2017 in Sweden

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Events in the year 2017 in Sweden.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime minister – Stefan Löfven

Events

• 20 February – Rinkeby riots
• 7 April – 2017 Stockholm truck attack
• 1 July – The new Name Act of 2017 takes legal effect, replacing the Name Act of 1982
• 31 August – 2017 Medborgarplatsen stabbing

Sports

• 22 October –
  • Tennis: Juan Martín del Potro defeats Grigor Dimitrov 6–4, 6–2 in the final of the 2017 Stockholm Open singles. ^[1]
  • Tennis: Oliver Marach and doubles partner Mate Pavić defeat Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in the 2017 Stockholm Open doubles. ^[2]

Popular culture

Sports

• 24 January – 5 February – The 2017 Bandy World Championship was held in Sweden. The Swedish team won gold medals, while Russia placed second and Finland placed third.

Deaths

Ulf Dinkelspiel

Katja of Sweden in 1957

• 8 January – Nicolai Gedda, operatic tenor (b. 1925).
• 9 January – Ulf Dinkelspiel, politician (b. 1939). ^[3]
• 23 January – Katja of Sweden, fashion designer (b. 1920). ^[4]
• 25 January – Siewert Öholm, journalist, television presenter (b. 1939). ^[5]
• 7 February – Hans Rosling, medical doctor, academic, statistician, and public speaker (b. 1948). ^[6]
• 16 February – Bengt Gustavsson, footballer and manager (b. 1928).
• 1 June – Rosa Taikon, silversmith (b. 1926).
• 13 June – Ulf Stark, author (b. 1944).
• 15 June – Stina Haage, gymnast (b. 1924). ^[7]
• 27 June – Michael Nyqvist, actor (b. 1960).
• 10 September – Hans Alfredson, actor (b. 1931).
• 17 November – Rikard Wolff, actor and singer (b. 1958).

See also

• 2017 in the European Union
• 2017 in Europe

References

1. "Stockholm Open: Juan Martin Del Potro beats Grigor Dimitrov in final". BBC. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
2. "Marach/Pavic Bolster London Chances". APT World Tour. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
3. "Ulf Dinkelspiel död". Hallands Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2017.
4. Ivarsson, Torbjörn. "Modedesignern Katja of Sweden är död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
5. "Siewert Öholm är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
6. Gerretsen, Isabelle (7 February 2017). "Hans Rosling dead: 'Jedi master of data' dies at 68". ibtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
7. "Stina Haage". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.