1948 in Sweden

← 1947 1946 1945 1948 in Sweden → 1949 1950 1951
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1948 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1948 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

• Easter – Youth riots in Stockholm
• Summer – Violence against Romani people in Jönköping
• 19 September – Swedish general election

Popular culture

Literature

• Pippi in the South Seas, children's book by Astrid Lindgren

Film

• Banketten, drama film directed by Hasse Ekman

Births

Tommy Körberg

• 26 January – Hasse Andersson, singer and songwriter
• 3 February – Henning Mankell, crime novelist (died 2015)
• 5 February – Sven-Göran Eriksson, football player and manager (died 2024)
• 23 March – Lena Conradson, singer
• 5 April – Dan Söderström, ice-hockey player
• 21 April – Jessica Iwanson, choreographer
• 26 April – Svante Lindqvist, historian
• 5 May – Mats Bergman, actor
• 5 May – Anna Bergman, actress
• 4 July – Tommy Körberg, actor and musician
• 4 September – Anders Åberg, actor (died 2020)
• 11 October – Göran Rosenberg, journalist
• 25 October – Ingrid Sundberg, alpine skier.^[1]
• 30 October – Ines Uusmann, politician
• 22 November – Lars Andersson, sprint canoer.^[2]

Exact date missing

• Birgitta Eriksson, politician
• Göran Fristorp, singer and songwriter (died 2024).^[3]

Deaths

• 21 March – Gustaf Elgenstierna, historian and genealogist (born 1871)
• 12 October – Emilie Rathou, temperance and women's rights activist (born 1862)

References

1. "Ingrid Sundberg". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
2. "Lars Andersson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
3. "Artisten Göran Fristorp är död". Göteborgs-Posten. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.