Events from the year 2010 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 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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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

* 8,9 June

2010 Rinkeby riots On June 8 and June 9, 2010, youth riots broke out in Rinkeby, a suburb dominated by Muslim immigrant residents, in northern Stockholm, Sweden. Up to 100 Muslim youths threw bricks, set fires and attacked the local police station in Rinkeby. It ...

, first significant rioting in an immigrant neighborhood * 19 September -

2010 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 19 September 2010 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. The main contenders of the election were the governing centre-right coalition the Alliance, consisting of the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, t ...

was held, it saw the

Nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats ( sv , Sverigedemokraterna ; SD ) is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Sweden. As of 2022, it is the largest member of Sweden's right-wing governing bloc to which it provides confidence and supply, a ...

entering parliament for the first time, as the sixth largest and only non-aligned of the eight parties elected to the parliament, by receiving 5.70 percent of the votes (an increase by 2.77 pp) and 20 seats.

Deaths

* 10 January –

Ulf Olsson Ulf Olsson (19 December 1951 – 10 January 2010), also known as Helénmannen ("the Helén man") was a Swedish murderer. He was convicted for the murders of 10-year-old Helén Nilsson and 26-year-old Jannica Ekblad in 1989. Found after a DNA test ...

, convicted murderer (born 1951) * 11 February – Bo Holmberg, governor (born 1942). * 2 March –

Emil Forselius Emil Forselius (23 November 1974 – 1 March 2010) was a Swedish actor. He graduated from the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 2002. He was awarded a Guldbagge Award for his role as Lasse in the film ''Tic Tac''. Personal life ...

, actor (born 1974) * 10 March –

Björn von der Esch Carl Gösta Björn Joachim von der Esch (11 January 1930 – 10 March 2010Walter Aronson, bobsledder (born 1917). *1 April –

Anders Eklund Anders Eklund may refer to: * Anders Eklund (boxer) * Anders Eklund (murderer) {{hndis, Eklund, Anders ...

, boxer (b. 1957). *9 April –

Kerstin Thorvall Kerstin Thorvall (12 August 1925 in Eskilstuna – 9 April 2010) was an influential Swedish novelist.O'Mahony, Paul. (10 April 2010)Outspoken author Kerstin Thorvall dies '' The Local'' Thorvall was born in Eskilstuna on 12 August 1925. She work ...

, author, illustrator and journalist (b. 1925). *24 April – Bo Hansson, keyboardist (b. 1943).

References

Years of the 21st century in Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub