List of disasters in Sweden by death toll explained

This is a list of disasters and tragic events in modern Sweden sorted by death toll.

100 or more

DisasterLocationDeathswidth=70Date!Notes
Pandemic Sweden-wide 225,000–500,000 1350 The Black Death's first wave in Sweden killed 30-40% to two-thirds of the then Swedish population.[1]
Famine Sweden-wide 100,000 1770s Famine due to crop failure.
Pandemic Sweden-wide 37,573 (probably more) 1918–1920 In Sweden, 37,573 people died from the Spanish flu pandemic according to official statistics.[2]
Pandemic Sweden-wide 37,000 1834–1874 Between 1834 and 1874, 37,000 people died in Sweden of cholera.[3]
Pandemic Sweden-wide 23,563 2020, January 24 – presentThe COVID-19 pandemic is reported to have killed 23,563 people in Sweden as of February 11, 2023
Famine Sweden-wide 10,000 1867–1869 During the famine of 1867–69 which hit Finland and northern Sweden, poor harvests and uneven distribution of food led to the poor population, mainly in the North, died in their thousands.
Snowstorm 3,000+ 1718 During a disastrous retreat from Tydalsfjällen by a Swedish Carolean army around New Year 1719, about 3,000 men froze to death.[4] [5]
Massacre 2,000 1564, September 4 Up to 2,000 people (men, women and children) were killed in Ronneby Bloodbath when Swedish troops entered Ronneby and executed people after a couple of Swedish soldiers have been assaulted and hanged there for a time before.[6]
Sea battle 810 1676, June 1 The warship Kronan was sunk during the battle of Öland. The sinking was caused by the ship capsized in a too sharp turn. During the capsizing, the gunpowder storeroom ignited and the main part of the bow was blown away on the starboard side.
Sea battle near Öland 700 1676, June 1 The warship Svärdet was sunk during the battle of Öland after being ignited by a Dutch fire ship.[7]
Sea battle near Öland 500 1564, May 31 The warship Mars was sunk during the first battle of Öland after gunpowder storeroom was ignited. A total of 800 men, of which 300 were enemy crews, died in the ensuing explosion.[8]
Execution circa 100 1520, November 8–9 During Stockholm Bloodbath, approximately 100 Swedes were executed in Stortorget, Gamla stan in conjunction with Christian II's coronation as Swedish king.[9]
Snowstorm >100 1850, January 29 A sudden and very intense snowstorms caused roughly a hundred deaths, mainly in northeastern Götaland and Svealand. The incident is called The Blizzard Tuesday Yrväderstisdagen.[10]

50 to 99 deaths

DisasterLocationDeathsDateNotes
Shipwreck 84 1944, November 24 was hit by a Russian torpedo and sank about 44 kilometers north of Visby. Of the 86 people on board, 84 perished.[11] [12]
Murder 70 1392, June 17 Seventy Swedes were incarcerated in a barn after which the building was set on fire.[13]
Fire 63 1998, October 30 In the Gothenburg discothèque fire, 63 people died and about 214 were injured.[14]

10 to 49 deaths

DisasterLocationDeathsDateNotes
Shipwreck 46 1940, October 24 The accident occurred on Lake Armasjärvi when a ferry sank and 46 men were killed.[15]
Fire 44–46 1875, February 25 Vulcan Match Plant in Tidaholm catches fire where 44 or 46 people are reported to have been killed; almost all girls between 18 and 20 years.[16] [17]
Shipwreck 33 1943, April 16 The submarine, during a training mission, hit a German naval mine off Gothenburg and 33 men were killed.[18]
Explosion 33 1941, September 17 A powerful explosion occurred in Hårsfjärden where the destroyer, and were destroyed.[19]
Air disaster 31 1964, November 20 Linjeflyg Flight 277 crashed during approach to Ängelholm Airport. 31 people died.[20]
Shipwreck 30 1628, August 10 The warship Vasa sank on her maiden voyage after capsizing. The water began to gush in through the open gun hatches and the ship sank. At least 30 men were killed, but perhaps as many as 50.[21]
Murder 27 1978–79 A 18-year-old worker poisoned the elderly in Malmö Östra Hospital with corrosive cleaning agents Gevisol and Ivisol. 27 patients were affected in what has been known as Malmö Östra hospital murders.[22]
Shipwreck 26 1908, April 15 The steamship Göta Elf capsized almost immediately after leaving the dock. 26 people died.[23]
Shipwreck 25 1828, April 28 A heavily laden ferry departed on his way home from the traditional spring market in Askersund. When the ferry reached halfway a line burst and an ox fell into the water. Several people hurried to try to pull up the animal. Oblique load meant that the ferry capsized and sank. 25 people drowned.[24]
Shipwreck 24 1918, November 19–20 The passenger ship Per Brahe sank in a storm on Lake Vättern outside Hästholmen, probably caused by the cargo had shifted. All on board were killed, including artist John Bauer and his family.[25]
Air disaster 22 1977, January 15 Linjeflyg Flight 618 crashed in a parking lot at Ängsullsvägen in Kälvesta in western Stockholm during an approach to Bromma Airport. 22 people were killed, including table tennis world champion Hans Alsér.[26]
Fire Börstil Parish 22 1882, May 31 A fire in Börstil poorhouse on the night of 31 May 1882 in Börstil Parish outside Östhammar after being struck by lightning and the building was ignited. 22 people died.[27]
Shipwreck 21 1935, November 2 The steamship Gerd collided with the Åland barque Lingard, the entire crew of the Gerd perished.
Fire 20 1978, June 10 The city hotel catches fire during a graduation party. 20 people died in the fire and some 50 were injured.[28]
Explosion 19 1887, August 11 In connection with gunpowder handling at Vaxholm Fortress, a large explosion occurred which killed 19 gunners, 16 from Svea Artillery Regiment and three from Göta Artillery Regiment.[29]
Shipwreck17 1954, January 19 The steamship Nedjan av Simrishamn was lost on 19 January 1954 in the Eggegrund area, where 17 people perished.
Air disaster 16 1989, May 8 16 people, including several members of parliament, were killed when a domestic flight crashed shortly before landing.[30]
Shipwreck 15 22 August 1896 The steamboat Ydale sank on Lake Varpen in Bollnäs Municipality. 13 children and two adults drowned.[31]
Shipwreck15 17 December 1956 Höken of Gothenburg disappeared, possibly after hitting a naval mine, while traveling from Klaipėda, Lithuania to Gävle. The ship had 15 crew.
Shipwreck 14 29 October 1944 The steamboat Bengt Sture was sunk by the Soviet submarine SC 406. 14 Swedes and one Norwegian disappeared.[32] The submarine picked up seven Swedish crewmen. According to a Russian historian, they were shot by the NKVD security police in a prison camp, something that has not been officially confirmed by the Russians.[33]
Shipwreck 14 12 May 1936 In connection with log driving, an overloaded boat capsized into the cold water and 14 people drowned.[34]
Explosion 14 3 July 1944 Fourteen servicemen were killed when tank mines exploded at Palovaara, just west of Haparanda.[35]
Air disaster 13 22 October 1943 13 people were killed when Swedish AB Aerotransport's DC3 "Gripen" was shot down by German fighters at Hållö outside the coast of Bohuslän.[36]
Tram accident 13 12 March 1992 A powerless tram rolled backwards down Aschebergsgatan in Gothenburg without being able to brake. It derailed at Vasaplatsen and hit the waiting people at a stop. 13 people died and 29 were injured.[37]
Fire 12 29 February 1932 Twelve elderly people were killed in a fire at a retirement home in Svärdsjö.[38]
Shipwreck 11 23 July 1896 The boat Freja af Fryken sank in at Bössviken, Östra Ämtervik. Eleven people drowned.[39]
Shipwreck 11 29 August 1950 The tugboat rolled over and sank in bad weather at Böttö in the Archipelago of Gothenburg. 11 people were killed.
Fire 11 27 March 1944 Rödebyholm orphanage was destroyed by fire and eleven children aged three to eight years died.[40]
Explosion 11 17 December 1940 An explosion occurred at AB Bofors Nobelkrut in Björkborn, Karlskoga Municipality after a fire started in the TNT casting foundry. 11 people were killed and around 100 buildings were completely destroyed and as many were damaged in an area of about 15 hectares.[41]
Air disaster 10 23 September 1950 Svenska Aero's plane on its way to Stockholm had just taken off from Karlstad Airport when it reared up and fell to the ground. All ten on board were killed.
Air disaster 10 6 September 1968 A Hkp 4 crashed at Huvudskär in the Stockholm archipelago when a rotor blade snapped. Ten people were killed.[42]
Murder 9+1 29 April 1939 The police officer Tore Hedin killed a man in the village of Tjörnarp. A year later, during a nighttime murder tour he killed another nine people before drowning himself in Lake Bosarpa.[43]
Shipwreck 10 29 April 1939 10 men from the torpedo cruiser drowned at Vållö when an overcrowded boat capsized.
Shipwreck 10 26 July 1925 Off Bergkvara in southern Kalmarsund, a group of ten young people aged 14–21 years drowned during a sailing trip from Garpen lighthouse to Bergkvara harbor. The boat was surprised by a gust and was overturned, with all ten ended up in the water and drowned.[44]
Explosion 10 17 July 1940 During an exercise west of Gotland, one of the boilers in fire room number four exploded on the coastal defence ship . Eight men were killed immediately, and the two men on the deck and passed the boiler's air intake were severely injured. These were taken by a minesweeper to Visby Hospital, where they later died.[45]
Explosion 10 6 March 1943 An accident occurred during an exercise with explosives at Ränneslätt. 31 men were injured and ten died of the explosion.[46]
Explosion 10 22 November 1941 Ten men were killed on when a naval mine exploded outside Gräsgård in Öland. A defused mine was lifted on board one of the boats, but had not noticed that a second mine was hanging on.[47]
Explosion 10 6 May 1918 Ten men were killed in a naval mine blast at the glass factory in Västervik after a fisherman found the mine floating in the water 400–500 meters outside Cape Gränsö and brought it to shore.[48]

Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths

DisasterLocationDeathsDateNotes
Air disaster 9 14 July 2019 9 people were killed in the Skydive Umeå Gippsland GA8 Airvan crash.[49]
Explosion 9 18 August 1948 An accident occurred at the second artillery piece in which nine people died. It was at a technical shooting when the pendulum pressure arose, probably due to great of a charge that blew up the mechanism and the artillery piece's rear parts.[50]
Explosion 8 12 October 1944 Eight men were killed when the patrol boat hit a naval mine off Lysekil.
Shipwreck 8 28 August 1961 In conjunction with a major fishing competition on Lake Lower Vättern in Skinnskatteberg, a small boat capsized in heavy weather and eight people drowned.[51]
Explosion 8 29 October 1964 Eight men died and 21 have to be taken to hospital after a double explosion in the explosives factory Nitroglycerin AB.[52]
Air disaster 8 9 December 1999 Eight people were killed when a two-engine Piper PA-31 Navajo propeller plane crashed shortly after 12:00 after take-off from Midlanda Airport.[53]
Shipwreck 7 24 March 1944 The patrol boat capsized and sank in a storm on the road to Hävringe lighthouse. The pilot boat from Hävringe went out to the site and was able to save three of the ten occupants.
Murder 7 11 June 1994 Mattias Flink shot and killed five women and two men in Falun.[54]
Fire 7 25 July 2009 Shortly after 10.00 pm on 25 July 2009, a fire destroyed an apartment on the ground floor of Kuddbygränd in Rinkeby. A mother and her five daughters were killed immediately. Later a relative of the family died in the hospital. The fire had started in a lamp.[55]
Fire 7 March 1975 Seven patients were killed and 15 injured in a fire at S:t Eriks Hospital in Stockholm.
Lightning 7 1 July 1895 The lightning struck in a barn and killed seven people.[56]
Explosion 7 14 March 1956 During work in an open lowering channel, an explosion occurred at the building of Grundfors Power Station, killing seven people and injuring three.[57]
Fire 6 February 1954 Six people died in a fire at a retirement home in Eksjö.
Explosion 6 29 July 1942 The Reserve Officer Course practiced mine-laying and demining at Karlberg Palace when some mines were triggered. Six cadets from Bohuslän Regiment died.[58]
Explosion 6 27 May 1926 At AB Expressdynamit's facilities in Grängesberg a building exploded and the six people inside, six workers, were killed. The accident was considered to be caused by a metal that accidentally came with the pressing of a dynamite mass of 160 kg, wherein by the heat of friction generated, the dynamite was ignited.[59]
Explosion 6 3 April 1943 During work on a naval mine in a shed building within the mine workshop at Nya Varvet in Gothenburg, six men were killed.[60]
Explosion 6 13 December 1939 Six men were killed aboard the coastal defence ship in the Gothenburg archipelago during the salvage of a German paravane. Another 14 men received varying injuries.[61]
Gas leak 5 6 April 1953 Five men in the hot blast cabin at Domnarvet Iron Works were killed when toxic gas leaked in after a leak in a water trap.[62]
Terrorism 5 7 April 2017 2017 Stockholm truck attack. An Uzbek asylum seeker hijacked a truck and deliberately drove it into crowds of people in central Stockholm killing 5 and seriously wounding 14.[63]
Explosion 5 29 May 1954 Five people were killed when a two-story building belonging to Skånska vinegar factory in Perstorp exploded. In the building there were machines for grinding down wood for use in plastic pulp.[64]
Explosion 5 3 March 1940 Five people (including two children) died in an arson attack when an explosive charge placed in the printing press of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman exploded.[65]
Explosion 5 3 September 1864 Five people died when the Nobel family's factory for the production of nitroglycerin exploded, including Alfred Nobel's brother Emil Oskar Nobel. The accident was a major incentive for Alfred Nobel's development of explosive dynamite.
Murder 5 17 May 1900 The 25-year-old John Filip Nordlund robbed and murdered five people on the steamer Prins Carl.[66]
Murder 5 7 March 1932 In the Von Sydow murders, the 23-year-old law student Fredrik von Sydow kills his father Hjalmar von Sydow in Norr Mälarstrand in Stockholm and two of his father's maidservants. Later that evening in Uppsala, he shoot his young wife and then himself.[67]
Fire 5 25 October 1982 Five people are killed in a fire at Sundsvall nursing home.
Fire 5 25 June 1888 Five people are killed and 9,000 become homeless when the city of Sundsvall burns down.[68]
Fire 5 June 1971 Five people are killed in a fire in a rehabilitation ward in Malmköping.
Fire 5 2 September 2009 Four children and a 27-year-old woman died in a house fire in Staffanstorp. According to the Swedish National Forensics Centre, the fire was probably caused by an overheated battery in a laptop lying on a sofa.[69] [70]
Murder 5 8 April 1966 A theologian in Uppsala murdered his wife and four children with an ax.[71]
Murder 4 31 March 1900 Teacher Frans Oscar Bergstrand poisoned four of his children and then took his own life.[72]
Murder 4 21 January 1954 50-year-old taxi owner Valdemar Näslund murdered his wife and three children with an ax in his apartment in Östersund. The motive was that he embezzled money from a taxi owner's cash register.[73]
Murder 4 4 December 1994 Tommy Zethraeus shot dead four and injured six people outside the entrance to the nightclub Sturecompagniet in Stockholm after having been in disarray with the nightclub bouncers earlier in the evening.[74]
Murder 4 1 March 1971 The 61-year-old Gunnar Bengtsson shot four people dead during a preparatory hearing in a dispute in in Söderhamn.[75]
Murder 4 12 January 1886 Nils Peter Hagström murdered during the night between 11 and 12 January 1886 four people at Gliminge Gård in Östra Broby.[76]
Murder 4 8 September 1980 A 22-year-old kills three men and a woman in an apartment on Jungfruns gata in Brandbergen, Stockholm.[77]
Murder 4 4 November 1945 Repairman John Lundvall from Bällsta murdered his wife and three children with an ax.[78] [79]
Fire 4 15 March 1977 Four people were killed in a fire at the restaurant and nightclub Monte Carlo on Sveavägen in Stockholm. Around 200 people were in the room.
Explosion 4 30 May 1940 Five men were killed when a weapons storage room, which adjoined a hangar at Västgöta Wing (F 6) in Karlsborg, exploded.[80]
Explosion 4 29 May 1949 Four men were killed in an explosion in a battery room on the coastal submarine in Solofjärden at Oskar-Fredriksborg fortress.[81]
Shipwreck 3 March 1945 The patrol boat was towing two German motor boats outside Hunnebostrand. A hawser broke and three men drowned when a motor boats drifted onto a skerry.
Murder 3 9 January 1967 28-year-old Leif Peters shot dead two police officers and a security guard in Handen, Stockholm.[82]
Murder 3 24 December 1975 A non-commissioned officer shot dead his fiancée and her parents and injured the fiancée's daughter with his service pistol.[83]
Murder 3 3 July 1988 Juha Valjakkala shot a man, his son and later also his wife at the cemetery in Åmsele after being caught having stolen their bicycle.[84]
Murder 3 11 May 2010 A 49-year-old man and his two children, a 15-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl were murdered in their home by 21-year-old Ragnar Nilsson who was half-brother with the two children.[85] [86]
Murder 3 2 January 1956 Count Gustaf-Fredrik von Rosen shot his wife and two children and then shot himself.[87]
Explosion 3 28 October 1948 An explosion on the cruiser killed three men and ten were injured.
Explosion 3 23 July 1958 At the Army's distribution center for fuel an explosion occurred that claimed three people's lives of a total of eleven people who worked at the facility.[88]
Explosion 3 29 April 1941 A gas explosion occurred in one of the buildings of the new TNT factory in Björkborn. Three workers were killed.
Fire 3 7 April 1990 159 people are killed, including three Swedes in a fire on the ferry, on its way from Oslo to Frederikshavn.
Fire 3 9 August 1931 Three firefighters were killed in a major fire at Hanssons Pyrotechnics (Hanssons Pyrotekniska).[89]
Explosion 2 1949 A blasting accident during the mixing of a primer occurred where two people died.[90]
Shipwreck 2 13 June 2004 Close to Sollenkroka on Vindö, after completion of an exercise and on the way to the base at Vaxholm Amphibian Regiment (Amf 1) at Rindö, a CB90-class fast assault craft ran into another assault craft and two servicemen were killed.[91]

Significant incidents of Swedes being killed overseas

Excludes deaths attributable to war.

DisasterLocationDeathsDateNotes
Tsunami 543 26 December 2004 The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami caused the deaths of 227,898 people, 543 of whom were Swedish.[92]
Shipwreck 501 28 September 1994 The sinking of the MS Estonia in bad weather during its journey from Tallinn to Stockholm with 989 people on board resulted in the death of 852 people. Of 552 Swedes on board, 501 died.[93]
Shipwreck 117 30 April 1846 The corvette Carlskrona lost in the West Indies and 117 people were killed.[94]
Shipwreck 89 15 April 1912 steamed on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England towards New York City, United States and hit an iceberg and damaged its hull. She sankt within three hours. 1,517 people died. 123 Swedes were on board – 89 of them died.[95]
Air disaster 22 27 November 1983 Early on the morning of Sunday, 27 November 1983, Avianca Flight 011 crashed on approach to Madrid–Barajas Airport. On board were 192 people. 11 people survived the crash. Among those killed were 27 Scandinavians, thereof 22 Swedes. Most Scandinavian citizens were young people on their way to South America to bring home adopted children.[96]
Shipwreck 22 2 February 1953 During the North Sea flood of 1953, Aspö of Stockholm was reported missing on 2 February after getting the deck load flushed overboard and a leaking in the front of the ship. Aspö disappeared without a trace with 22 crew.[97]
Air disaster 21 18 November 1947 A transport aircraft of the type Bristol 170 Freighter had been chartered by the Swedish Air Force to carry home 21 flight officers and flight engineers, who had supplied bombers sold to the Ethiopian government. On a stage from Catania to Rome, the plane came for unknown reason off course and crashed against Monte Carro. On board were 21 passengers in addition to the three members of the crew. The accident killed 21 people, including one who survived the impact but died later from his injuries.[98]
Fire 20 23 September 1972 32 Scandinavians, of which 20 Swedish tourists, died in a restaurant fire.[99]
Air disaster 20 8 October 2001 The Linate Airport disaster occurred when a SAS McDonnell Douglas MD-87 would take-off from Linate Airport but collided with a German-registered Cessna aircraft with four people on board. 114 people on board the SAS plane, including 20 Swedes, were killed along with four people in a baggage handling building that was hit by the SAS plane.[100]
Air disaster 20 14 March 1972 Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashed during a flight from Colombo, Sri Lanka to Copenhagen, Denmark, with a stopover in Dubai. After two hours' flight, the plane crashed into a mountain ridge at about 550 meters. All 112 on board were killed, including 20 Swedes.[101] [102]
Fire 17 9 May 1977 17 Swedes died in a fire at the Hotel Polen. Another 18 people were killed.
Air disaster 16 4 July 1948 16 Swedes, including 7 crew were killed in the 1948 Northwood mid-air collision.[103]
Bus accident 16 15 August 1988 Måbødalen bus accident occurred when a bus with children and parents from Kvarnbacka School in Kista crashed against a rock wall in Måbødalen, 180 km from Bergen. 16 people died, including 12 children, and 19 were injured.[104]
Shipwreck 15 22 June 1950 The Viking ship Ormen Friske, a modern copy of the Gokstad ship was wrecked in a midsummer storm in 1950. All on board were killed.[105]
Bus accident 12 2 March 1965 12 Swedish schoolchildren and 2 Finnish girls on a winter sports holiday were killed when the bus they were traveling in was swept away in an avalanche.[106]
Shipwreck 11 8 March 1952 Rossö of Härnösand was lost on the Scottish coast with a crew of 22 men, 11 of whom were Swedes.
Shipwreck 8 8 January 1953 The Swedish tanker Avanti was steaming from New Guinea to Iwakuni in southern Japan when it was split in two parts in the South China Sea. 32 people were rescued and 8 died.[107]
Shipwreck 7 14 January 1993 sank in high winds on the night of 14 January 1993, on her way from Świnoujście to Ystad. A total of 55 people died, including seven Swedes.[108] [109]
Air disaster 6 19 January 1960 Scandinavian Airlines Flight 871 from Copenhagen on the approach towards Ankara in Turkey crashed and 42 people died, including six Swedes.[110]
Terrorism 6 12 October 200 2002 Bali bombings occurred in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack killed 202 people, including 6 Swedes.[111]
Ship fire 6 9 June 1955 The 16,000 ton MT Johannishus of Trelleborg collided with a Pananma-registered ship in the English Channel and caught fire. Eighteen crewmen, including six Swedes, were killed in the fire.
Ship fire 5 6 March 1953 Svenska Orient Linien's Sunnanland caught fire in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were five Swedes were killed.[112]
Shipwreck 5 25 July 1956 and collided in fog. A total of 52 people were killed, of which 5 were Swedes who belonged to the crew of Stockholm.
Fire 4 18 March 1988 Five people, including four Swedes, died in a hotel fire in Palma de Mallorca.
Air disaster 4 13 January 1969 Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933 crashed into Santa Monica Bay, approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Los Angeles International Airport. 15 people died, including four Swedes.[113]
Air disaster 4 26 January 1947 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen accident was the crash of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Copenhagen to Stockholm on 26 January 1947.
Traffic accident 4 3 February 2012 Four Swedish youths died when they were on the road in minibus between Patong in Phuket and Koh Tao in Thailand and collided with a truck that came over on the wrong side of the road.[114]
Terrorism 3 21 December 1988 A bomb explodes aboard Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish village of Lockerbie. 270 people died, including the three Swedes Bernt Carlsson, Siv Ulla Engström and Elisabeth Svensson-Mulroy.[115]
Terrorism 2 22 March 2016The 2016 Brussels bombings was three coordinated nail bombings that occurred in Belgium: two at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, and one at Maalbeek/Maelbeek metro station in Brussels. Two Swedish women died in the attacks.[116]
Terrorism 1 11 September 2001 The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against civilians and military buildings. One Swede, who worked in one of the Twin Towers, was killed.[117]
Terrorism 1 13 November 2015 The November 2015 Paris attacks was a series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in Paris. One Swede was killed in the attacks.[118]

See also

Notes and References

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  27. Web site: Branden i Börstils fattighus 1882 . Upplandia.se . The fire in Börstil poorhouse 1882 . Stefan . Lundgren . 2 May 2011 . 6 March 2012 . sv . https://archive.today/20120730090824/http://upplandia.se/Uppland_Historiska_notiser_Branden_Borstil_fattighus_1882.htm . 30 July 2012 . dead .
  28. News: Jag låg i en hög av människor . . I lay in a heap of people . Malin . Nord . 13 February 2005 . 5 January 2011 . sv.
  29. News: . Explosionen å Vaxholms fästning . 13 August 1887 . sv.
  30. News: 1977 dog 22 i krasch utanför Bromma . . In 1977, 22 died in the crash outside Bromma . Anna . Åberg . 8 August 2008 . 6 January 2012 . sv.
  31. News: Förfärlig ångbåtsolycka, 15 menniskor drunknade . . Horrible steamboat accident, 15 men drowned . 3 . 28 August 1896 . 19 March 2012 . sv.
  32. News: "Bengt Stures" 15 försvunna . . 8A . 1964-02-01 . 27 July 2023 . sv . subscription.
  33. News: Ryssar får frågor om fartyg . . Omar . Magnergård . 13 . 1994-12-11 . 27 July 2023 . sv . subscription.
  34. News: Informativt om flottningen i mellersta Norrland . https://archive.today/20130706110038/http://dagbladet.se/kulturnoje/bocker/1.4271587-informativt-om-flottningen-i-mellersta-norrland . 6 July 2013 . Dagbladet . Informative about log driving in central Norrland . Kjell-Ove . Cederqvist . 10 January 2012 . 13 May 2013 . sv . dead .
  35. News: Rökpausen blev Bengts räddning . . The smoke break became Bengt's rescue . 1 July 2004 . 6 January 2012 . sv.
  36. News: 60 år sedan den stora flygkraschen . . 60 years since the big plane crash . Christer . Wik . 11 October 2010 . 12 January 2012 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206110355/http://www.nwt.se/mera/helg/article781894.ece . 6 February 2012 . dead .
  37. News: Svår spårvagnsolycka i Göteborg i kväll . . Mattias . Lundell . 10 January 2003 . 14 October 2019 . sv.
  38. News: Sprinklers kunde ha räddat liv vid sjukhusbranden . . Sprinklers could have saved lives at the hospital fire . Expressen.se/TT . 1 August 2003 . 13 May 2013 . sv.
  39. Web site: Bärgningen av Freja . Varmland.nu . Salvage of Freja . 6 March 2012 . sv.
  40. Web site: Karlskrona Räddningskår . Karlskrona.se . Karlskrona Rescue Corps . Räddningstjänsten Östra Blekinge . 7 June 2011 . 26 January 2012 . sv . 3 August 2012 . https://archive.today/20120803020057/http://www.karlskrona.se/sv/Startsida-Raddningstjansten/Utryckning/Historia/Karlskrona-Raddningskar/ . dead .
  41. News: Elva personer dog och ett 40-tal skadades . . Eleven people died and 40 were injured . Benny . Abrahamsson . 17 December 2010 . 19 May 2012 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20101220031808/http://www.nwt.se/karlskoga/article821303.ece . 20 December 2010 . dead .
  42. News: Värsta helikopterolyckan inom försvaret sedan 1968 . . The worst helicopter accident in the armed forces since 1968 . TT . 19 November 2003 . 9 February 2012 . sv . Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå .
  43. News: Polisen blev massmördare . . The police became a mass murderer . Kerstin . Nilsson . 9 July 2008 . 8 January 2012 . sv.
  44. Book: Svenska Dagbladets årsbok . Swedish Dagbladet Yearbook . 1925 . Svenska Dagbladet . Stockholm . 21 . sv.
  45. Book: Insulander . Per . Ohlsson . Curt S. . Pansarskepp: [från John Ericsson till Gustaf V] . Coastal defence ships: [John Ericsson to Gustaf V] . Forum navales skriftserie, 1650–1837 ; 2 . 1:a . 2001 . Marinlitteratur . Falkenberg . 91-973187-2-8 . 218 . sv.
  46. News: Ceremoni för dödsoffer . . Ceremony for casualties . Jenny . Persson . 7 March 2003 . 26 January 2012 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308112404/http://www.linkopingstidning.se/article/articleview/3315/1/1/ . 8 March 2016 . dead .
  47. News: Tio miste livet i minsprängningen . https://archive.today/20120910101924/http://www.olandsbladet.se/index.php?placid=3&placid_text=3&id=18183 . 10 September 2012 . . Ten killed in mine blast . Peter . Boström . 19 November 2011 . 27 January 2012 . sv . live .
  48. News: Fasansfull katastrof krävde tio människors liv . . Horrific disaster claimed ten people's lives . Bengt . Faleij . 23 March 2011 . 26 July 2012 . sv.
  49. News: De nio som dog i flygolyckan i Umeå är identifierade . . Gustaf . Tronarp . 19 July 2019 . 14 October 2019 . sv.
  50. Pjäser som "kommit hem" . Borg-Skum . Kamratföreningen Vapenbrödernas (Amfibieregementets) tidskrift . Artillery pieces that has "come home" . Ingemar . Wemmenhög . 12 . 1 . March 2011 . 26 January 2012 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20150926230727/http://www.vapenbroderna.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/2011.pdf . 26 September 2015 . dead .
  51. News: Åtta drunknade när båt kantrade i sjön Nedre Vättern i Skinnskatteberg . Köpings-Posten . Eight drowned when a boat capsized in Lower Lake Vättern in Skinnskatteberg . 1961-08-28 . sv.
  52. Book: Panorama 65 – en bokfilm från Bonniers folkbibliotek . Per-Erik . Lindorm . Albert Bonniers förlag . Stockholm . 1965 . 22 . sv.
  53. News: Åtta döda vid flygkrasch utanför Sundsvall . . Cina . Rönn . Claes . Salomonsson . 9 December 1999 . 14 October 2019 . sv.
  54. News: Mattias Flink sköt ihjäl sju i Falun . . Mattias Flink shot dead seven people in Falun . Tommy . Schönstedt . 15 March 2010 . 8 January 2012 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20111218084454/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.1918279/mattias-flink-skot-ihjal-sju-i-falun . 18 December 2011 . dead .
  55. News: En lampa orsakade branden i Rinkeby . . A lamp caused the fire in Rinkeby . Jenny . Stiernstedt . 16 October 2009 . 5 January 2012 . sv.
  56. News: Deras två kamrater dödades av blixten . . Ann-Cathrine . Carlsson . Gothenburg . 7 . 5 August 1973 . 12 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  57. News: Fem ton dynamit tog sju liv, vid sprängolycka i Lappland . Sölvesborgs-Tidningen . 1 . 16 March 1956 . 12 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  58. Web site: Krigsskolans minnessten med anledning av minolyckan 1942 . The War School's memorial due to the mine accident in 1942 . Jr4it.com . 26 January 2012 . sv.
  59. Book: Svenska Dagbladets årsbok . Svenska Dagbladet Yearbook . 1926 . Svenska Dagbladet . Stockholm . 14 . sv.
  60. News: Flottan drabbades av flera olyckor . . The navy suffered several accidents . Sven-Erik . Sjöholm . 12 April 2003 . 26 January 2012 . sv.
  61. Book: Lagvall, Bertil . Flottans neutralitetsvakt 1939–1945: krönika . The Navy's neutrality guard 1939–1945: Chronicle . Marinlitteraturföreningen, 0348-2405 ; 71 . 1991 . Marinlitteraturfören. . Stockholm . 91-85944-05-X . 27 . sv.
  62. News: Fem omkomna i Domnarvet. Landets största gasolycka . . 1 . 93 . 1953-04-07 . 12 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  63. News: Woman injured in Stockholm attack dies in hospital. 2017-04-28. Sveriges Radio. 2020-04-21. en.
  64. News: Perstorpsolyckan har krävt ett femte offer . . 1954-06-08 . 2017-08-09 . 11 . sv . subscription.
  65. News: Attentatet mot Norrskensflamman . . Elisabeth . Hedman . 2009-09-12 . 14 October 2019 . sv.
  66. News: Historiska mord: Fasan på Mälaren . . P4 Extra . Dick . Harrison . Dick Harrison . 2 August 2011 . 8 January 2012 . sv.
  67. News: Bakgrund: "De sydowska morden" . . Background: "The Von Sydow murders" . 14 August 2004 . 10 February 2012 . sv.
  68. Web site: Sundsvallsbranden – nyheten som ST missade . . Sundsvall fire – the news that ST missed . Kenneth . Fahlberg . 8 June 2015 . 14 October 2019 . sv.
  69. News: Fem döda i brand i Staffanstorp . . Five dead in fire in Staffanstorp . Ossi . Carp . 2 September 2009 . 5 January 2012 . sv.
  70. Web site: Dator orsakade branden i Staffanstorp . . . Computer caused the fire in Staffanstorp . 3 December 2009 . 6 January 2012 . sv.
  71. News: DÖDSEPEDEMI I PÅSK. Mord, självmord tog 12 offer . . 10 . 13 April 1966 . 11 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  72. Book: 1900-talets svenska brott: [22 svenska kriminalfall från 1900-talet hämtade ur Nordisk kriminalkrönika 1970–2000] ]. Ur nordisk kriminalkrönika, 1650-5824 ; 1 . 2000 . Svenska polisidrottsförl. - Spifab . Västra Frölunda . 9163104083 . . sv.
  73. News: Ohyggligt blodsdrama i natt: 4 dödsoffer. MÖRDADE HUSTRU OCH VUXNA BARN . . Östersund . 6 . 1954-02-22 . 11 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  74. News: Marques Jara släpptes fri . . Olle . Castelius . Zendry . Svärdkrona . 29 December 2000 . 8 January 2012 . sv.
  75. News: Lagmannen anmäler domarhot . . Gubb Jan . Stigson . 2013-08-22 . 15 December 2014 . sv.
  76. News: Våldsorgien i Skåne saknar motstycke . . Lars . Klint . 24 . 2018-07-08 . 11 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  77. News: Psykvård för mord . . 7 . 1980-03-12 . 11 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  78. News: Reparatör John Lundvall... . . A15 . 1945-11-07 . 11 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  79. News: Bällsta-mördaren: "Jag tar straffet, bara inte på dårhuset..." . . 7 . 1945-11-06 . 11 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  80. Krigsarkivet, Stockholm: Flygstaben, Centralexpeditionen, ref. A:1, maskinskrivna dokument: Rapport över explosionen 10 juni 1940 (116 sidor), Krigsrättsprotokoll 16 January 1941 (30 sidor)
  81. News: En av kustförsvarets svåraste katastrofer . . One of the coastal defense's most difficult disasters . 4 . 30 August 1950 . 19 May 2012 . sv.
  82. News: 45 år i samhällets tjänst . https://web.archive.org/web/20090825015447/http://hn.se/livetsgang/1.548423 . . Bastholm . Sven . 13 August 2009 . 2 December 2009 . 25 August 2009 . sv.
  83. News: Hela familjen sköts på julnatten . . 7 . Mora . 26 December 1975 . 11 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  84. News: Smågangstern som blev trippelmördare . . Lundell . Mattias . 13 May 2002 . 5 April 2016 . sv.
  85. News: 21-årig man erkänner . . Karin . Thurfjell . 12 May 2010 . 21 March 2012 . sv.
  86. News: NN döms för trippelmordet . . Forsström . Kristina . Nord . Oskar . 9 July 2010 . 8 January 2011 . sv . 25 May 2012 . https://archive.today/20120525023856/http://st.nu/medelpad/sundsvall/1.2166412-ragnar-nilsson-doms-for-trippelmordet . dead .
  87. 5 January 1956 . Mord och självmordsdrama i Stockholm . . sv . San Francisco & Mill Valley, Cal . 1 . . 13 March 2020 . 1.
  88. Web site: Den stora smällen i Moheda . . The big blast in Moheda . Bo . Berg . 1 May 2007 . 28 January 2012 . sv.
  89. Book: Brandsjö, Kaare . I brandmannaminne: berättelser om bränder, katastrofer, räddningsinsatser förr och nu . The fire living memory: stories of fires, disasters, emergency response from now and then . 1988 . Winberg i samarbete med Svenska brandförsvarsfören. . Hudiksvall . 91-87004-15-1 . 17 . sv.
  90. Basareholmen . Hemliga svenska rum . Becker, Melker . . . 2008-11-02 . 1 . 11 . sv.
  91. News: Stridsbåtar kolliderade – två döda . . Combat boats collided – two dead . Gunnar . Sörbring . Ola . Wong . 13 June 2004 . 26 January 2009 . sv . 7 September 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040907165807/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=554&a=276462 . dead .
  92. News: Hård tsunamikritik mot Göran Persson . . . Fierce tsunami criticism of Göran Persson . Pontus . Mattsson . 1 December 2005 . 8 January 2012 . sv.
  93. News: Bättre beredskap för kriser . . Better preparedness for crises . Monica . Hedlund . 26 September 2004 . 6 January 2012 . sv.
  94. News: Tidigare fartygskatastrofer . . 6A . 1956-07-27 . 12 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  95. News: 95 år sedan Titanic sjönk . . . 95 years since the Titanic sank . 15 April 2007 . 6 January 2012 . sv.
  96. Web site: Rättsodontologins utveckling i Sverige – Flygkatastrofen i Madrid november 1983 . . The development of forensic odontology in Sweden – The air disaster in Madrid in November 1983 . Gösta . Gustafson . Gunnar . Johanson . 5 . 29 December 2016 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20161229171801/http://edu.ofa.ki.se/ro/sida5.html . 29 December 2016 . dead .
  97. News: Stor båtflotta söker "Aspö". Spårlöst borta i Nordsjön . . 32 . 1 . 1953-02-03 . 12 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  98. 21 döda i svenska flygvapnets värsta olycka . Populär Historia . 21 dead in the Swedish Air Force's worst accident . Peter . Westdahl . 7 . 2013 . 2013-12-14 . sv.
  99. News: Den värsta brandkatastrofen i Sverige . . The worst fire disaster in Sweden . Aftonbladet/TT . 30 October 1998 . 9 March 2012 . sv.
  100. News: Långa fängelsestraff för Linateolyckan . . Long prison terms for Linate Airport disaster . TT-AFP . 16 April 2004 . 6 January 2011 . sv.
  101. News: 112 persons feared killed in crash of Danish plane . . AP . 1 . 15 March 1972 . 30 October 2011. Associated Press .
  102. News: Plane crash death count may reach 112 . . AP . 17 . 15 March 1972 . 30 October 2011. Associated Press .
  103. News: Sexton svenskar dödade vid flygkatastrof . . 1948-07-05 . 14 October 2019 . 3 . sv . subscription.
  104. News: Sorg går inte över – men går att leva med . . Grief does not pass – but you can live with . Kerstin . Weigl . 14 August 1998 . 9 January 2012 . sv.
  105. Jonsson . Bengt . Ormen Friskes undergång: dödligt drama i kalla krigets skugga . The wreck of Ormen Friske: deadly drama in the shadow of the Cold War . 2004 . Populär Historia . 2004 . 9 . 50–54 : ill . 1102-0822 . sv.
  106. News: De dog i lavinen – på sportlovsresan . . They died in the avalanche – on the winter holiday . Knut-Göran . Källberg . 26 February 2015 . 26 August 2015 . sv.
  107. News: Åtta döda på flotte från "Avanti" – minst 32 man uppges räddats . Trelleborgs Tidningen . 1 . 7 . Tokyo . TT . 1953-01-10 . 12 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  108. News: Färjekatastrof fortfarande ouppklarad . . . Ferry disaster still unsolved . Kjell Albin . Abrahamson . Kjell Albin Abrahamson . Warszawa . 15 January 2008 . 26 February 2012 . sv.
  109. News: Aftonbladets reporter: Det är lätt att föreställa sig skräcken . . Aftonbladet reporter: It is easy to imagine the horror . Lars . Söderberg . 8 July 1999 . 26 December 2012 . sv.
  110. Web site: Historiska glimtar det hände just idag 17 jan . Blaljus.se . Historical glimpses of what happened today, 17 January . 17 January 2013 . 8 April 2013 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127062827/http://www.blaljus.nu/historisk-notis/historiska-glimtar-det-hande-just-idag-17-jan . 27 January 2016 . dead .
  111. News: Tre Balibombare avrättade . . Three Bali bombers executed . TT-Reuters-AFP . 8 November 2008 . 9 January 2012 . sv.
  112. News: Fem offer för elden på "Sunnanland" . . A30 . 1953-03-08 . 12 May 2020 . sv . limited.
  113. News: Värsta kraschen i SAS historia . . Worst crash in the history of SAS . Isaac . Pineus . 8 October 2001 . 6 January 2012 . sv.
  114. News: Fyra svenskar döda i Thailand . . Four Swedes dead in Thailand . TT . 3 February 2012 . 9 February 2012 . sv . Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå .
  115. News: Miljarder till Lockerbie-anhöriga . https://archive.today/20120904021321/http://www.dn.se/diverse/p8-import-slask-undantag/miljarder-till-lockerbie-anhoriga . 4 September 2012 . . Billion to the Lockerbie relatives . TT . 29 May 2002 . 23 February 2012 . sv . Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå . live .
  116. News: Ännu en svensk kvinna död i terrordådet i Bryssel . Another Swedish woman died in the terrorist attack in Brussels . . Clas . Svahn . 2016-03-27 . 27 March 2016 . sv.
  117. Web site: Hans son omkom i attacken mot WTC . . . His son was killed in the attack on the WTC . 11 September 2011 . 30 October 2011 . sv.
  118. News: Svenska 25-åringen dödades i attackerna . . Swedish 25-year-old killed in attacks . 15 November 2015 . 22 March 2016 . sv.

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