2001 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 2001 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

January

• 1 January - The name day list is updated.^[1]
• 1 January - The Swedish Defence Research Agency is established.^[2]
• 6 January - Landskrona Station is opened.^[3]
• 16 January - The music concert Artister mot nazister is held in Globen.^[4]
• 18 January - Nicola Vasmatzis is shot dead in a restroom at Bromma Gymnasium in Stockholm.^[5]
• 19 January - Lennart Daleus resigns as leader of the Centre Party.^[6]

February

• 11 February - Several houses from the 18th century burn down on the Arkadien block in eastern Jönköping.^[7]

March

• 7 March - The Minister of Commerce and Industry Leif Pagrotsky and the Member of the European Parliament Marit Paulsen each get a cake thrown at their necks at a debate evening in Lund.^[8]
• 15 March - The Alcohol Committee is established.^[9]
• 19 March - Maud Olofsson is elected leader of the Centre Party at a party conference.^[10] After the 2002 election, the Centre Party's first electoral upturn since 1973 was attributed to the "Maud effect."^[11]
• 25 March - Sweden joins the Schengen Area.^[12]

April

• 17 April - The Minister for Finance Bosse Ringholm is caked by a 21-year-old member of the Stockholm Cake Brigade when making the budget walk on Drottninggatan.^[13]

May

• 22 May - The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is signed in Stockholm.^[14]
• 29 May - Norrtåg is founded.^[15]

June

• 14 June - 16 June - A European Council meeting is held in Gothenburg which causes the Gothenburg Riots.^[16]

July

• 1 July - A new citizenship law is put into effect which allows Multiple citizenship.^[17]
• 28 July - 5 August - Sweden's first major and international scout camp, SCOUT 2001, is held in Rinkaby, Kristianstad.^[18]
• 31 July - Nordea buys Postgirot.^[19]

August

• 1 August - The People's Park in Karlskoga burns down.^{[20] [21]}
• 15 August - Christina Jutterström becomes new CEO for SVT.^[22]

September

• 5 September - The Kolbäck Bridge in Umeå is opened.^[23]
• 11 September - A massive flood originating from the Selånger River destroys parts of Sundsvall.^[24]
• 15 September - Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad is opened.^[25]
• 16 September - The 2001 Church of Sweden elections are held.^[26]

October

• 21 October - Hammarby Fotboll win their first gold in Swedish Championship in football.^[27]

November

• 12 November - One of Sweden's oldest churches Södra Råda Old Church in Gullspång burns down after an arson attack by a 23-year-old murderer.^[28]

December

• 6 December - The Carlbeck Committee is established.^[29]
• 10 December - The Nobel Prize turns 100 and 161 previous winners are invited for its birthday party.^[30]
• 18 December - The Repatriation of Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery takes place.^[31]
• 31 December - Jan Malmsjö reads Ring Out, Wild Bells at Skansen due to Margaretha Krooks death.^[32]

Popular culture

Film

• 24 October  - Deadline, directed by Colin Nutley, released in Sweden
• Buy Bye Beauty, documentary film directed by Pål Hollender

Sports

• 24 March-1 April  - The Bandy World Championship 2001 for men was played in Sweden and Finland

Births

• 19 June – William Hansson, alpine ski racer.^[33]

Deaths

• 10 February  - Helge Bengtsson, footballer (born 1916)
• 21 February  - Philip Sandblom, sailor (born 1903).^[34]
• 23 April  - Lennart Atterwall, javelin thrower (born 1911).^[35]
• 4 May  - Arne Sucksdorff, film director (born 1917).
• 7 May  - Margaretha Krook, stage and film actress (born 1925).
• 16 September  - Ann-Margret Ahlstrand, athlete (born 1905)
• 9 November  - Tore Zetterholm, novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1915).^[36]
• 10 November  - Carl-Gustav Esseen, mathematician (born 1918)
• 12 December  - Berit Granquist, fencer (born 1909)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Namnsdagar i almanackan. Institut för språk och folkminnen. Swedish. 26 August 2020. 15 January 2022.
2. Web site: 4 av 10 tror på utomjordiska besökare. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 23 April 2001. 17 January 2022.
3. Web site: Tjugo år sedan Landskrona station invigdes. Helsingborgs Dagblad. Swedish. 7 January 2021. 17 January 2022.
4. Web site: Artistuppbåd i jättegalan mot nazister. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 22 January 2001. 15 January 2022.
5. Web site: Dödsskjutningen på Bromma gymnasium. Sveriges Radio. Swedish. 8 January 2017. 15 January 2022.
6. Web site: Lennart Daléus slutar som partiledare. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 19 January 2001. 15 January 2022.
7. Web site: Årtal och händelser i Jönköping . Maltell . Swedish . 31 July 2013 . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130731013728/http://maltell.se/historia/databas/search/kronologiviewmobill2000.php . 31 July 2013 . dead.
8. Web site: Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 18 August 2014. 16 January 2022.
9. Web site: Ungdomar söps fulla i statens reklamfilm. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 10 January 2002. 17 January 2022.
10. Book: Arter, David. Democracy in Scandinavia: Consensual, Majoritarian Or Mixed?. 187. Manchester University Press. 2006. 9780719070471.
11. Book: Webb, Paul. The Presidentialization of Politics: A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies. 190. 2007. Oxford University Press. 9780199218493.
12. Web site: toppmötet i Stockholm den 23-24 Mars. Riksdagen. Swedish. 21 February 2001. 15 January 2022.
13. Web site: Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 18 August 2014. 16 January 2022.
14. Web site: Nyårsfyrverkeri – en giftbomb. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 28 December 2010. 17 January 2022.
15. Web site: Historia. Norrtåg. Swedish. 16 January 2022. 16 January 2022.
16. Web site: Här möts polischefen och protestledaren – 20 år efter Göteborgskravallerna. SVT. Swedish. 14 June 2001. 15 January 2022.
17. Web site: Lag (2001:82) om svenskt medborgarskap. Riksdagen. Swedish. 1 March 2001. 16 January 2022.
18. Web site: Kungens vilda fest med E-Type i natt. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 5 August 2001. 16 January 2022.
19. Web site: Låt inte Nordea köpa Postgirot !. Dagens Industri. Swedish. 8 August 2001. 15 January 2022.
20. News: Parkbrand i Karlskoga. Sveriges Radio. Swedish. 1 August 2001. 17 January 2022.
21. Web site: Karlskogas folkpark totalförstörd i brand. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 1 August 2001. 17 January 2022.
22. Web site: Christina Jutterström ny chef för SVT. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 27 June 2001. 16 January 2022.
23. News: Kolbäcksbron invigd. Sveriges Radio. Swedish. 5 September 2001. 17 January 2022.
24. Web site: Minskad översvämningsrisk i Sundsvall, fördjupning. SMHI. Swedish. 15 December 2017. 16 January 2022.
25. Web site: Här är landets hetaste arena. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 24 September 2001. 17 January 2022.
26. Web site: Kyrkovalet hoppas på 16-åringarna. Sydöstran. Swedish. 18 June 2001. 17 January 2022.
27. Web site: Guldmatchen minut för minut. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 21 October 2001. 16 January 2022.
28. Web site: Hörde röster - tände på kyrka. Aftonbladet. Swedish. 4 October 2003. 16 January 2022.
29. News: Särskolan ska inte integreras. Svenska Dagbladet. Swedish. 28 March 2007. 17 January 2022. Malmström. Björn.
30. Web site: Nobel 2001: Fortfarande världens viktigaste pris. Dagens Nyheter. Swedish. 10 October 2001. 16 January 2022.
31. News: A Secret Deportation Of Terror Suspects. Washington Post. English. 25 July 2004. 17 January 2022.
32. Web site: Vem har läst "Nyårsklockan" (Ring, klocka, ring) flest gånger?. Svenska Högtider. Swedish. 28 December 2020. 16 January 2022.
33. Web site: William HANSSON . fis-ski.com . 17 February 2021 .
34. Web site: Philip Sandblom . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210425/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/philip-sandblom-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 November 2014.
35. Web site: Lennart Atterwall . Sports-Reference . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210256/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/at/lennart-atterwall-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 November 2014.
36. Encyclopedia: Tore Zetterholm . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no. 16 November 2014.