1966 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1966 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Popular culture

Music

• Grimascher och telegram, album by Cornelis Vreeswijk

Births

• 19 January  - Yukiko Duke, journalist and translator
• 5 August  - Håkan Algotsson, ice hockey goaltender.^[1]
• 12 October  - Christian Due-Boje, ice hockey player.^[2]
• 12 November  - Anette Norberg, curler^[3]

Deaths

• 19 April  - Gösta Åsbrink, gymnast and modern pentathlete (born 1881).^[4]
• 3 October  - Rolf Maximilian Sievert, medical physicist (born 1896)^[5]
• 11 November  - Carl Jonsson, tug-of-war competitor (born 1885).^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Håkan Algotsson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205813/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/hakan-algotsson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 October 2014.
2. Web site: Christian Due-Boje . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205801/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/christian-due-boje-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 October 2014.
3. Web site: Anette Norberg - Player Profile - Curling . Eurosport UK . 20 February 2022 . en.
4. Web site: Gösta Åsbrink . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/gosta-asbrink-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 October 2014.
5. Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896–1966): Father of radiation protection . 10.1007/s12194-015-0330-5 . 2016 . Sekiya . Masaru . Yamasaki . Michio . Radiological Physics and Technology . 9 . 1 . 1–5 . 26220621 .
6. Web site: Carl Jonsson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205314/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/carl-jonsson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 October 2014.