1949 in Sweden

← 1948 1947 1946 1949 in Sweden → 1950 1951 1952
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1949 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1949 in Sweden:

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

• The Swedish Building Workers' Union founded

Popular culture

Film

• 29 August – Flickan från tredje raden released
• 17 October – Thirst released
• 9 December – Pippi Longstocking released

Sport

• 4 to 10 February – the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm
• 12 to 20 February – the 1949 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm

Births

Eva Eriksson

• 2 January – Anders Lidén, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations
• 15 February – Thomas Callerud, figure skater^[1]
• 21 February – Ronnie Hellström, footballer (died 2022)^[2]
• 6 April – Janet Ågren, actress
• 13 May – Eva Eriksson, illustrator and writer^[3]
• 21 May – Björn Ranelid, writer
• 9 July – Jan Brunstedt, auto racing driver
• 19 July – Bo Bernhardsson, politician
• 16 August – Bo Knape, sailor^[4]

Deaths

Claes Johanson in 1913

• 28 January – Gustaf Nordqvist, composer, church musician and professor (born 1886)
• 4 March – Karolina Widerström (born 1856)
• 7 March – David Emanuel Wahlberg, sports writer and editor (born 1882)
• 9 March – Claes Johanson, wrestler (born 1884)^[5]
• 19 April – Ulrich Salchow, figure skater (born 1877)^[6]
• 22 November – John Ekman, film actor (born 1880)

References

1. "Thomas Callerud". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
2. Ronnie Hellstrom: Goalkeeping legend dies at the age of 72
3. "Eva Eriksson" (in Swedish). sfi.se. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
4. "Bo Knape". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
5. "Claes Johanson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
6. "Ulrich Salchow". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

External links

Media related to 1949 in Sweden at Wikimedia Commons