2005 in Sweden explained
Events from the year 2005 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- January 1 - The train service between Oslo and Stockholm is closed after 133 years.
- January 8–9 – A strong storm, Hurricane Gudrun, hits northern Europe, including southern Sweden. At least 18 people are killed, 300,000 households and 75 million cubic meters of forest are felled.
- January 18 - The company SIBA's CEO Fabian Bengtsson disappears in central Gothenburg, probably kidnapped.
- February 3 – Fabian Bengtsson is found alive in Gothenburg.
- February 5 - Sweden's Prime Minister Göran Persson is appointed an honorary doctor of medicine at Örebro University. The appointment arouses strong protests, as it is considered a reward for the prime minister's having made Örebro University into a university.
- March 11 - Nintendo launches its new game console Nintendo DS in Sweden and the rest of Europe.
- March 21 - An arson attack is carried out against the Communist Party's Röda Stjärnan bookstore in Jönköping.
- April 15 -The Swedish political party Feministisk initiative is founded, but the decision to run in the parliamentary elections was made on 9 September 2005.
- May 16 – Second day of Pentecost is no longer a public holiday in Sweden, because the national day would be instead.
- May 29- The commemorative note "Tumba Bruk 250 years" is issued, Sveriges riksbank
- May 31 – The Brattås murders.
- June 1 – Smoking ban is introduced in restaurants, pubs and cafes in Sweden.
- June 6 - Sweden's national day becomes holiday.
- June 10 – The new Svinesund Bridge is inaugurated and the older bridge is named the Old Svinesund Bridge.
- July 1 - A new Swedish copyright law enters into force. The file sharing debate flares up again.
- September 11 – The Armed Forces' telecommunications network and ground telecommunications unit (FMTM) is established.
- September 18 - The Swedish church holds a church referendum.
- November 1 – The healthcare guarantee starts to apply throughout Sweden.
- November 25 – A Swedish vehicle from the Swedish Foreign Forces is exposed to a bomb attack during a reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan. Two of the four people in the vehicle later died in hospital.
- December 3 – The yuletide in Gävle is lit by two dressed-up men at 9:08 p.m.
- December 10 – The 2005 Nobel Prize (see prize winners below) is awarded as usual in Stockholm's concert hall and in Oslo, with associated ceremonies.
Popular culture
Literature
Film
Born
Deaths
- 6 January – Ivan Lidholm, 94, Swedish track and field athlete and sports journalist.
- 13 January – Bengt Janson, 47, Swedish antique dealer, teacher and TV presenter.
- 8 February - Germund Dahlquist, mathematician (born 1925)
- 13 February - Sixten Ehrling, conductor (born 1918)
- 12 May - Monica Zetterlund, singer and actress (born 1937)
- 28 November - Carl Forssell, fencer (born 1917).[1]
Full date missing
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Carl Forssell . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162538/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/carl-forssell-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 16 November 2014.
- Encyclopedia: Anna Westberg . . Godal . Anne Marit . Anne Marit Godal . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no. 16 November 2014.
