Events from the year 2002 in Sweden

Incumbents

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 ...

–

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 Parliam ...

Events

January

* 1 January - Jan O. Karlsson replaces Maj-Inger Klingvall as Minister for International Development Cooperation and Minister for Migration. * 1 January - Svensk Kassaservice is split from The Post and local post offices are closed down. * 15 January - Ingegerd Wärnersson resigns as Minister for Schools. * 16 January -

Thomas Östros Thomas Östros (born 26 January 1965) is a Swedish economist, former Social Democratic politician and CEO of the Swedish Bankers' Association. In 2015 he was named Executive Director for Northern Europe at the International Monetary Fund. Ear ...

replaces Ingegerd Wärnersson as Minister for Schools. * 18 January -

Skanska Skanska AB () is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden. Skanska is the fifth-largest construction company in the world according to ''Construction Global'' magazine. Notable Skanska projects include renovation of t ...

is convicted of environmental crimes that occurred during the construction of

Hallandsås Tunnel The Hallandsås Tunnel ( sv, Hallandsåstunneln), also known as the Hallandsås Ridge Tunnel or Scanlink, is a railway tunnel in Sweden. It connects the northern and the southern sides of the Hallandsås geological formation (a horst). The leng ...

and is fined €300,000. * 21 January - The murder of Fadime Sahindal takes place. * 31 January - NCC admits that they have participated in

Asphalt Asphalt, also known as bitumen (, ), is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. It may be found in natural deposits or may be a refined product, and is classed as a pitch. Before the 20th century, the term ...

cartels A cartel is a group of independent market participants who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the market. Cartels are usually associations in the same sphere of business, and thus an alliance of rivals. Mos ...

February

* 20 February - The Palindrome Date occurs in Sweden at 20:02, 20:02 20-02-2002. * 26 February - The Rinkeby murder takes place.

March

* 3 March - Daniel Tynell from the Falun-Borlänge SK cross-country skiing club wins

Vasaloppet ( Swedish for 'the Vasa-race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The course starts in the village of Berga, just south of Sälen in western Dalarna, Sweden, and ends in the town of Mora in t ...

. * 6 March -

Demoex Demoex, an appellation short for ''democracy experiment'', is a local Swedish political party and an experiment with direct democracy in Vallentuna, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. It uses the Internet to make it possible for any member to partic ...

is founded.

April

* 11 April - An

earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fr ...

occurs in

Kusmark Kusmark is a locality situated in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 441 inhabitants in 2010. Notable natives *Viktor Arvidsson, ice hockey player for the Nashville Predators * Pär Lindholm, ice hockey player for the Bo ...

Skellefteå Skellefteå (, locally ) is a city in Västerbotten County, Sweden. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, which had 73,246 inhabitants in 2021. The city is historically industrial, with mining being a large part of that industry, especial ...

, it is measured to 3.3 on the

Richter magnitude scale The Richter scale —also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale—is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Francis Richter and presented in his landmark 1935 ...

. * 18 April - The last episode of

Rederiet ''Rederiet'' (''High Seas'' or ''The Shipping Company'') was a (318 episodes) Swedish soap opera that aired on Sveriges Television between August 1992 and April 2002. The cast featured many popular and renowned Swedish actors. The 45-minute epi ...

is aired on SVT which ends a 10 year serial of 318 episodes.

May

* 12 May - Peter Eriksson and

Maria Wetterstrand Ingrid Maria Wetterstrand (born 2 October 1973) is a Swedish politician. She was one of the spokespersons of the Green Party alongside Peter Eriksson between 2002 and 2011. Between 2001 and 2011 she was a member of the Riksdag. Wetterstrand ...

are elected leaders of the

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...

June

July

* 31 July -

Tony Deogan Tony Deogan (25 November 1975 – 2 August 2002) was a Swedish man killed in Stockholm before a football match, when he suffered a brutal attack at the hands of supporters of another team. Beating Deogan became the first Swede to be killed as a ...

, a supporter of

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...

, is severely injured in a

hooligan Hooliganism is disruptive or unlawful behavior such as rioting, bullying and vandalism, usually in connection with crowds at sporting events. Etymology There are several theories regarding the origin of the word ''hooliganism,'' which is a ...

fight with supporters of

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

in the Högalid Park in Stockholm.

August

* 14 August - The Cross Light Rail in Stockholm is extented from Gullmarsplan to Sicka Udde. * 23 August - Västermalmsgallerian is inaugurated.

September

* 11 September -

Marie Fredriksson Gun-Marie Fredriksson (; 30 May 1958 – 9 December 2019) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist and painter, who was best known internationally as the lead vocalist of pop rock duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. The duo ...

collapses in her bathroom and after being rushed to

Karolinska University Hospital The Karolinska University Hospital ( sv, Karolinska universitetssjukhuset) is a teaching hospital affiliated with Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, with two major sites in the municipalities of Solna and Huddinge. The hospital network ...

is diagnosed with cancer after finding a

brain tumor A brain tumor occurs when abnormal cells form within the brain. There are two main types of tumors: malignant tumors and benign (non-cancerous) tumors. These can be further classified as primary tumors, which start within the brain, and seconda ...

in her head. * 15 September - The

2002 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 2002, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1858 alongside municipal and county council elections. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the larges ...

is held. * 17 September - Fulufjället National Park is established.

October

November

* 18 November - Telia merges with

Sonera Telia Company AB is a Swedish multinational telecommunications company and mobile network operator present in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Telia also owns TV4 Media which includes TV4 in Sweden, MTV Oy in F ...

and forms

TeliaSonera Telia Company AB is a Swedish multinational telecommunications company and mobile network operator present in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Telia also owns TV4 Media which includes TV4 in Sweden, MTV Oy in F ...

December

* 21 December - A baby girl is found dead in an

underpass A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube constr ...

Brunna Brunna is a locality and a suburb of Metropolitan Stockholm situated in Upplands-Bro Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the ...

Kungsängen Kungsängen ( en, King’s Meadow) is a locality and the seat of Upplands-Bro Municipality Upplands-Bro Municipality (''Upplands-Bro kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kungs� ...

northwest of Stockholm. * 28 December - Marcus Noren is murdered in an apartment in Halmstad by a 28 or 46-year-old suspect. His body is later dumped in Nissan.

Deaths

* 11 January – Hilding Mickelsson, photographer (born 1919) * 17 January –

Eddie Meduza Errol Leonard Norstedt (17 June 1948–17 January 2002), better known by his stage name Eddie Meduza, was a Swedish composer and musician working mainly in the rockabilly genre. Music career Themes and behaviour Many of Meduza's songs are abou ...

, composer and musician (born 1948) * 21 January – Fadime Şahindal, student and politician (born 1975) * 28 January – Astrid Lindgren, children's writer (born 1907). * 4 February –

Sigvard Bernadotte Sigvard Oscar Fredrik, Prince Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (7 June 1907 – 4 February 2002) born as, and until 1934 known as, Prince Sigvard of Sweden, Duke of Uppland, was a member of the Swedish Royal Family and a successful industrial desi ...

, industrial designer (born 1907) * 19 February –

Arne Selmosson Arne Selmosson (29 March 1931 – 19 February 2002) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Götene, Selmosson played for Jönköpings Södra, Udinese, Lazio it, Laziale , population_note = , popul ...

, football player (born 1931) * 10 March –

Erik Lönnroth Erik Lönnroth (1 August 1910 in Gothenburg – 10 March 2002) was one of the most notable Swedish historians of the 20th century. He was a life member of the Swedish Academy from 1962 and member of various faculties.Gösta Winbergh, opera singer (born 1943) * 29 April – Sune Andersson, footballer (born 1921). * 7 June –

Signe Hasso Signe Eleonora Cecilia Hasso (''née'' Larsson; 15 August 1915 – 7 June 2002) was a Swedish actress, writer, and composer. Biography Hasso was born in the Kungsholmen parish of Stockholm, Sweden in 1915. Her father and grandfather died when s ...

, actress, writer, composer (born 1915) * 4 July – Sten Samuelson, architect (born 1926) * 19 August –

Jan Stenbeck Jan Hugo Robert Arne Stenbeck (; 14 November 1942 – 19 August 2002) was a Swedish business leader, media pioneer, sailor and financier. He was head of Kinnevik Group from 1976 and founded among other things the companies Comviq, Invik & C ...

, business leader, media pioneer, sailor and financier (born 1942) * 6 November – Folke Frölén, horse rider (born 1908). * 10 November – Anne-Marie Brunius, actress (born 1916) * 8 December – Gunnar Helén, politician (born 1918) * 21 December – Kjell Larsson, politician (born 1943) * 26 December –

Åke Lindström Åke Lindström (22 July 1928 – 26 December 2002) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1950 and 2001. Selected filmography * ''The Kiss on the Cruise'' (1950) * '' Storm Ov ...

, actor (born 1928)

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