2021 in Sweden

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden

31 January – Sweden loses to Denmark in the final of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship, winning silver in the competition.^[1]^[2]
3 March – Vetlanda stabbing attack: A man in his twenties injures 7 people^[3] with an axe in Vetlanda. He was shot and wounded by police before being arrested.^[4]^[5]
22–28 March – 2021 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Stockholm.^[6]
1 April – Kalix train station is opened.^[7]
21 June – Swedish government crisis.^[8]
29 June – Sweden men's national football team are knocked out of the UEFA Euro 2020 competition at the Round of 16 by Ukraine.^[9]
8 July – A single-engine DHC-2 Beaver carrying 8 skydivers plus 1 pilot crashed shortly after takeoff from Örebro Airport. All 9 people died.^[10]
22 August – Stefan Löfven announces that he will resign as Prime Minister in November 2021.^[11]
28 September – An explosion occurs in Annedal in Gothenburg.^[12]
3 October – Lars Vilks dies together with two guards in a car crash on European route E4 in Markaryd.^[13]
14 October – The Swedish Police Authority presents a new list of Vulnerable areas, Klockaretorpet in Norrköping and Rannebergen in Gothenburg are removed while Valsta, Fisksätra, Visättra and Grantorp in Stockholm are added.^[14]
30 November: Magdalena Andersson replaces Stefan Löfven as Prime Minister of Sweden, making her the first woman ever to hold that position.^[15]
27 November to 5 December – 2021 Women's World Floorball Championships in Uppsala.^[16]
6 December – A photo published by Nyheter Idag of the Minister for Public Administration Ida Karkiainen doing a Nazi salute in 2004 becomes a political scandal.^[17]^[18]
13 December – Two vessels collide of the coast of Ystad.^[19]

January

10 January – Thorleif Torstensson, singer (b. 1949).^[21]
11 January – Tord Peterson, actor (b. 1926).^[22]
12 January – Mona Malm, actress (b. 1935).^[23]
16 January – Lars Westman, writer (b. 1934).^[24]
18 January – Thorsten Johansson, Olympic sprinter (b. 1950).^[25]
21 January
- Evert Båge, military officer (b. 1925).^[26]
- Solveig Nordström, archeologist (b. 1923).^[27]
24 January
- Gunnel Lindblom, actress (b. 1931).^[28]
- Sigvard Marjasin, civil servant (b. 1929).^[29]
26 January – Lars Norén, playwright, novelist and poet (b. 1944).^[30]
27 January – Gert Blomé, ice hockey player (b. 1934).^[31]
28 January – Annette Kullenberg, journalist and author (b. 1939).^[32]

February

3 February – Margreth Weivers, actress (b. 1926).^[33]
4 February – Frank Baude, politician, leader of the Communist Party (b. 1936).^[34]
13 February – Olle Nygren, speedway rider (b. 1929).^[35]
19 February – Ebba Andersson, footballer (Öxabäcks, national team) (b. 1935).^[36]

March

5 March
- Stig Malm, trade unionist, chairman of LO (1983–1993) (b. 1942).^[37]
- Birgitta Rasmusson, television personality and cookbook author (b. 1939).^[38]
6 March – Bengt Åberg, motocross racer (b. 1944).^[39]
7 March – Lars-Göran Petrov, heavy metal singer (Entombed, Entombed A.D., Firespawn) (b. 1972).^[40]
15 March – Ehrling Wahlgren [sv], weightlifter and reality television contestant (Expedition Robinson) (b. 1946).^[41]
16 March – Berit Carlberg, stage actress (Nine) (b. 1942).^[42]
26 March – Lennart Larsson, cross country skier, Olympic bronze medalist (1956) (b. 1930).^[43]
28 March
- Uffe Bergstrand [sv], singer and musician (b. 1981).^[44]
- Ingmar Glanzelius [sv], musician, music writer and playwright (b.1927).^[45]

April

1 April – Nemam Ghafouri, physician, activist and humanitarian (b. 1968).^[46]
4 April – Ingela Lind, art critic and author (b. 1943).^[47]
6 April – Maj Britt Theorin, politician, MP (1971–1995) and MEP (1995–2004) (b. 1932).^[48]
10 April
- Börje Holmberg, educator and writer (b. 1924).^[49]
- Bosse Skoglund, drummer (Peps Persson) (b. 1936).^[50]
11 April – Berta Magnusson, writer and playwright (b. 1928).^[51]
14 April
- Sköld Peter Matthis [sv], doctor and left-wing political activist (b. 1937).^[52]
- Inga Sarri, actress (b. 1934).^[53]
20 April – Sven-Olof Olson, Air Force officer (b. 1926).^[54]
24 April – Riitta Vainionpää, textile artist (b. 1952).^[55]

May

5 May – Bertil Johansson, footballer (IFK Göteborg, national team) (b. 1935).^[56]
10 May
- Lars-Gunnar Bodin, electronic musician (b. 1935).^[57]
- Svante Thuresson, jazz musician ("Nygammal vals") (b. 1937).^[58]

June

9 June – Torgny Björk, musician, composer and singer (b. 1938).^[59]
11 June – Sara Wedlund, Olympic long-distance runner (1996) (b. 1975).^[60]
13 June – Sven Erlander, mathematician (b. 1934).^[61]
16 June
- Bengt Göransson, politician (b. 1932).^[62]
- Anders Nunstedt [sv], music journalist (b. 1970).^[63]
19 June – Ove Emanuelsson, Olympic sprint canoer (1960, 1964, 1968) (b. 1941).^[64]
23 June – Med Reventberg, actress (Ronia, the Robber's Daughter) (b. 1948).^[65]
27 June – Peps Persson, musician (b. 1946).^[66]
30 June – Inge Danielsson, footballer (Helsingborg, Ajax, national team) (b. 1941).^[67]

July

18 July – Tommy Engstrand, sports journalist and television host (b. 1939).^[68]
20 July
- Curt-Eric Holmquist, conductor (Lotta på Liseberg), Eurovision Song Contest winner (1984) (b. 1948).^[69]
- Lars Weiss [sv], journalist and news editor (b. 1946).^[70]
23 July – Claes Reimerthi, comic writer (The Phantom) (b. 1955).^[71]
31 July – Kenneth Johansson, politician and MP (1998–2012) (b. 1956).^[72]

August

4 August
- Åke Lundqvist, actor (Beck – Mannen med ikonerna) (b. 1936).^[73]
- Anders Pettersson, musician (Lasse Stefanz) (b. 1952).^[74]
10 August – Gun Ädel, Olympic cross-country skier (1964) (b. 1938).^[75]
11 August – Göran Zachrisson, sports journalist, cancer (b. 1938).^[76]
25 August – Gunilla Bergström, author of Alfie Atkins (b.1942).^[77]

October

21 October – Einár, 19, rapper (shot)^[78]
27 October – Benjamin Vallé, 47, musician (Viagra Boys)^[79]

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