Events from the year 1987 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

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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Ingvar Carlsson Gösta Ingvar Carlsson (born 9 November 1934) is a Swedish politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Sweden, first from 1986 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1996. He was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1986 to 1996. He i ...

Events

*23 January – The film ''

Stockholmsnatt ''Stockholmsnatt'' (English: ''Stockholm Night'' or ''The King of Kungsan'') is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 23 January 1987, directed by Staffan Hildebrand. Plot The film is loosely based on a true story abou ...

'' is released. *2 February – The

22nd Guldbagge Awards The 22nd Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1986, and took place on 2 February 1987. '' The Sacrifice'' directed by Andrei Tarkovsky was presented with the award for Best Film. ...

is presented. *2 April – Shopping mall A6 center is inaugurated near

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipali ...

. *27 July to 2 August – The tennis tournament 1987 Swedish Open. *16 November – In the Lerum train crash, nine people were killed and more than 100 were injured. *15 December – Covered bridge restaurant Gävlebro is inaugurated near

Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...

. *25 December – The film '' Pelle the Conqueror'' is released. *31 December – TV 3 Sweden is launched.

Births

*1 January – Patric Hörnqvist, ice hockey player *29 January – Christian Carlsson, politician *2 February – Christoffer Vikström, swimmer. *3 February – Christine Bjerendal, archer. *26 February –

Johan Sjöstrand Johan Sjöstrand (; born 26 February 1987) is a Swedish handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, and has represented the Swedish national team at several competitions including the 2012 Olympic Games where he was part of the Swedish team that won ...

, handball player *10 March –

Ebba Jungmark Ebba Anna Jungmark (born 10 March 1987) is a Swedish high jumper. She finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships, won the bronze medal at the 2007 European U23 Championships, and competed at the 2007 World Championships wi ...

, high jumper. *14 April –

Ida Odén Ida Odén (born 14 April 1987) is a Swedish female former handballer. She played her entire senior career for IK Sävehof, and featured regularly in the Swedish national team. She won the Swedish Championship 11 times, including 7 times in a ro ...

, handball player *12 May – Björn Gund, ski mountaineer and cross-country skier *2 June – Darin Zanyar, singer-songwriter *7 July –

Veronica Wagner Isabella Minna Veronica Wagner, better known as Veronica (born July 7, 1987), is a gymnast who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics as a member of the Swedish Olympic team. She is coached by Staffan Söderberg. Wagner was born in Stockholm, a ...

, gymnast *27 July – Astrid Gabrielsson, sailor *8 August – Petter Menning, sprint canoer *2 October – Johanna Ahlm, handball player. *29 October – Tove Lo, singer-songwriter *14 November –

Nour El-Refai Nour El Refai (born 14 November 1987) is a Swedish actress and comedian. She became known for her participation in the candid-camera show ''Raj Raj'' in 2007 and hosted Melodifestivalen 2014. El Refai has also appeared in several movies such as ...

, Lebanese born-Swedish actress and comedian *17 November –

Jacob Wester Jacob Wester (born 17 November 1987 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish Freestyle skiing, freeskier. Skiing Jacob began Skiing at the age of five, but only appeared onto the freeskiing scene in 2005 when he finished second place at the Jon Olsson ...

, freestyle skier *12 December –

Sibel Redžep Sibel Redžep ( tr, Sibel Recep, mk, Сибел Реџеп; born 12 December 1987) is a Macedonian-born Swedish pop singer. She is known from the Swedish television show '' Idol 2005'', where she was the second runner up. She was also a semi-f ...

, Macedonian-born singer

Deaths

*10 January – Håkan Malmrot, swimmer (born 1900). *27 January –

Ove Rainer Anders Ove Rainer (14 September 1925 – 27 January 1987) was a Swedish civil servant. He served as minister for justice from 1982 and 1983. Rainer was a jurist by profession. In addition, he served as the head of the Swedish Ice Hockey Associati ...

, politician and jurist (born 1925) *20 October –

Lars-Erik Sjöberg Lars-Erik "Taxen" Sjöberg (4 May 1944 in Falun, Sweden – 20 October 1987 in Uppsala, Sweden) was a Swedish ice hockey defenceman. He played in Sweden from 1962 to 1974 (Leksands IF 1962–65 and 1967–69, Djurgårdens IF Hockey 1965–67, a ...

, ice-hockey player (born 1944) *7 November –

Arne Borg Claes Arne Borg (18 August 1901 – 7 November 1987) was a Swedish swimmer. He is best known for breaking 32 world records and winning five Olympic medals in the 1920s. In 1926 Borg won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, shared with Edvin W ...

, swimmer (born 1901). *12 November –

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 ...

, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (born 1937) *21 November –

Axel Ståhle Axel Reinhold Ståhle (1 February 1891 – 21 November 1987) was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He and his horse ''Cecil'' finished seventh in the individual jumping event and won a gold medal w ...

, horse rider (born 1891)

References

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