1961 in Sweden

← 1960 1959 1958 1961 in Sweden → 1962 1963 1964
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1961 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1961 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

• 4 March - A 17-year-old student opened fire at a school dance in Kungälv, Västra Götaland County, killing one person and wounding six others. ^[1]
• 18 September – UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld is killed in a plane crash in Ndola, Northern Rhodesia. ^[2]

Births

• 25 April – Agneta Andersson, canoer, three times Olympic champion. ^[3]

Deaths

Claës König, Olympic champion in 1920.

• 7 January – Erik Lundqvist, javelin thrower (born 1908). ^[4]
• 5 February – Humbert Lundén, sailor (born 1882). ^[5]
• 18 September – Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary General (born 1905). ^[2]
• 24 November – Axel Wenner-Gren, businessman (born 1881) ^[6]
• 25 November – Claës König, nobleman, military officer and horse rider (born 1885). ^[7]
• – Ruth Gustafson

References

1. Erskog, Kristian; Höglund, Mia (12 September 2021). "De minns skolskjutningen i Kungälv för 60 år sedan". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.
2. "UN Secretary General killed in air crash" . Retrieved 1 March 2015.
3. "Agneta Andersson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
4. "Erik Lundqvist". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
5. "Humbert Lundén". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
6. "Axel Wenner-Gren, Financier, 80, Dead; Axel Wenner. Gren Dies at 80 Financier and a Philanthropist". The New York Times. AP. 25 November 1961. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
7. "Claës König". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.