1954 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1954 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

• June  - The Catalina affair
• Dissolution of the Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad.

Popular culture

Sport

• 26 February to 7 March  - The 1954 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm

Literature

• Mio, My Son, children's book by Astrid Lindgren

Film

• 26 December  - Gabrielle, directed by Hasse Ekman, released

Births

• 15 April  - Göran Högosta, ice hockey player
• 28 April  - Peter Schantz, medical scientist
• 19 May  - Lena Einhorn, director, writer and physician^[1]
• 23 July  - Philip Zandén, actor
• 8 September  - Johan Harmenberg, fencer.^[2]
• 16 December – Eva Gustafsson, middle-distance runner

Deaths

• 19 February  - Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, politician (born 1883)
• 2 June  - Lydia Wahlström, historian and women's rights activist (born 1869)
• 29 June  - Thorsten Svensson, football player (born 1901)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lena Einhorn . Svenska Dagbladet . 16 October 2020 . sv . 27 February 2005.
2. Web site: Johan Harmenberg . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200753/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/johan-harmenberg-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 August 2015.