1990 in Sweden

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See also:	Other events of 1990 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1990 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Ingvar Carlsson

Events

• 2 January – Swedish newspapers Kvällsposten and GT merge to form iDag.
• 10 January – Swedish Minister for Finance Kjell-Olof Feldt delivers his final budget package. ^[1]
• 12 January – Carlsson performs a cabinet reshuffle. Birgitta Dahl is replaced as Minister for Energy by Rune Molin. ^{[2] [3]}
• 23 January – A Piper PA-31 Navajo crashes on approach to Hudiksvall Airport killing all three people aboard. ^[4]

• 15 February – After its demand for a vote of confidence, to fight the burgeoning economic crisis, is voted down by the Riksdag, Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson tenders his cabinet's resignation to the Speaker, Thage G. Peterson. Because a Socialist majority still exist in the Riksdag, Carlsson returns as Prime Minister in charge of a new and reconstituted Social Democratic Cabinet.
• 7-8 July – Stefan Edberg of Sweden defeats defending champion Boris Becker of Germany winning the 1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men’s Singles ^{[5] [6]}

Popular culture

Film

• 5 February – The 25th Guldbagge Awards were presented

Literature

• Arne Dahl – Chiosmassakern

Births

Anton Halén

• 15 January – Emil Herge, footballer ^[7]
• 31 January – Jacob Markström, ice hockey goaltender
• 9 February – Daniel Brodin, ice hockey player
• 21 February – Mattias Tedenby, ice hockey player
• 5 March – Freddy Åsblom, actor
• 6 March – Sebastian Stålberg, ice hockey player
• 10 March – Calle Lindh, alpine skier
• 19 March – Anders Nilsson, ice hockey goaltender
• 24 March – Frida von Schewen, singer
• 31 March
  • Markus Olsson, handball player
  • Sandra Roma, tennis player ^[8]

• 1 April – Samuel Haus, actor
• 23 April – Sofia Jakobsson, footballer
• 24 May – Mattias Ekholm, ice hockey player
• 25 May – Simon Gustafsson, speedway rider
• 26 May – Mervan Celik, footballer
• 27 May – Marcus Krüger, ice hockey player
• 31 May – Erik Karlsson, ice hockey player
• 7 June – Magnus Nygren, ice hockey player
• 12 June – Jessica Ohlson, politician
• 3 July – Dennis Rasmussen, ice hockey player
• 18 July – Melker Karlsson, ice hockey player
• 9 August – Bill Skarsgård, actor
• 21 August – Marcus Berggren, comedian
• 24 August – Sofia Dalén, presenter and comedian
• 28 August
  • Ariel Petsonk, child actor
  • Henrik Tömmerenes, ice hockey player
• 2 September – Marcus Ericsson, racing driver
• 15 September – Alexander Fällström, ice hockey player
• 18 September – Alexandra Höglund, footballer
• 25 September – Margaux Dietz, television personality and blogger
• 6 October – Marcus Johansson, ice hockey player
• 13 October – Jakob Silfverberg, ice hockey player
• 19 October – Janet Leon, singer
• 29 October – Eric Saade, singer
• 1 November – Simone Giertz, inventor and Youtuber
• 25 November – Ted Brithén, ice hockey player
• 28 November – Anton Halén, handball player
• 18 December – Victor Hedman, ice hockey player
• 20 December – Alexander Urbom, ice hockey player
• 25 December – Lisa Larsen, cross country skier and orienteer

Full date missing

• Magdalena Olsson, orienteering and ski orienteering competitor. ^[9]

Deaths

Sven Rosendahl

• 2 January – Nils Kyndel, composer and pianist (born 1905)
• 14 January – Sten-Åke Cederhök, actor and comedian (born 1913)
• 25 January – Åke Hedtjärn, civil engineer (born 1907)
• 1 February – Lauritz Falk, actor and film director (born 1909)
• 15 February – Ulf Johanson, actor (born 1922)
• 17 February – Eric Stolpe, actor, revue artist and singer (born 1919)
• 18 February – Tor Isedal, actor (born 1924)
• 23 February – Margareta Bergman, actress (born 1901)

• 24 February – Aina Erlander, lecturer, wife of Tage Erlander (born 1902)
• 27 February – Arthur Österwall, band leader and composer (born 1910)
• 28 February – Erik Upmark, civil servant and civil engineer (born 1904)
• 8 March – Karin Kavli, actress (born 1906)
• 10 March – Olle Ekbladh, actor (born 1906)
• 7 April – Kristian Gestrin, Finnish judge and politician (born 1929)
• 11 April – Ivar Lo-Johansson, writer (born 1901) ^[10]
• 15 April – Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (born 1905)
• 17 April – Sigvard Törnqvist, equestrian, actor and composer (born 1912)
• 1 May – Yvonne Floyd, screenwriter (born 1937)
• 27 May – Gunnar Lindkvist, actor and revue artist (born 1916)
• 31 May – Elsa Hofgren, actress (born 1895)
• 30 July – Gustaf Jonsson, Olympic cross country skier (born 1903) ^[11]
• 8 September – Sven Rosendahl, journalist and novelist (born 1913) ^[12]
• 21 December – Magda Julin, figure skater, Olympic champion 1920 (born 1894) ^[13]

References

1. "New parents paid in full during leave". Daily Times-Advocate. 11 January 1990. p. 5. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
2. "Swedish nuclear cutback stalled". The Guardian. 10 January 1990. p. 10. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
3. "Riksdagens protokoll 1989/90:50 Fredagen den 12 januari (Riksdagens protokoll 1989/90:50)". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 February 2026.
4. "Three killed in plane crash". Florence Morning News. 24 January 1990. p. 27. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
5. "Edberg steals tennis crown from Becker". The Daily Telegraph. 9 July 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
6. "Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Archive". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
7. "Emil Herge". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
8. "Sandra Roma – Player Profile – Tennis". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
9. "Magdalena Olsson". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
10. Lönnroth, Lars; Delblanc, Sven, eds. (1987). Den svenska litteraturen. V: Modernister och arbetardiktare 1920–1950 (in Swedish). Bonniers.
11. Gustaf Jonsson
12. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Sven Viktor Rosendahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
13. "Magda Julin". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2015.