2001 in Sweden

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Events from the year 2001 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

January

• 1 January - The name day list is updated. ^[1]
• 1 January - The Swedish Defence Research Agency is established. ^[2]
• 6 January - Landskrona Station is opened. ^[3]
• 16 January - The music concert Artister mot nazister is held in Globen. ^[4]
• 18 January - Nicola Vasmatzis is shot dead in a restroom at Bromma Gymnasium in Stockholm. ^[5]
• 19 January - Lennart Daleus resigns as leader of the Centre Party. ^[6]

February

• 11 February - Several houses from the 18th century burn down on the Arkadien block in eastern Jönköping. ^[7]

March

• 7 March - The Minister of Commerce and Industry Leif Pagrotsky and the Member of the European Parliament Marit Paulsen each get a cake thrown at their necks at a debate evening in Lund. ^[8]
• 15 March - The Alcohol Committee is established. ^[9]
• 19 March - Maud Olofsson is elected leader of the Centre Party at a party conference. ^[10] After the 2002 election, the Centre Party's first electoral upturn since 1973 was attributed to the "Maud effect." ^[11]
• 25 March - Sweden joins the Schengen Area. ^[12]

April

• 17 April - The Minister for Finance Bosse Ringholm is caked by a 21-year-old member of the Stockholm Cake Brigade when making the budget walk on Drottninggatan. ^[13]

May

• 22 May - The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is signed in Stockholm. ^[14]
• 29 May - Norrtåg is founded. ^[15]

June

• 14 June - 16 June - A European Council meeting is held in Gothenburg which causes the Gothenburg Riots. ^[16]

July

• 1 July - A new citizenship law is put into effect which allows Multiple citizenship. ^[17]
• 28 July - 5 August - Sweden's first major and international scout camp, SCOUT 2001, is held in Rinkaby, Kristianstad. ^[18]
• 31 July - Nordea buys Postgirot. ^[19]

August

• 1 August - The People's Park in Karlskoga burns down. ^{[20] [21]}
• 15 August - Christina Jutterström becomes new CEO for SVT. ^[22]

September

• 5 September - The Kolbäck Bridge in Umeå is opened. ^[23]
• 11 September - A massive flood originating from the Selånger River destroys parts of Sundsvall. ^[24]
• 15 September - Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad is opened. ^[25]
• 16 September - The 2001 Church of Sweden elections are held. ^[26]

October

• 21 October - Hammarby Fotboll win their first gold in Swedish Championship in football. ^[27]

November

• 12 November - One of Sweden's oldest churches Södra Råda Old Church in Gullspång burns down after an arson attack by a 23-year-old murderer. ^[28]

December

• 6 December - The Carlbeck Committee is established. ^[29]
• 10 December - The Nobel Prize turns 100 and 161 previous winners are invited for its birthday party. ^[30]
• 18 December - The Repatriation of Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery takes place. ^[31]
• 31 December - Jan Malmsjö reads Ring Out, Wild Bells at Skansen due to Margaretha Krooks death. ^[32]

Popular culture

Film

• 24 October – Deadline , directed by Colin Nutley, released in Sweden
• Buy Bye Beauty , documentary film directed by Pål Hollender

Sports

• 24 March-1 April – The Bandy World Championship 2001 for men was played in Sweden and Finland

Births

• 19 June – William Hansson, alpine ski racer. ^[33]

Deaths

Helge Bengtsson, goalkeeper nicknamed "Gripen".

• 10 February – Helge Bengtsson, footballer (born 1916)
• 21 February – Philip Sandblom, sailor (born 1903). ^[34]
• 23 April – Lennart Atterwall, javelin thrower (born 1911). ^[35]
• 4 May – Arne Sucksdorff, film director (born 1917). ^[36]
• 7 May – Margaretha Krook, stage and film actress (born 1925). ^[37]
• 16 September – Ann-Margret Ahlstrand, athlete (born 1905)
• 9 November – Tore Zetterholm, novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1915). ^[38]
• 10 November – Carl-Gustav Esseen, mathematician (born 1918)
• 12 December – Berit Granquist, fencer (born 1909)

References

1. "Namnsdagar i almanackan" (in Swedish). Institut för språk och folkminnen. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
2. "4 av 10 tror på utomjordiska besökare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 23 April 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
3. "Tjugo år sedan Landskrona station invigdes" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
4. "Artistuppbåd i jättegalan mot nazister" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 22 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
5. "Dödsskjutningen på Bromma gymnasium" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
6. "Lennart Daléus slutar som partiledare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 19 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
7. "Årtal och händelser i Jönköping" (in Swedish). Maltell. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
8. "Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
9. "Ungdomar söps fulla i statens reklamfilm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 10 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
10. Arter, David (2006). Democracy in Scandinavia: Consensual, Majoritarian Or Mixed?. Manchester University Press. p. 187. ISBN   9780719070471.
11. Webb, Paul (2007). The Presidentialization of Politics: A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies. Oxford University Press. p. 190. ISBN   9780199218493.
12. "toppmötet i Stockholm den 23-24 Mars" (in Swedish). Riksdagen. 21 February 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
13. "Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
14. "Nyårsfyrverkeri – en giftbomb" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
15. "Historia" (in Swedish). Norrtåg. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
16. "Här möts polischefen och protestledaren – 20 år efter Göteborgskravallerna" (in Swedish). SVT. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
17. "Lag (2001:82) om svenskt medborgarskap" (in Swedish). Riksdagen. 1 March 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
18. "Kungens vilda fest med E-Type i natt" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
19. "Låt inte Nordea köpa Postgirot !" (in Swedish). Dagens Industri. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
20. "Parkbrand i Karlskoga". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 1 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
21. "Karlskogas folkpark totalförstörd i brand" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 1 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
22. "Christina Jutterström ny chef för SVT" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 27 June 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
23. "Kolbäcksbron invigd". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 5 September 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
24. "Minskad översvämningsrisk i Sundsvall, fördjupning" (in Swedish). SMHI. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
25. "Här är landets hetaste arena" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 24 September 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
26. "Kyrkovalet hoppas på 16-åringarna" (in Swedish). Sydöstran. 18 June 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
27. "Guldmatchen minut för minut" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
28. "Hörde röster - tände på kyrka" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
29. Malmström, Björn (28 March 2007). "Särskolan ska inte integreras". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 January 2022.
30. "Nobel 2001: Fortfarande världens viktigaste pris" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
31. "A Secret Deportation Of Terror Suspects". The Washington Post . 25 July 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
32. "Vem har läst "Nyårsklockan" (Ring, klocka, ring) flest gånger?" (in Swedish). Svenska Högtider. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
33. "William HANSSON". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
34. "Philip Sandblom". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
35. "Lennart Atterwall". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
36. Arne Sucksdorff at the Swedish Film Database
37. Margaretha Krook at the Swedish Film Database
38. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Tore Zetterholm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 November 2014.