Events from the year 2006 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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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 ...

Fredrik Reinfeldt John Fredrik Reinfeldt (pronounced ; born 4 August 1965) is a Swedish economist, lecturer, and former politician who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014, and chairman of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 2003 to 2015. He wa ...

Events

*'' Love and War'', an animated short film is released. * Swegon Air Academy is founded.

Publications

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The Girl Who Played with Fire ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'' ( sv, Flickan som lekte med elden) is the second novel in the best-selling ''Millennium'' series by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009. ...

'', novel by

Stieg Larsson Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, starting in 2 ...

. * 26 October - The Swedish

Metapedia Metapedia is an online wiki-based encyclopedia dedicated to fascist, far-right, white nationalist, white supremacist, anti-feminist, Islamophobic, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi points of view. History The Swedish Metapedia was founded in 2006 ...

was founded by Anders Lagerström.

Deaths

K-2 1000 metres medalists at 1960 Summer Olympics

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Sven Fagerberg Sven Gustaf Fagerberg (December 17, 1918 – January 20, 2006) was a Swedish novelist, essayist, and civil engineer. He made his literary debut in 1957, with the novel ''Höknatt''. Among his later novels are ''Svärdfäktarna'' from 1963 and ...

, writer (born 1918) **

Dave Lepard David Roberto Hellman (28 May 1980 – 13 January 2006), known by his stage name Dave Lepard, was a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of glam metal band Crashdïet. Career He formed the band Crashd ...

, singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1980) * 5 July – Gert Fredriksson, canoer, Olympic champion (born 1919). * 27 July –

Göran Printz-Påhlson Göran Printz-Påhlson (1931–2006) was a Swedish poet essayist, translator and literary critic. Among his essay collections are ''Solen i spegeln'' from 1958 and ''Appendiks'' from 1960. He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1992. He held academi ...

, writer (born 1931) * 17 September –

Hans Berglund Hans Gustaf Bo Berglund (24 February 1918 – 17 September 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won the gold in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Berglund also won ...

, canoer (born 1918). * 4 October –

Gunnar Åkerlund Ernst Gunnar Åkerlund (20 November 1923 – 4 October 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two Olympic medals in the K-2 10000 m event: a gold in 1948 and a silver in 1952. Åkerlund won thr ...

, canoer (born 1923).

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