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Events from the year 1949 in Sweden:
Incumbents
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
- 2 January – Anders Lidén, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations
- 15 February – Thomas Callerud, figure skater[1]
- 21 February – Ronnie Hellström, footballer (died 2022)[2]
- 6 April – Janet Ågren, actress
- 13 May – Eva Eriksson, illustrator and writer[3]
- 21 May – Björn Ranelid, writer
- 9 July – Jan Brunstedt, auto racing driver
- 19 July – Bo Bernhardsson, politician
- 16 August – Bo Knape, sailor[4]
Deaths
- 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)[5]
- 19 April – Ulrich Salchow, figure skater (born 1877)[6]
- 22 November – John Ekman, film actor (born 1880)
References
- ^ "Thomas Callerud". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ Ronnie Hellstrom: Goalkeeping legend dies at the age of 72
- ^ "Eva Eriksson" (in Swedish). sfi.se. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Bo Knape". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Claes Johanson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Ulrich Salchow". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
External links
Media related to 1949 in Sweden at Wikimedia Commons
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