1999 in Sweden

← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Sweden → 2000 2001 2002
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1999 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1999 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Göran Persson

Events

May

• 28 May - The Malexander murders. ^{[1] [2]}
• 29 May - Charlotte Nilsson wins Eurovision Song Contest.

Popular culture

Sports

• The 1999 Allsvenskan was won by Helsingborgs IF

Film

• 1 October – Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen , directed by Ella Lemhagen, released

Births

• 21 January – Pontus Dahlberg, footballer

Deaths

Birgit Cullberg in 1943

• 15 January – Lars Glassér, sprint canoer, world champion (born 1925). ^[3]
• 29 April – Oscar Ljung, film actor (born 1909)
• 28 May – Henry Carlsson, footballer (born 1917). ^[4]
• 13 June – Kjell Rosén, footballer (born 1921)
• 8 September – Birgit Cullberg, choreographer (born 1908)
• 12 November – Sven Hjertsson, footballer (born 1924).

See also

• 1999 in Swedish television

References

1. Lindström, P. O. (28 July 2004). "Bakgrund: Polismorden i Malexander". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
2. Mattsson, Anna (28 May 2007). "Fakta: Malexandermorden". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
3. "Lars Glassér". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
4. "Henry Carlsson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.