1974 in Sweden

← 1973 1972 1971 1974 in Sweden → 1975 1976 1977
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1974 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1974 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Olof Palme

Events

• 2 January - Electricity rationing is introduced in Sweden due to the oil crisis
• 29 January - The Swedish petrol rationing ends after three weeks
• 7 March - Electricity rationing in Sweden ends, among other things, the street lights turn on fully again
• 6 April - Sweden wins the 19th Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, United Kingdom. The winning song is "Waterloo", performed by ABBA. The year marks the first time the contest was won by a group.
• 26 April - Sweden's first videographer is inaugurated.
• 18 September - Swedish spy Stig Wennerström, sentenced in 1964 to life imprisonment, is released by decision of the Swedish government

Popular culture

Literature

• Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson are awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The two laureates were members of the Swedish Academy at the time; the decision was criticized by the media,^[1] and Martinson committed suicide in 1978.^[2]

Births

Lars Frölander.

• 16 January – Mattias Jonson, footballer
• 13 March – Thomas Enqvist, former professional tennis player
• 20 March – Mattias Asper, footballer
• 31 March – Stefan Olsdal, Musical artist
• 2 April – Håkan Hellström, singer-songwriter
• 16 April – Mattias Timander, former ice hockey player
• 17 April – Mikael Åkerfeldt, musician
• 26 May – Lars Frölander, swimmer.^[3]
• 24 June – Magnus Carlsson, Musical artist
• 9 July – Nikola Šarčević, musician of Serbian origin
• 30 July – Josefin Åsberg, film art director.^[4]
• 30 August – Camilla Läckberg, crime writer
• 6 September – Nina Persson, singer
• 7 October – Charlotte Perrelli, Musical artist
• 8 October – Fredrik Modin, ice hockey player
• 24 October – Joakim Nätterqvist, actor
• 19 December – Minna Telde, horse rider.^[5]
• 20 December – Angelica Ljungquist, beach volleyball player^[6]
• 24 December – Thure Lindhardt, actor
• 30 December – Johanna Sällström, actress

Deaths

• 7 May – Gustaf Dyrsch, horse rider (born 1890).^[7]
• 11 July – Pär Lagerkvist, writer (born 1891)
• 29 October – Axel Cadier, wrestler, Olympic champion in 1936 (born 1906).^[8]

See also

• 1974 in Swedish television

References

1. Barkman, Clas (6 October 2011). "Tidigare val av svenska Nobelpristagare hårt kritiserade". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
2. Hansson, Anita (31 August 2000). "Martinson begick harakiri". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
3. "Lars Frölander". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
4. "Josefin Åsberg". Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
5. "Minna Telde". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
6. "FIVB - Beach Volleyball". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
7. "Gustaf Dyrsch". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
8. "Axel Cadier". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.