2000 in Sweden explained

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Sweden.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Göran Persson

Events

January

• January 1 - The Church of Sweden is separated from the Swedish State.^[1]

Popular culture

Film

• 13 May  - Faithless, directed by Liv Ullmann, released.
• 4 August  - Sleepwalker released
• 25 August  - Together released in Sweden
• 22 December  - Jalla! Jalla!, comedy film directed by Josef Fares

Literature

• The Return of the Dancing Master, crime novel by Henning Mankell
• Missing, crime fiction novel by Karin Alvtegen

Sports

• 10 December  - The 2000 European Cross Country Championships were held in Malmö

Births

March

• 7 March  - Rasmus Sandin, ice hockey player

April

• 7 April  - Julia Kedhammar, singer
• 13 April  - Rasmus Dahlin, ice hockey player
• 20 April  - Klara Hammarström, singer
• 20 April  - Nils Fröling, footballer
• 25 April  - Dejan Kulusevski, footballer

June

• 12 June  - Nina Dano, handballer

July

• 23 July  - Malte Gårdinger, actor

August

• 15 August  - Adam Boqvist, ice hockey player

September

• 4 September  - Peter Gwargis, footballer

October

• 23 October  - Hanna Ferm, singer

December

• 20 December  - Nils Höglander, ice hockey player

Deaths

• 8 January  - Henry Eriksson, athlete (born 1920).^[2]
• 13 January  - John Ljunggren, athlete (born 1919).^[3]
• 25 January  - Folke Ekström, chess player (born 1906)
• 25 February  - Doris Löve, botanist (born 1918)
• 19 March  - Egon Jönsson, footballer (born 1921).
• 28 June  - Nils Poppe, actor, director and screenwriter (born 1908)
• 29 July  - Åke Hodell, fighter pilot and poet (born 1919)
• 30 July  - Örjan Blomquist, cross-country skier (born 1957)
• 28 August  - Knut Holmqvist, sport shooter (born 1918).^[4]
• 18 October  - Inga Gill, film actress (born 1925)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kyrkan och staten. Populär historia. Thorsten Sandberg. Swedish. February 2000. 6 April 2021.
2. Web site: Henry Eriksson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171548/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/henry-eriksson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 November 2014.
3. Web site: John Ljunggren . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lj/john-ljunggren-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 November 2014.
4. Web site: Knut Holmqvist . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210058/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/knut-holmqvist-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 November 2014.