1974 in Sweden

none January 2025 1974 Events from the year 1974 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister – Olof Palme Events October 2014 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,https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/tidigare-val-av-svenska-nobelpristagare-hart-kritiserade/ Dagens Nyheter Tidigare val av svenska Nobelpristagare hårt kritiserade Clas Barkman 6 October 2011 17 May 2016 and Martinson committed suicide in 1978.http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/0008/31/harakiri.html Aftonbladet Martinson begick harakiri Anita Hansson 31 August 2000 17 May 2016 Births thumb |right|150 px|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.Lars Frölander https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/lars-frolander-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417070009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/lars-frolander-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 24 June – Magnus Carlsson, Musical artist 25 June – Fredrik Bild, footballer 9 July – Nikola Šarčević, musician of Serbian origin 30 July – Josefin Åsberg, film art director.http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=person&itemid=280878 Josefin Åsberg 2 December 2017 Swedish Film Institute 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.Minna Telde https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/minna-telde-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204416/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/minna-telde-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 20 December – Angelica Ljungquist, beach volleyball playerFIVB – Beach Volleyball http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Player_DataDB.asp?No=102964 fivb.org 8 April 2020 24 December – Thure Lindhardt, actor 30 December – Johanna Sällström, actress Deaths 7 May – Gustaf Dyrsch, horse rider (born 1890).Gustaf Dyrsch https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dy/gustaf-dyrsch-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205911/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dy/gustaf-dyrsch-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 11 July – Pär Lagerkvist, writer (born 1891) 29 October – Axel Cadier, wrestler, Olympic champion in 1936 (born 1906).Axel Cadier https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/axel-cadier-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/axel-cadier-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 See also 1974 in Swedish television References 1974 Category:Years of the 20th century in Sweden