2006 in Sweden explained

Events from the year 2006 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Göran Persson, Fredrik Reinfeldt

Events

• Love and War, an animated short film is released.
• Swegon Air Academy is founded.^[1]

Publications

• The Girl Who Played with Fire, novel by Stieg Larsson.
• 26 October - The Swedish Metapedia was founded by Anders Lagerström.

Deaths

• 20 January
  • Sven Fagerberg, writer (born 1918)
  • Dave Lepard, singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1980)
• 5 July  - Gert Fredriksson, canoer, Olympic champion (born 1919).^[2]
• 27 July  - Göran Printz-Påhlson, writer (born 1931)
• 17 September  - Hans Berglund, canoer (born 1918).^[3]
• 4 October  - Gunnar Åkerlund, canoer (born 1923).^[4]

See also

• 2006 in Swedish television

Notes and References

1. http://www.swegonairacademy.com/ Swegon Air Academy's official website
2. Web site: Gert Fredriksson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417070241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/gert-fredriksson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 30 September 2014.
3. Web site: Hans Berglund . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/hans-berglund-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 28 September 2014.
4. Web site: Gunnar Åkerlund . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203533/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/gunnar-akerlund-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 28 September 2014.