1952 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1952 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

• June  - The Catalina affair
• 21 September  - Swedish general election
• 25 October – The Swedish Basketball Federation is founded out of the Swedish Handball Federation's basketball section.^[1]
• unknown date – The paratrooper training school Fallskärmsjägarna (FJS) is established.

Popular culture

Film

• 12 August  - The Firebird released

Births

• 23 February  - Sören Åkeby, football player
• 25 February  - Tomas Ledin, singer and songwriter
• 21 March  - Håkan Lindström, sailor.^[2]
• 7 May  - Stanley Dickens, racing driver
• 12 May  - Christer Garpenborg, athlete.^[3]
• 29 May  - Carl-Henric Svanberg, businessman
• 14 June  - Suzanne Reuter, actress
• 15 July  - Christian Palme, communications expert, journalist and writer
• 10 August  - Ulf Weinstock, ice hockey player.^[4]
• 10 September  - Gustav Levin, actor

Deaths

• 12 July  - Konrad Törnqvist, football player (born 1888).^[5]
• 2 September  - Hans von Rosen, horse rider (born 1888)
• 24 December  - Anton Johanson, football player and manager (born 1877)
• Anna von Zweigbergk, reporter (born 1865)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Förbundets historia. Swedish Basketball Federation. sv. 30 June 2020.
2. Web site: Håkan Lindström . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205418/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/hakan-lindstrom-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 August 2015.
3. Web site: Christer Garpenborg . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190628/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/christer-garpenborg-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 August 2015.
4. Web site: Ulf Weinstock . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204644/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/ulf-weinstock-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 August 2015.
5. Web site: Konrad Törnqvist . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205236/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/konrad-tornqvist-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 August 2015.