2018 in Sweden

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Events in the year 2018 in Sweden.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 5 March – Alternative for Sweden is formed from a split from Sweden Democrats. Two Sweden Democrat members of the Riksdag, Olle Felten and Jeff Ahl, defected to the party later that month.
• May–August – 2018 Sweden wildfires
• 14 August – More Than 100 Cars Burned in Mass Arson Attack in Sweden. ^{[1] [2]}
• 20 August – 15 years old Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg starts to stay out of school in an attempt to give attention to the climate change issue. ^[3]
• 9 September – 2018 Swedish general election is held.

Sports

• 21 to 28 April – The 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship ar held in Östersund.

Deaths

Johannes Brost

Lill-Babs

Ola Ullsten

• 4 January – Johannes Brost, actor (b. 1946). ^[4]
• 23 January – Anders Åberg, painter, cartoonist and sculptor (b. 1945)
• 27 January – Ingvar Kamprad, businessman, founder of IKEA (b. 1926)
• 1 February – Robert Larsson, ice hockey player (b. 1967)
• 3 March – Kenneth Gärdestad, songwriter (b. 1948)
• 5 March – Kjerstin Dellert, opera singer (b. 1925)
• 20 March – Ann-Charlotte Alverfors, writer (b. 1949)
• 21 March – Ulrica Hydman Vallien, artist (b. 1938)
• 25 March – Jerry Williams, singer and actor (b. 1942)
• 29 March – Sven-Olov Sjödelius, canoeist, Olympic champion in 1960 and 1964 (b. 1933)
• 3 April – Lill-Babs, singer and actress (b. 1938)
• 20 April – Avicii, musician, DJ, remixer and record producer (b. 1989) ^[5]
• 28 May – Ola Ullsten, politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1931)
• 6 June – Åke Wärnström, boxer (b. 1925). ^{[6] [7]}
• 8 June – Per Ahlmark, politician (b. 1939). ^[8]
• 29 June – Arvid Carlsson, neuropharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
• 2 August – Eric Torell, man with Down syndrome who was shot by police (b. 1997)
• 11 October – Labinot Harbuzi, footballer (b. 1986)
• 18 October – Lisbeth Palme, child psychologist, former chairwoman of UNICEF (b. 1931)

References

1. "More Than 100 Cars Burned in Mass Arson Attack in Sweden – The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
2. Derek Scally (14 August 2018). "Youths set fire to cars in organised attacks in Swedish cities". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
3. "Send us your questions for climate activist Greta Thunberg". The Guardian. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
4. "Johannes Brost död – skådespelaren blev 71 år". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
5. "Avicii, top electronic dance music artist, found dead at 28". BBC News. 20 April 2018.
6. Åke Wärnström – Familjesidan (in Swedish)
7. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Åke Wärnström". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
8. "Per Ahlmark är död – tidigare FP-ledaren blev 79". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 June 2018.