1994 in Sweden

Events from the year 1994 in Sweden

← 1993 1992 1991 1994 in Sweden → 1995 1996 1997
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1994 Timeline of Swedish history

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Carl Bildt, Ingvar Carlsson

Events

May

• 9 May – Sweden has joined NATO's Partnership for Peace programme.

September

• 18 September – The 1994 Swedish general election.
• 28 September – Sinking of the MS Estonia: the car ferry MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea, killing 852.

Popular culture

Björn Ranelid, winner of the August Prize in 1994.

Literature

• Synden, novel by Björn Ranelid, winner of the August Prize.^[1]

Sports

• 84 athletes competed for Sweden at the 1994 Winter Olympics
• The 1994 Allsvenskan was won by IFK Göteborg

Births

• 27 February – Max Örnskog, ice hockey player.^[2]
• 6 June – Moa Lignell, singer

Deaths

• 5 July – Lennart Klingström, canoer (born 1916).^[3]

See also

• 1994 in Swedish television