälje Södertälje ( , ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Södermanland and Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. As of 2017, it has 72,704 inhabitants. Södertälje is located at Mälarens confluence in to the Baltic Sea ...

*15 September –

Swedish general election Elections in Sweden are held once every four years. At the highest level, all 349 members of Riksdag, the national parliament of Sweden, are elected in general elections. Elections to the 20 county councils ( sv, landsting) and 290 municipal a ...

remains

Prime Minister of Sweden The prime minister ( sv, statsminister ; literally translating to "Minister of State") is the head of government of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are subj ...

following a victory for the

Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so ...

Births

*14 March – Jessica Samuelsson, heptathlete *27 March –

Caroline Winberg Caroline Maria Winberg (born 27 March 1985) is a Swedish model. Personal life Caroline Winberg was born in Sollentuna. Winberg, a tomboy and aspiring professional football player in her youth for AIK from Solna a suburb north Stockholm, was ...

, model *18 May – Johan Eurén, wrestler *30 May –

Erik Rost Erik Rost (born May 30, 1985) is a Swedish ski-orienteering competitor, winner of the overall world cup, and junior world champion. Ski orienteering Rost won the overall World Cup in Ski Orienteering in 2007/2008. He received three individual g ...

, ski orienteer *6 June –

Sebastian Larsson Bengt Ulf Sebastian Larsson (; born 6 June 1985) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Beginning his career at hometown club IFK Eskilstuna, Larsson was signed by Arsenal. He made three Premier League appearanc ...

, footballer *10 June –

Kristina Lundberg Kristina Anna Maria Lundberg (born 10 June 1985) is a Swedish ice hockey player. She was born in Husum, and won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olim ...

, ice hockey player *26 June –

Bobo Sollander Bobo Karl Nils Sollander Jansson (born 26 June 1985), known simply as Bobo Sollander, is a retired Swedish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of foo ...

, footballer *27 June –

Patrik Fahlgren Patrik Fahlgren (born 27 June 1985) is a Swedish handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ...

, handball player *27 June –

Stina Viktorsson Stina Viktorsson (born 27 June 1985) is a Swedish curler from Umeå. She is a skip. Viktorsson had an accomplished Junior career in Sweden winning a bronze medal at the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships and a silver at the 2005 J ...

, curler *6 July –

Niklas Edin Johan Niklas Edin (born 6 July 1985) is a Swedish curler. He currently resides in Karlstad, which has been his curling home base since 2008. He holds several sport distinctions. He is the first and the only skip in World Curling Federation (WCF ...

, curler *28 August –

Helena Jansson Helena Bergman ( Jansson, born 28 August 1985) is a Swedish orienteer who became World Champion in the sprint distance in Miskolc, Hungary in 2009. She lives in Stockholm and competes for OK Ravinen. She is married to Gustav Bergman Gustav C. ...

, orienteer *6 September –

Elias Granath Elias Granath (born September 6, 1985, in Borlänge, Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey defenceman currently an unrestricted free agent. He played two seasons for Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). On Decembe ...

, ice hockey player *17 September –

Jimmy Jansson Erik Robert Jimmy Jansson (born September 17, 1985) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. At Melodifestivalen 2020 he set a new record for the amount of competing entries by a composer at one contest with six entries. Music career Jansson's music ...

, singer and songwriter *11 October –

Gabriella Fagundez Gabriella Fagundez (born 11 October 1985) is a Swedish swimmer. She currently holds the 800 m (long course and short course) and 1500 m freestyle (long course) national records National Records was a record label that was started in New Yor ...

, swimmer *24 October –

Oscar Wendt Oscar Joakim Wendt (born 24 October 1985) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. A product of the IFK Skövde youth academy, Wendt started off his professional career with IFK Göteborg ...

, footballer *25 November –

Marcus Hellner Carl Marcus Joakim Hellner (born 25 November 1985) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed between 2003 and 2018. He retired at the end of the 2017-18 FIS World Cup season. Athletic career Hellner had a total of seven victories in ...

, cross-country skier

Deaths

*3 May –

Ruth Forsling Ruth Linnéa Forsling (; 11 February 1923 – 3 May 1985) was a Swedish teacher, liberal activist, and politician who served in the Parliament of Sweden in 1964. A member of the Liberal People's Party, she represented the Stockholm Municipality c ...

, activist and politician (born 1923). *27 August –

John Albrechtson John Albrechtson (22 July 1936 – 27 August 1985) was a Swedish sailboat racing, sailor. Between 1968 and 1978 he won one Olympic gold medal and three gold, one silver and one bronze medals at the world championships. Biography Albrechtson sta ...

, sailor, World champion and Olympic champion (born 1936). *3 October –

Yngve Stoor Hans "Yngve" Stoor (5 April 1912 – 3 October 1985) was a Swedish singer, lyricist and composer. One of his most famous recordings is the 1945 Christmas music, Christmas song "Sjömansjul på Hawaii". References

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, singer and composer (born 1912)

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