1949 in Sweden

none November 2023 1949 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 thumb |right |100 px |Eva Eriksson 2 January – Anders Lidén, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations 15 February – Thomas Callerud, figure skaterThomas Callerud https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/thomas-callerud-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204337/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/thomas-callerud-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 30 July 2015 21 February – Ronnie Hellström, footballer (died 2022)Ronnie Hellstrom: Goalkeeping legend dies at the age of 72 6 April – Janet Ågren, actress 13 May – Eva Eriksson, illustrator and writerhttp://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=58065 Eva Eriksson sfi.se sv 1 May 2015 21 May – Björn Ranelid, writer 9 July – Jan Brunstedt, auto racing driver 19 July – Bo Bernhardsson, politician 16 August – Bo Knape, sailorBo Knape https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kn/bo-knape-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203423/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kn/bo-knape-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 30 July 2015 Deaths thumb |right |100 px |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)Claes Johanson https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/claes-johanson-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204852/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/claes-johanson-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 30 July 2015 19 April – Ulrich Salchow, figure skater (born 1877)Ulrich Salchow https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/ulrich-salchow-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204436/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/ulrich-salchow-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 30 July 2015 22 November – John Ekman, film actor (born 1880) References External links 1949 Sweden Category:Years of the 20th century in Sweden