2000 in Sweden

← 1999 1998 1997 2000 in Sweden → 2001 2002 2003
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2000 Timeline of Swedish history

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Sweden.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Göran Persson

Events

January

• January 1 - The Church of Sweden is separated from the Swedish State.^[1]

Popular culture

Film

• 13 May – Faithless, directed by Liv Ullmann, released.
• 4 August – Sleepwalker released
• 25 August – Together released in Sweden
• 22 December – Jalla! Jalla!, comedy film directed by Josef Fares

Literature

• The Return of the Dancing Master, crime novel by Henning Mankell
• Missing, crime fiction novel by Karin Alvtegen

Sports

• 10 December – The 2000 European Cross Country Championships were held in Malmö

Births

March

• 7 March – Rasmus Sandin, ice hockey player

April

• 7 April – Julia Kedhammar, singer
• 13 April – Rasmus Dahlin, ice hockey player
• 20 April – Klara Hammarström, singer
• 20 April – Nils Fröling, footballer
• 25 April – Dejan Kulusevski, footballer

June

• 12 June – Nina Dano, handballer

July

• 23 July – Malte Gårdinger, actor

August

• 15 August – Adam Boqvist, ice hockey player

September

• 4 September – Peter Gwargis, footballer

October

• 23 October – Hanna Ferm, singer

December

• 20 December
  • Gaboro, rapper and songwriter (d. 2024)
  • Nils Höglander, ice hockey player

Deaths

Nils Poppe.

• 8 January – Henry Eriksson, athlete (born 1920).^[2]
• 13 January – John Ljunggren, athlete (born 1919).^[3]
• 25 January – Folke Ekström, chess player (born 1906)
• 25 February – Doris Löve, botanist (born 1918)
• 19 March – Egon Jönsson, footballer (born 1921).
• 28 June – Nils Poppe, actor, director and screenwriter (born 1908)
• 29 July – Åke Hodell, fighter pilot and poet (born 1919)
• 30 July – Örjan Blomquist, cross-country skier (born 1957)
• 28 August – Knut Holmqvist, sport shooter (born 1918).^[4]
• 18 October – Inga Gill, film actress (born 1925)

References

1. Thorsten Sandberg (February 2000). "Kyrkan och staten" (in Swedish). Populär historia. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
2. "Henry Eriksson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
3. "John Ljunggren". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
4. "Knut Holmqvist". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.