1989 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 1989 in Sweden.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Ingvar Carlsson

Events

• 1 October  - Establishment of the Swedish Security Service

Popular culture

Film

• 6 March  - The 24th Guldbagge Awards were presented.
• 15 September  - The Women on the Roof released

Sport

• 17 to 20 August  - The 1989 World Orienteering Championships were held in Skövde.^[1]
• 23 September to 1 October  - The 1989 Men's European Volleyball Championship was hosted in Örebro and Stockholm.

Births

• 22 February  - Anna Sundstrand, singer and model
• 28 March  - Jenny Lönnkvist, orienteering competitor
• 10 April  - Jenny Alm, handball player
• 27 April  - Jerker Lysell, orienteering competitor,^[2] world champion in sprint (2016)
• 5 May  - Agnes Knochenhauer, curler
• 23 May  - Jeffery Taylor, basketball player
• 12 June  - Emma Eliasson, ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist^[3]
• 29 June  - Jens Westin, ice hockey player
• 11 July  - Tobias Sana, football player
• 21 July  - Christoffer Sundgren, curler
• 8 September  - Avicii, DJ, remixer, record producer, musician and songwriter
• 24 October  - Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, a.k.a. PewDiePie, YouTube personality
• 4 November  - Frida Svedin Thunström, ice hockey player^[4]

Deaths

• 1 February  - Erik Persson, footballer (born 1909)
• 27 February  - Göran Larsson, swimmer (born 1932)^[5]
• 16 June  - Arthur Häggblad, cross-country skier (born 1908)^[6]
• 20 September  - Stig Andersson-Tvilling, ice hockey player (born 1928)
• 29 October  - Anders Rydberg, football player (born 1903)
• 23 December  - Lennart Strandberg, athlete (born 1915)
• 31 December  - Clarence Hammar, sailor (born 1899)

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Orienteering Championships 1989 . . 16 September 2017.
2. Web site: Jerker Lysell . IOF Eventor. 16 September 2017.
3. Web site: Emma Eliasson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204311/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/el/emma-eliasson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 30 July 2015.
4. Web site: Frida Svedin-Thunström . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210030/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sv/frida-svedin-thunstrom-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 30 July 2015.
5. Web site: Göran Larsson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165715/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/goran-larsson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 30 July 2015.
6. Web site: Artur Häggblad . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192344/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/artur-haggblad-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 30 July 2015.