1975 in Sweden

← 1974 1973 1972 1975 in Sweden → 1976 1977 1978
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1975 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1975 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Olof Palme

Events

• 24 April – West German Embassy siege in Stockholm. ^[1]
• 14 May – The Parliament of Sweden in Stockholm passes an act, encouraging immigrants to keep the language and culture of their native countries. ^[2]

Births

Thobias Fredriksson.

• 20 February – Niclas Wallin, ice hockey player
• 4 April – Thobias Fredriksson, cross country skier. ^[3]
• 10 April – Rickard Söderberg, tenor, singer and debater
• 15 May – Peter Iwers, rock bassist
• 11 June – Ulrika Bergman, curler.
• 27 August – Björn Gelotte, rock musician
• 9 October – Anders Göthberg, guitarist (died 2008)
• 17 October – Stina Oscarson, theatre director and author (died 2025)

Deaths

• 17 January – Curt Hartzell, gymnast (born 1891). ^[4]
• 8 September – Erik Adlerz, diver (born 1892), won two Olympic gold medals in 1912. ^[5]

See also

• 1975 in Swedish television

References

1. "Baader-Meinhof blow up embassy" . Retrieved 1 March 2015.
2. "Dags att begrava det multikulturella projektet" (in Swedish). Dagens sahmälle. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
3. "Thobias Fredriksson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
4. "Curt Hartzell". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
5. "Erik Adlerz". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2014.