2019 in Sweden explained

Events of 2019 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime minister – Stefan Löfven

Events

• 11–13 January – During the 2018–19 Swedish government formation after the 2018 general election, the Centre Party, Liberals, Green Party, and Social Democrats enter the January Agreement, in which the Social Democrats and the Greens are allowed to form a government with influence from the Centre and Liberals.
• 18 January – Incumbent Stefan Löfven returns to his role as prime minister after leading a caretaker government after the hung parliament of the 2018 elections. He is voted back in by the Riksdag after receiving votes from MPs of his own party and the Greens, while the Centre, Liberals, and Left Party abstain, with one Centre MP voting against. The Moderate Party, Christian Democrats and Sweden Democrats all vote against. The Löfven II Cabinet is formed.^[1]
• 8 February – Bonnier Group and Amedia acquire media group .^[2]
• 21 March – Ebba Busch announced that her Christian Democrats party was ready to start negotiations with the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag, making her the first party leader to express a willingness to cooperate with the SD.^[3]
• 4 May – Per Bolund is elected spokesperson of the Green Party, serving along Isabella Lövin who had served as co-spokesperson since 2016. Bolund replaced Gustav Fridolin
• 26 May – European Parliament elections are held.
• 28 June – Nyamko Sabuni is elected leader of the Liberals, replacing Jan Björklund.^[4]
• 14 July – Eight parachutists and a pilot are killed when a GA8 Airvan crashes 5 kilometers southeast from Umeå on the island at the Ume River. The cause of the crash is found to be structural failure of a wing.^[5]
• 8 August – The newspaper Metro ceases publication after financial difficulties.^[6]
• 28 August – 16 year-old Swedish student Greta Thunberg arrives in New York Harbor after sailing across the Atlantic. Thunberg later testifies in front of the United States Congress on 18 September along with other climate activists. She later gives a speech at a UN summit on zero emissions.^{[7] [8]}
• 10 September – Ann Linde takes office as foreign minister after Margot Wallström announced her resignation on 6 September.^[9]
• 15 November – anti immigration Sweden Democrats party top Swedish poll for first time.^{[10] [11]}
• December 5 – Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson holds a held a meeting with Jimmie Åkesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats, and said that he would cooperate with them in parliament. The anti-immigration party had previously been subject to a cordon sanitaire by all other parties.^[12]
• December – the municipality of Skurup banned Islamic veils in educational institutions. Earlier the year, the municipality of Staffanstorp approved a similar ban.^[13]

Sports

• 4–17 February: The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are held in Åre.
• 7–17 March: The Biathlon World Championships are held in Östersund.
• 11–14 July: The 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships are held in Gävle.
• 18–21 July: The 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships are held in Borås.

Deaths

• 18 February – Anna Borgeryd, entrepreneur, author and blogger (b. 1969)^[14]
• 5 April – Nina Lagergren, businesswoman and half-sister of Raoul Wallenberg (b. 1921)^[15]
• 14 April – Bibi Andersson, actress (b. 1935)^[16]
• 7 May – Bernt Frilén, orienteering competitor, world champion 1974 (b. 1945)^{[17] [18]}
• 14 May – Sven Lindqvist, author (b. 1932).^[19]
• 4 June – Lennart Johansson, sports official, Honorary President of UEFA (b. 1929)^[20]
• 29 June – Gunilla Pontén, fashion designer (b. 1929)^[21]
• 14 July – Carl Bertil Agnestig, music teacher and composer (b. 1924)^[22]
• 19 July – Inger Berggren, singer (b. 1934)^[23]
• 30 August – Hans Rausing, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1926)^[24]
• 25 September – Arne Weise, journalist and television personality (b. 1930)^[25]
• 8 October – Roland Janson, actor (b. 1939)^[26]
• 12 October – Sara Danius, literary critic, philosopher and scholar (b. 1962)^[27]
• 17 October – Göran Malmqvist, linguist, literary historian, sinologist and translator (b. 1924)^[28]
• 21 October – Bengt Feldreich, radio and television journalist (b. 1925)^[29]
• 2 November – Sigvard Ericsson, speed skater (b. 1930)^[30]
• 9 December – Marie Fredriksson, songwriter, pianist, painter and lead vocalist of Roxette (b. 1958)^[31]

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stefan Löfven voted back in as Swedish prime minister - The Local. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190118155324/https://www.thelocal.se/20190118/stefan-lofven-voted-back-in-as-swedish-prime-minister. 2019-01-18.
2. Web site: Bonnier köper Mittmedia. www.resume.se.
3. News: KD-ledaren öppnar för SD-samarbete. Hamidi-Nia. Gilda. 2019-03-21. 2019-04-05. sv.
4. Web site: Nyamko Sabuni vald till ny ordförande för Liberalerna. Sydsvenskan.
5. Web site: Sweden plane crash: What caused tragedy that killed nine people? - The Local. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190715071127/https://www.thelocal.se/20190715/sweden-plane-crash-what-caused-tragedy-that-killed-nine. 2019-07-15.
6. Web site: Metro bekräftar: Lägger ner sin journalistiska verksamhet. August 12, 2019. SVT Nyheter.
7. News: 'Listen to the scientists': Greta Thunberg urges Congress to take action. Oliver Milman David Smith in. Washington. The Guardian . September 18, 2019. www.theguardian.com.
8. News: Greta Thunberg condemns world leaders in emotional speech at UN. Oliver Milman at the United. Nations. The Guardian . September 23, 2019. www.theguardian.com.
9. News: Uppgifter: Ann Linde blir ny utrikesminister. S.. V. Nyheter. SVT Nyheter. September 9, 2019. www.svt.se.
10. News: Far-Right Sweden Democrats party top Swedish poll for first time. Richard. Orange. The Telegraph. November 15, 2019. www.telegraph.co.uk.
11. Web site: Far-right Sweden Democrats top opinion poll in historic shift - The Local. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191115165133/https://www.thelocal.se/20191115/sweden-democrats-now-swedens-biggest-party-historic-poll. 2019-11-15.
12. News: Milne . Richard . Mainstream Swedish party open to working with once-spurned nationalists . 30 June 2021 . Financial Times . 5 December 2019.
13. Web site: Swedish town bans Muslim veils. 19 December 2019. The Nation.
14. News: En av Polarbröds huvudägare har avlidit. Linda. Jones. SVT Nyheter. February 18, 2019. www.svt.se.
15. News: Raoul Wallenbergs syster Nina Lagergren har gått bort. Linnéa. Wannefors. SVT Nyheter. April 8, 2019. www.svt.se.
16. Web site: Bibi Andersson, 'Persona,' 'The Seventh Seal' Actress, Dies at 83. 2019-04-14. Variety. en. 2019-07-02.
17. Web site: Tillminne.se - Bernt Frilén. tillminne.se. 12 May 2019. 11 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190511084708/http://tillminne.se/ad/9126200. dead.
18. Web site: World Orienteering Championships 1974 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200706034235/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=20 . dead . July 6, 2020 . . 12 May 2019 .
19. Web site: Författaren Sven Lindqvist är död. May 14, 2019. SVT Nyheter.
20. News: Lennart Johansson, Leader in European Soccer, Is Dead at 89. Associated Press. 2019-06-06. The New York Times. 2019-07-02. en-US. 0362-4331.
21. Web site: Modeikonen Gunilla Pontén är död. 2019-06-29. SVT Nyheter. sv. 2019-07-02.
22. News: "Vi spelar piano"-författaren död. Svenska Dagbladet. July 29, 2019. www.svd.se.
23. News: Sångerskan Inger Berggren död. July 29, 2019. SVT Nyheter. Jansson . Torsten .
24. News: Hans Rausing avliden – blev 93 år. S.. V. Nyheter. SVT Nyheter. August 30, 2019. www.svt.se.
25. News: Arne Weise är död 89 år gammal. Axel. Allen. SVT Nyheter. September 25, 2019. www.svt.se.
26. Web site: Skådespelaren Roland Janson är död. October 8, 2019. SVT Nyheter.
27. Web site: Sara Danius död efter lång tids sjukdom. October 12, 2019. SVT Nyheter.
28. Web site: Akademiledamoten Göran Malmqvist är död. October 18, 2019. SVT Nyheter.
29. Web site: Tv-profilen Bengt Feldreich är död. October 21, 2019. SVT Nyheter.
30. News: Skridskoåkaren Sigge Ericsson är död. Bengterik. Busk. SVT Nyheter. November 3, 2019. www.svt.se.
31. Web site: Roxette Singer Marie Fredriksson Dead at 61. December 10, 2019. www.rollingstone.com.