1976 in Sweden

← 1975 1974 1973 1976 in Sweden → 1977 1978 1979
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1976 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1976 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Olof Palme, Thorbjörn Fälldin

Events

• 19 June – King Carl XVI Gustaf marries Silvia Sommerlath.
• 19 September – The 1976 Swedish general election is held.
• 14 October – Following a defeat for the Social Democratic Party of Sweden in the Swedish parliamentary election, Olof Palme resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden and is replaced with Thorbjörn Fälldin.
• 27 November –The Church of Sweden Öxnehaga Church in Öxnehaga near Huskvarna, Sweden is inaugurated.^[1]

Popular culture

Sports

• 23–28 February – The Winter Paralympics are held in Örnsköldsvik.^[2]
• 2–7 March – The 1976 World Figure Skating Championships are held in Gothenburg.

Music

• 11 October – The ABBA album Arrival released.
• Livets teater by Magnus Uggla released.

Births

Stefan Holm became Olympic champion in 2004.

• 16 march – Kim Johnsson, Swedish hockey player
• 5 April – Henrik Stenson, golfer
• 16 April – Robert Dahlqvist, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
• 25 May – Stefan Holm, Swedish high jumper.^[3]
• 10 June – Patrik Kittel, horse rider.^[4]
• 19 July – Eric Prydz, DJ and music producer
• DJ and music producer
• 25 August – Alexander Skarsgård, actor
• 12 October – Kajsa Bergqvist, high jumper
• 14 December – Petter Hansson, footballer

Date unknown

• Henrik Åberg, Swedish singer.
• Gunnar Domeij, former floorball player.^[5]

Deaths

• 2 May – Karin Juel, singer, actor and writer (born 1900).
• 24 May – Hugo Wieslander, Olympic athlete (born 1889).
• 28 July – Karin Kock-Lindberg, politician (born 1891).
• 21 December – Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (born 1913).

References

1. "Öxnehagakyrkan" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
2. Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 519. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
3. "Stefan Holm". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
4. "Patrik Kittel". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
5. Gunnar Domeij IBIS