2003 in Sweden

Events from the year 2003 in Sweden

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See also:	Other events of 2003 Timeline of Swedish history

Incumbents

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

Events

• 10 September – Foreign Minister Anna Lindh stabbed whilst shopping at a Stockholm department store.^[1]
• 11 September – Foreign Minister Anna Lindh dies of stab injuries.^[1]
• 14 September – 2003 Swedish euro referendum

Popular culture

Film

• 16 September – Evil (Swedish: Ondskan), a drama film directed by Mikael Håfström, was released in Sweden. The film had earlier been presented at the Cannes film festival.

Births

Greta Thunberg

• 3 January Greta Thunberg, climate activist.

Deaths

Anna Lindh

• 15 January – Arne Palmqvist, bishop (born 1921).
• 16 March – Lars Passgård, actor (born 1941).
• 25 August – Hjalmar Pettersson, cyclist (born 1906).^[2]
• 11 September – Anna Lindh, Foreign Minister (born 1957)^[1]
• 26 September – Olle Anderberg, sport wrestler, Olympic champion in 1952 (born 1919).^[3]
• 30 October – Börje Leander, footballer (born 1918).^[4]

See also

• 2003 in Swedish television