Events from the year 2009 in Sweden

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

– Carl XVI Gustaf *

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 i ...

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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 ...

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* GuidePal company is founded in Stockholm.

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* 3 January – Ulf G. Lindén, businessperson (born 1937) * 13 January –

Folke Sundquist Folke Sundquist (4 November 1925 – 13 January 2009) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 21 films between 1951 and 1968. He starred part in the 1951 ''One Summer of Happiness'' (1951), which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Internatio ...

, actor (born 1925). * 15 January –

Viking Palm Bror Viking Palm (13 October 1923 – 19 January 2009) was a Swedish light-heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1952, finishing fourth in 1960. In 1960 his bronze medal match aga ...

, wrestler, Olympic champion (born 1923). * 17 January – Anders Isaksson, journalist (born 1943) * 30 January – Ingemar Johansson, boxer, heavyweight world champion (born 1932) * 31 January –

Erland von Koch Sigurd Christian Jag Erland Vogt von Koch (26 April 1910 – 31 January 2009) was a Swedish composer. He wrote symphonies, ballets, an opera, and other compositions, including music for film. Life and career Born in Stockholm as the son of comp ...

, composer (born 1910) * 31 August – Torsten Lindberg, footballer (born 1917). * 3 October – Olga Dahl, genealogist (b. 1917) *20 November –

Elisabeth Söderström Anna Elisabeth Söderström (married name Olow; 7 May 192720 November 2009) was a Swedish soprano who performed both opera and song, and was known as a leading interpreter of the works of Janáček, Rachmaninoff and Sibelius.Elizabeth Sleeman, ' ...

, singer (b. 1927)

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