1945 in Sweden

none June 2018 1945 Events from the year 1945 in Sweden Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945) was a Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian. He saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from German Nazis and Hungarian fascists during the later stages of World War II. While serving as Sweden's special envoy in Budapest between July and December 1944, Wallenberg issued protective passports and sheltered Jews in buildings which he declared as Swedish territory. However On 17 January 1945, during the Siege of Budapest by the Red Army, agents of SMERSH detained Wallenberg on suspicion of espionage, and he subsequently disappeared. In 1957, 12 years after his disappearance, he was reported by Soviet authorities to have died of a suspected myocardial infarction Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf VGustav V - king of Sweden https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-V Encyclopedia Britannica 12 June 2018 en Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson Events June 2015 18 January – The disappearance of the spy Jane Horney. 29 January – The Swedish Institute is founded.We show the world Sweden’s opportunities https://si.se/en/about-si/our-mission/ 2026-03-01 Svenska institutet en-US Sweden operated a mission called White Buses to rescue Scandinavian prisoners and bring them back home.2025-04-24 From Ravensbrück to freedom: The story of Sweden’s daring ‘White Bus’ rescue https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250424-from-ravensbr%C3%BCck-to-freedom-the-story-of-sweden-s-daring-white-bus-rescue 2026-03-03 France 24 en Births 12 February – Maud Adams, actress. 1 March – Svenne Hedlund, singer.Svenne Hedlund https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/2a247d3f-63b7-4053-bd8f-fedbecbcf747 https://web.archive.org/web/20180702061846/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/2a247d3f-63b7-4053-bd8f-fedbecbcf747 dead July 2, 2018 BBC Music 12 June 2018 (d. 2022). 4 March – Tommy Svensson, football manager and player. 25 April – Björn Ulvaeus, musician. 13 May – Lasse Berghagen, singer/songwriter (d. 2023).Sweden: Eurovision 1975 Representative Lasse Berghagen Has Died 3 June – Bernt Frilén, orienteering competitor, world champion 1974 (d. 2019).http://tillminne.se/ad/9126200 Bernt Frilén 2019-05-12 2019-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20190511084708/http://tillminne.se/ad/9126200 dead https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=20 https://web.archive.org/web/20200706034235/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=20 dead July 6, 2020 World Orienteering Championships 1974 International Orienteering Federation 12 May 2019 1 July – Jane Cederqvist, freestyle swimmer (d. 2023).Sutherland James 2023-12-30 In Memoriam: Remembering The People Swimming Lost In 2023 https://swimswam.com/in-memoriam-remembering-the-people-swimming-lost-in-2023/ 2026-09-12 SwimSwam en-US Deaths 4 January — Ellen Hartman, actress (b. 1860) 5 January — Viking Dahl, music composer (b. 1895) 5 February — Ragnar Östberg, architect (b. 1866) 16 February — Rudolf Värnlund, author (b. 1900) 15 June — Carl Gustaf Ekman, politician (b. 1872) 16 June — Nils Edén, politician (b. 1871) 22 June — Frida Stéenhoff, author (b. 1865) 19 November — Ruth Almén, music composer (b. 1870) References 1945 Category:Years of the 20th century in Sweden Sweden