1974 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1974 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Olof Palme

Events

• 2 January - Electricity rationing is introduced in Sweden due to the oil crisis
• 29 January - The Swedish petrol rationing ends after three weeks
• 7 March - Electricity rationing in Sweden ends, among other things, the street lights turn on fully again
• 6 April - Sweden wins the 19th Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, United Kingdom. The winning song is "Waterloo", performed by ABBA. The year marks the first time the contest was won by a group.
• 26 April - Sweden's first videographer is inaugurated.
• 18 September - Swedish spy Stig Wennerström, sentenced in 1964 to life imprisonment, is released by decision of the Swedish government

Popular culture

Literature

• Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson are awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The two laureates were members of the Swedish Academy at the time; the decision was criticized by the media,^[1] and Martinson committed suicide in 1978.^[2]

Births

• 16 January – Mattias Jonson, footballer
• 13 March – Thomas Enqvist, former professional tennis player
• 20 March – Mattias Asper, footballer
• 31 March – Stefan Olsdal, Musical artist
• 2 April – Håkan Hellström, singer-songwriter
• 16 April – Mattias Timander, former ice hockey player
• 17 April – Mikael Åkerfeldt, musician
• 26 May  - Lars Frölander, swimmer.^[3]
• 24 June – Magnus Carlsson, Musical artist
• 9 July – Nikola Šarčević, musician of Serbian origin
• 30 July  - Josefin Åsberg, film art director.^[4]
• 30 August – Camilla Läckberg, crime writer
• 6 September – Nina Persson, singer
• 7 October  - Charlotte Perrelli, Musical artist
• 8 October  - Fredrik Modin, ice hockey player
• 24 October  - Joakim Nätterqvist, actor
• 19 December  - Minna Telde, horse rider.^[5]
• 20 December  - Angelica Ljungquist, beach volleyball player^[6]
• 24 December – Thure Lindhardt, actor
• 30 December – Johanna Sällström, actress

Deaths

• 7 May  - Gustaf Dyrsch, horse rider (born 1890).^[7]
• 11 July – Pär Lagerkvist, writer (born 1891)
• 29 October  - Axel Cadier, wrestler, Olympic champion in 1936 (born 1906).^[8]

See also

• 1974 in Swedish television

Notes and References

1. News: Tidigare val av svenska Nobelpristagare hårt kritiserade . Dagens Nyheter . Clas . Barkman . 6 October 2011 . 17 May 2016 .
2. News: Martinson begick harakiri . Aftonbladet . Anita . Hansson . 31 August 2000 . 17 May 2016 .
3. Web site: Lars Frölander . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417070009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/lars-frolander-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 October 2014.
4. Web site: Josefin Åsberg . 2 December 2017 . .
5. Web site: Minna Telde . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204416/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/minna-telde-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 October 2014.
6. Web site: FIVB - Beach Volleyball . www.fivb.org . 8 April 2020.
7. Web site: Gustaf Dyrsch . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205911/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dy/gustaf-dyrsch-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 October 2014.
8. Web site: Axel Cadier . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/axel-cadier-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 3 October 2014.