Events from the year 1996 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 –

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 – Ingvar Carlsson, succeeded by Göran Persson

Events

*'' Connect/Disconnect'' one-act musical premieres in Gothenburg. * Establishment of the

Tresticklan National Park Tresticklan National Park ( sv, Tresticklan nationalpark) is located in the municipality of Dals-Ed in northwestern Dalsland, Sweden, along the Norwegian border. "Trestickel" means "trident", possibly a reference to the shape of Lake Stora Tresti ...

Popular culture

Literature

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Sorgegondolen ''The Sorrow Gondola'' ( sv, Sorgegondolen) is a 1996 poetry collection by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. The title refers to the composition ''La lugubre gondola'' by Franz Liszt. It was the first collection by Tranströmer published aft ...

'', poetry collection by Tomas Tranströmer, winner of the

August Prize The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. Prize In the years 1989- ...

Film

*25 December – ''

Private Confessions ''Private Confessions'' ( sv, Enskilda samtal) is a 1996 Swedish drama film directed by Liv Ullmann and written by Ingmar Bergman. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. ''Private Confessions'' is a ...

'' released

Television

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Mysteriet på Greveholm ''Mysteriet på Greveholm'' (''"The Mystery at Greveholm"'') was the 1996 Swedish '' SVT Christmas Calendar'' production. It was released on VHS in October 1997 and on DVD 19 November 2001. It was voted the best ''Julkalender'' ever in Aftonblade ...

'' *'' Skilda världar'', soap opera from 1996 to 2002 *''

Vänner och fiender Vänner is Swedish for "friends" and may refer to:- *''Bästa vänner'' (Best friends), a 1997 album from Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson. *Riltons Vänner (Rilton's Friends), a Swedish professional a cappella group *'' Vänner och fiender'' (Fr ...

'', soap opera from 1996 to 2000 *''

Robin Robin may refer to: Animals * Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae * Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including: **European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'') **Bush-robin **Forest rob ...

'', cartoon series

Sports

*The

1996 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 1996, part of the 1996 Swedish football season, was the 72nd Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's associatio ...

was won by IFK Göteborg *At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Sweden had 177 participants, and achieved eight medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze).

Births

*5 February –

Stina Blackstenius Emma Stina Blackstenius (born 5 February 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Arsenal of the English Women's Super League and the Sweden national team. Club career Vadstena Blackstenius grew up in Vadstena and ...

, footballer *29 April – Gustav Engvall, football player *1 May – William Nylander, ice hockey player *6 July – Sandra Näslund, freestyle skier *18 July – Yung Lean, musician *28 August – Little Sis Nora, singer *10 October – Oscar Zia, singer

Deaths

*16 January – Kurt Svanström, football player (born 1915) *11 February –

Olle Åhlund Sten Olov “Olle” Åhlund (22 August 1920 – 11 February 1996) was a Swedish footballer, who played for Degerfors IF. He played 34 games for the Swedish national team and won the bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer O ...

, football player (born 1920). *28 April –

Svea Holst Svea Holst (20 April 1901 – 28 April 1996) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1923 and 1987. Selected filmography * '' Nothing But the Truth'' (1939) * '' Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''Crisis'' (1946) * '' ...

, film actress (born 1901) *14 March – Maj Sønstevold, composer (born 1917). *19 June – Edvin Wide, runner, Olympic medalist 1920, 1924 and 1928 (born 1896). *2 July – Ingvar Pettersson, athlete (born 1926) *13 September –

Håkan Sundin Håkan is a common Swedish given name. It has a common origin with the Norwegian given name Haakon (modern Norwegian Håkon, Danish Hakon) in the Old Norse ''Hákon''. The meaning of the name is disputed but a possible meaning is "high son" from ...

, 54, Swedish bandy player *6 December –

Olof Sundby Olof Sundby (6 December 1917 – 6 December 1996) was a Swedish bishop within the Church of Sweden. He was the archbishop of Uppsala in the period 1972–1983. Biography Carl Olof Werner Sundby was born at Karlskoga in Örebro County, Sweden. ...

, bishop,

archbishop of Uppsala The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until the early 20th century) has been the primate (bishop), primate of Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Roman Catholic Church, Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward un ...

(born 1917) *12 December –

Olle Tandberg Olof Peder "Olle" Tandberg (10 October 1918 – 26 December 1996) was a Swedish heavyweight boxer. He was the European amateur boxing champion between 1937 and 1939. Biography Tandberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 October 1918. He repre ...

, heavyweight boxer (born 1918)

References

Years of the 20th century in Sweden

1990s in Sweden

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