1961 in Sweden

none November 2023 1961 Events from the year 1961 in Sweden Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf Prime Minister – Tage Erlander Events October 2014 4 March - A 17-year-old student opened fire at a school dance in Kungälv, Västra Götaland County, killing one person and wounding six others.Erskog Kristian Höglund Mia De minns skolskjutningen i Kungälv för 60 år sedan https://www.gp.se/nyheter/storgoteborg/60-ar-sedan-skolskjutningen-i-kungalv.185c95ac-f2a2-4ca2-999b-5172cf1f4fe7 2025-02-06 Göteborgs-Posten 2021-09-12 sv 18 September – UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld is killed in a plane crash in Ndola, Northern Rhodesia.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/18/newsid_3790000/3790079.stm UN Secretary General killed in air crash 1 March 2015 Births 25 April – Agneta Andersson, canoer, three times Olympic champion.Agneta Andersson https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/agneta-andersson-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071606/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/agneta-andersson-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 Deaths thumb |right |100 px|Claës König, Olympic champion in 1920. 7 January – Erik Lundqvist, javelin thrower (born 1908).Erik Lundqvist https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/erik-lundqvist-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175042/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/erik-lundqvist-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 5 February – Humbert Lundén, sailor (born 1882).Humbert Lundén https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/humbert-lunden-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417205246/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/humbert-lunden-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 18 September – Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary General (born 1905). 24 November – Axel Wenner-Gren, businessman (born 1881)Axel Wenner-Gren, Financier, 80, Dead; Axel Wenner. Gren Dies at 80 Financier and a Philanthropist https://www.nytimes.com/1961/11/25/archives/axel-wennergren-financier-80-dead-axel-wenner-gren-dies-at-80.html 2025-02-06 The New York Times AP 1961-11-25 25 November – Claës König, nobleman, military officer and horse rider (born 1885).Claës König https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/claes-konig-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204935/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/claes-konig-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Sports Reference LLC 3 October 2014 – Ruth Gustafson References 1961 Category:Years of the 20th century in Sweden