1960 in Sweden

none November 2023 1960 Events from the year 1960 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf Prime Minister – Tage Erlander Events 13 December – The motorway Vätterleden in Sweden is inaugurated.https://maltell.se/historia/artal.htm Årtal och händelser i Jönköping Jönköpings historia Swedish 7 February 2021 Births thumb |right |100 px|Håkan Loob. 27 February – Pär Arvidsson, swimmer.Pär Arvidsson https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/par-arvidsson-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170429/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/par-arvidsson-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 12 April – Tomas Jonsson, ice hockey player.Tomas Jonsson https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/tomas-jonsson-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/tomas-jonsson-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 3 July – Håkan Loob, ice hockey player.Håkan Loob https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/hakan-loob-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203732/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/hakan-loob-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 26 August – Jan Brink, horse rider.Jan Brink https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/jan-brink-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/jan-brink-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 29 August – Helena Gellerman, politician.Helena Gellerman (L) https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-och-partier/ledamot/helena-gellerman_5e7c5792-d4ff-4d8e-999f-92e1a7af86f3/ 2025-04-09 www.riksdagen.se sv Deaths 4 February – Carl Björkman, sport shooter (born 1869).Carl Björkman https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bj/carl-bjorkman-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203843/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bj/carl-bjorkman-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 8 May – Hugo Alfvén, Swedish violinist, conductor and composer (born 1872)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/alfven-hugo/ Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) Swedish Musical Heritage 24 October 2025 21 May – Rudolf Degermark, gymnast (born 1886).Rudolf Degermark https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/rudolf-degermark-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204509/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/rudolf-degermark-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 29 June – Karl Lindahl, gymnast (born 1890).Karl Lindahl https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/karl-lindahl-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205925/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/karl-lindahl-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 9 September – Jussi Björling, Swedish operatic tenor (born 1911) Harald Henrysson Andrew Farkas Jussi Amadeus Press 1996 9781574670103 384 Signe Bergman, feminist (born 1869). Ebba von Eckermann, feminist (born 1866). References 1960 Sweden Category:Years of the 20th century in Sweden