The following lists events that happened during

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

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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Göran Persson Hans Göran Persson (; born 20 January 1949) is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Persson was first elected to the Swedish Parlia ...

Events

January

* January 1 - The

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sw ...

is separated from the

Swedish State 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 ...

Popular culture

Film

* 13 May – ''

Faithless Faithless are an English band that formed in 1995, with its core members being Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. Their first album, '' Reverence'', was released in 1996 and their most recent, ''All Blessed'', in 2020. They have sold millions ...

'', directed by

Liv Ullmann Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and film director. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent partner of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She acted in m ...

, released. * 4 August – '' Sleepwalker'' released * 25 August – ''

Together ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi P ...

'' released in Sweden * 22 December – ''

Jalla! Jalla! ''Jalla! Jalla!'' is a Swedish comedy film, which was released in cinemas in Sweden on December 22nd 2000. It was directed by Swedish-Lebanese filmmaker Josef Fares, and starred Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny and Laleh Pourkarim in th ...

'', comedy film directed by

Josef Fares Josef Fares (born 19 September 1977) is a Swedish-Lebanese film director and video game designer of Assyrian descent. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films. He is the founder of Hazelight Studios. Biograph ...

Literature

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The Return of the Dancing Master ''The Return of the Dancing Master'' is a 2000 novel by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell. It was translated into English in 2003 by Laurie Thompson, and won the 2005 Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel, presented by Mystery Ink. The b ...

'', crime novel by

Henning Mankell Henning Georg Mankell (; 3February 19485October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of ...

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Missing Missing or The Missing may refer to: Film * ''Missing'' (1918 film), an American silent drama directed by James Young * ''Missing'' (1982 film), an American historical drama directed by Costa-Gavras * ''Missing'' (2007 film) (''Vermist''), a Bel ...

'', crime fiction novel by

Karin Alvtegen Karin Alvtegen (born 8 June 1965, Huskvarna, Sweden) is a Swedish author of crime fiction. Alvtegen's psychological thrillers are generally set in Sweden. Four of her books have been translated into English: '' Missing'', ''Betrayal'', ''Shadow'' ...

Sports

* 10 December – The

2000 European Cross Country Championships The 7th European Cross Country Championships were held at Malmö in Sweden on 10 December 2000. Paulo Guerra took his fourth title in the men's competition and Katalin Szentgyörgyi won the women's race. Results Men individual 9.71 km Me ...

were held in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

Births

* 7 April –

Julia Kedhammar Sweden selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through Lilla Melodifestivalen 2014 which consisted of eight songs. The final was held on 6 June 2014 at the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm. Julia Kedhammar, with her song ...

, singer

Deaths

* 8 January –

Henry Eriksson Knut Henry "Krylbo" Eriksson (23 January 1920 – 8 January 2000) was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m event. In 1946 he finished second behind Lennart Strand, both at the national and European Championships. On 15 ...

, athlete (born 1920). * 13 January –

John Ljunggren John Arthur Ljunggren (9 September 1919 – 13 January 2000) was a Swedish race walker. He competed in the 50 kilometer event at the 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in first, ninth, third, second and 16th place, respectivel ...

, athlete (born 1919). * 25 January –

Folke Ekström Nils Johan Folke Ekström (12 October 1906, in Lund – 25 January 2000, in Saltsjobaden) was a Swedish International Master (IM) of chess and of correspondence chess (IMC). He won the Swedish Championships in 1947 and 1948; Swedish Corresponde ...

, chess player (born 1906) * 25 February –

Doris Löve Doris Benta Maria Löve, ''née'' Wahlén (born 2 January 1918 in Kristianstad – deceased 25 February 2000 in San Jose, California) was a Swedish systematic botanist, particularly active in the Arctic. Biography Doris Löve was born in Krist ...

, botanist (born 1918) * 19 March –

Egon Jönsson Egon Jönsson (8 October 1921 – 19 March 2000) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder for Malmö FF and the Sweden national team. Club career Nicknamed "Todde den Hemlige," Jönsson played 405 matches for Malmö FF, winning ...

, footballer (born 1921). * 28 June –

Nils Poppe Nils Poppe (31 May 1908 – 28 June 2000) was a Swedish actor, comedian, director, screenwriter and theatre manager. He is internationally most famous for his part in Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'', but in Sweden he was much loved and ...

, actor, director and screenwriter (born 1908) * 29 July –

Åke Hodell Åke Hodell (April 30, 1919 – July 29, 2000, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist. Daughter Laila Hodell (author) He was the son of author Björn Hodell and brother of actor Ulla Hodell. ...

, fighter pilot and poet (born 1919) * 30 July –

Örjan Blomquist Örjan Blomquist (23 August 1957 – 30 July 2000) was a Swedish cross-country skier, specialised at long-distance races during the 1980s. Competing for IFK Lidingö at club level, he shared the victory at Vasaloppet 1988 together with his brothe ...

, cross-country skier (born 1957) * 28 August –

Knut Holmqvist Knut Holmqvist (15 July 1918 – 28 August 2000) was a Swedish sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of ...

, sport shooter (born 1918). * 18 October –

Inga Gill Inga Gill (2 May 1925 – 18 October 2000) was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Stockholm and died there in 2000, aged 75, following a thrombosis. Selected filmography * ''Affairs of a Model'' (1946) - Waitress at Gyldene Tunnan (un ...

, film actress (born 1925)

References

Years of the 20th century in Sweden

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