1982 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1982 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf^[1]
• Prime Minister – Thorbjörn Fälldin, Olof Palme

Events

• 19 September – The 1982 Swedish general election is held.
• 8 October – Thorbjörn Fälldin resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden, following a defeat for the Centre Party of Sweden in the Swedish parliamentary election. He is replaced with Olof Palme.

Births

• 3 January  - Lasse Nilsson, footballer
• 25 January  - Patrik Ingelsten, football coach and former player
• 31 January  - Yukimi Nagano, singer-songwriter
• 6 February  - Bojan Djordjic, footballer
• 2 March  - Henrik Lundqvist, ice hockey player^[2]
• 2 March  - Joel Lundqvist, ice hockey player
• 8 March  - Erik Ersberg, ice hockey player
• 9 March  - Tobias Hysén, footballer
• 10 March  - Andreas Johansson, footballer
• 15 March  - Daniel Rickardsson, cross-country skier
• 21 April – Patrik Sandell, rally driver
• 15 May Stefan Ishizaki, footballer
• 10 June  - Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland^[3]
• 23 June  - Martin Rolinski, Musical artist
• 1 July  - Joachim Johansson, tennis player
• 21 July  - Miss Li, Musical artist
• 23 July  - Ace Wilder, singer
• 8 August  - Viktor Fasth, ice hockey player
• 10 August  - John Alvbåge, footballer
• 17 August  - Jon Olsson, freestyle skier
• 21 August  - Kim Andersson, handball player
• 24 August  - Kim Källström, footballer
• 10 September – Staffan Kronwall, ice hockey player
• 15 September – Sofia Jannok, Musical artist
• 15 September – Per Nilsson, footballer
• 27 September – Markus Rosenberg, footballer
• 2 November – Johan Wissman, sprinter

Deaths

• 4 January  - Konrad Granström, gymnast (born 1900)^[4]
• 30 January  - Tora Dahl, writer (born 1886)^[5]
• 10 March  - Erik August Larsson, cross country skier (born 1912)^[6]
• 8 June - Solveig Rönn-Christiansson, politician (born 1902)
• 8 July  - Gunnar Eriksson, cross country skier (born 1921)^[7]
• 15 August  - Hugo Theorell, biochemist
• 20 August  - Ulla Jacobsson, actress born 1929)
• 29 August  - Ingrid Bergman, actress (born 1915)

Notes and References

1. Book: Paxton . J. . The Statesman's Year-Book 1987-88 . 16 December 2016 . Springer . 978-0-230-27116-6 . 1138 . en.
2. Web site: Henrik Lundqvist . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204255/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/henrik-lundqvist-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 6 October 2014.
3. Book: Paxton . J. . The Statesman's Year-Book 1987-88 . 16 December 2016 . Springer . 978-0-230-27116-6 . 1138 . en.
4. Web site: Konrad Granström . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205938/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/konrad-granstrom-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 6 October 2014.
5. Encyclopedia: Tora Armida Dahl . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no. 6 October 2014.
6. Web site: Erik Larsson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417070240/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/erik-larsson-2.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 6 October 2014.
7. Web site: Gunnar Eriksson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204659/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/gunnar-eriksson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 6 October 2014.