1999 in Sweden

Events from the year 1999 in Sweden

← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Sweden → 2000 2001 2002
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1999 Timeline of Swedish history

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Göran Persson

Events

May

• 28 May – The Malexander murders.^[1][2]
• 29 May – Charlotte Nilsson wins Eurovision Song Contest.

Popular culture

Sports

• The 1999 Allsvenskan was won by Helsingborgs IF

Film

• 1 October – Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen, directed by Ella Lemhagen, released

Births

• 21 January – Pontus Dahlberg, footballer

Deaths

Birgit Cullberg in 1943

• 15 January – Lars Glassér, sprint canoer, world champion (born 1925).^[3]
• 29 April – Oscar Ljung, film actor (born 1909)
• 28 May – Henry Carlsson, footballer (born 1917).^[4]
• 13 June – Kjell Rosén, footballer (born 1921)
• 8 September – Birgit Cullberg, choreographer (born 1908)
• 12 November – Sven Hjertsson, footballer (born 1924).

See also

• 1999 in Swedish television