1977 in Sweden

← 1976 1975 1974 1977 in Sweden → 1978 1979 1980
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1977 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1977 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Thorbjörn Fälldin

Events

• 15 January – Linjeflyg Flight 618 plane crash.
• 3–8 May; The 1st IBF World Championships (badminton) are held in Malmö.
• 12 December – ABBA: The Album released.

Births

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden.

• 26 January - Nicholaus Arson, guitarist and songwriter
• 19 March – Robert Lindstedt, tennis player
• 23 March – Daniel Espinosa, filmmaker
• 5 April – Daniel Majstorović, footballer
• 16 April – Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
• 17 May – Anders Södergren, cross-country skier
• 14 July – Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden ^[1]
• 26 August – Therese Alshammar, swimmer
• 28 August – Daniel Andersson, footballer
• 3 September – Olof Mellberg, footballer
• 14 September – Malik Bendjelloul, film and documentary director
• 4 October – Ana Johnsson, singer
• 14 October – Carl Johan Grimmark, guitarist
• 20 November – Daniel Svensson, drummer
• 22 November – Jonas Öberg, open source software activist
• 17 December – Samuel Påhlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 18 December – Axwell, DJ, remixer and record producer
• 20 December – Sonja Aldén, singer

Full date missing

• Erika Lust, film director

Deaths

• 5 March – Albert Andersson, athlete and gymnast (born 1902) ^[2]
• 10 October – Bengt Bengtsson, gymnast (born 1897) ^[3]

References

1. Paxton, J. (16 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1987-88. Springer. p. 1138. ISBN   978-0-230-27116-6.
2. "Albert Andersson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
3. "Bengt Bengtsson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2014.