2013 in Sweden

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Events from the year 2013 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Fredrik Reinfeldt

Events

• 7 May: Vatchareeya Bangsuan went missing from her home in Boden. ^[1] Kim Marie Johansson would later be found responsible for her murder.
• 19 May 2013 Stockholm riots
• 14–18 May: The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 is held in the Malmö Arena in Malmö. The winner is Danish singer Emmelie de Forest with her song Only Teardrops .
• 10–28 July – The UEFA Women's Euro 2013 was held. Germany won the tournament.
• 16 October – Antje Jackelén is appointed the first female Church of Sweden archbishop. ^[2]
• 5 November – The leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Åkesson is caked at a book signing on Nytorget, Södermalm in Stockholm. ^[3]

Deaths

Anders Carlberg in 2007.

Eric Ericson in 2007.

Princess Lilian

• 5 January – Ann-Britt Leyman, athlete (b. 1922). ^[4]
• 5 January – Anders Carlberg, politician (b. 1943). ^{[5] [6]}
• 8 February – Kjell Hjertsson, footballer (b. 1922).
• 16 February – Eric Ericson, conductor (b. 1918). ^[7]
• 21 February –Hasse Jeppson, footballer (b. 1925).
• 10 March – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (b. 1915).
• 21 March – Jörgen Ohlin, footballer (b. 1937).
• 1 May – Dick Heinegård, biochemist (b. 1942). ^[8]
• 10 June – Petrus Kastenman, equestrian (b. 1924). ^[9]

See also

• 2013 in Swedish television

References

1. Radio, Sveriges (24 May 2013). "Dismembered body belonged to missing woman - Radio Sweden". www.sverigesradio.se. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
2. "Antje Jackelén becomes Sweden's first female archbishop after historic Church election". Radio Sweden. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
3. "Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
4. "Ann-Britt Leyman". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
5. "Anders Carlberg har avlidit". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 5 January 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
6. "Veteran youth worker Anders Carlberg dead" . Retrieved 28 September 2014.
7. "Körledaren Eric Ericson död" (in Swedish). Mediehuset UNT. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
8. "External Awards". bsmb.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
9. "Petrus Kastenman". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2014.