1989 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1989 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 October – Establishment of the Swedish Security Service
Popular culture
Film
- 6 March – The 24th Guldbagge Awards were presented.
- 15 September – The Women on the Roof released
Sport
- 17 to 20 August – The 1989 World Orienteering Championships were held in Skövde.[1]
- 23 September to 1 October – The 1989 Men's European Volleyball Championship was hosted in Örebro and Stockholm.
Births
- 22 February – Anna Sundstrand, singer and model
- 28 March – Jenny Lönnkvist, orienteering competitor
- 10 April – Jenny Alm, handball player
- 27 April – Jerker Lysell, orienteering competitor,[2] world champion in sprint (2016)
- 5 May – Agnes Knochenhauer, curler
- 23 May – Jeffery Taylor, basketball player
- 12 June – Emma Eliasson, ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist[3]
- 29 June – Jens Westin, ice hockey player
- 11 July – Tobias Sana, football player
- 21 July – Christoffer Sundgren, curler
- 8 September – Avicii, DJ, remixer, record producer, musician and songwriter
- 24 October – Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, a.k.a. PewDiePie, YouTube personality
- 4 November – Frida Svedin Thunström, ice hockey player[4]
Deaths
- 1 February – Erik Persson, footballer (born 1909)
- 27 February – Göran Larsson, swimmer (born 1932)[5]
- 16 June – Arthur Häggblad, cross-country skier (born 1908)[6]
- 20 September – Stig Andersson-Tvilling, ice hockey player (born 1928)
- 29 October – Anders Rydberg, football player (born 1903)
- 23 December – Lennart Strandberg, athlete (born 1915)
- 31 December – Clarence Hammar, sailor (born 1899)
References
- ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1989". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Jerker Lysell". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Emma Eliasson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Frida Svedin-Thunström". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Göran Larsson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Artur Häggblad". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.