2025 in Sweden

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Events in the year 2025 in Sweden .

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime minister – Ulf Kristersson
• Speaker – Andreas Norlén

Events

January

• 27 January – Henrik Landerholm resigns as national security adviser after it is revealed that he had mishandled sensitive documents and data in improper locations. ^[1]
• 28 January – A man is arrested after ramming his car into the gate of the Russian embassy in Stockholm. ^[2]
• 29 January – Salwan Momika, who became controversial for burning a copy of the Koran outside the Stockholm Mosque in 2023, is shot dead in Södertälje. ^[3]

February

• 4 February – Eleven people, including the gunman, are killed in a shooting at the Campus Risbergska adult education centre in Örebro. ^[4]
• 21 February – A section of a submarine telecommunications cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany is severed off the coast of Gotland. ^[5]
• 27 February – A court in Germany sentences two Afghan nationals to up to five years imprisonment for plotting to attack the Riksdag and assassinate lawmakers in response to the burning of copies of the Koran. ^[6]

April

• 29 April – 2025 Uppsala shooting : Three people are killed in a shooting at a hair salon in Uppsala. ^[7]

May

• 9 May – Tobias Thyberg resigns as national security adviser a day after assuming the post following the release of sensitive images of him on Grindr. ^[8]
• 9–25 May – 2025 IIHF World Championship in Denmark and Sweden. ^{[9] [10]}
• 17 May –
  • Sweden's KAJ finishes in fourth place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Bara bada bastu". ^[11]
  • Journalist Joakim Medin, who was imprisoned while covering the 2025 Turkish protests and convicted by a court in Turkey on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is released and returned to Sweden following lobbying by the Swedish and other European foreign ministries. ^[12]

June

• 17 June – Ten executives of the waste management company Think Pink are convicted and sentenced by a court in Södertörn to up to six years' imprisonment for improperly disposing and processing 200,000 tonnes of waste from the Stockholm area from 2015 to 2020 in Sweden's largest environmentally related crimes trial. ^[13]

July

• 4 July – Ismail Abdo, the leader of the Rumba criminal gang, is arrested in Turkey. ^[14]
• 16 July – A court in Gothenburg sentences three people to up to 22 years' imprisonment for the murder of rapper C.Gambino in 2024. ^[15]
• 31 July – Osama Krayem, a Swedish Islamic State militant, is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh in Syria in 2015. ^[16]

August

• 15 August – One person is killed in a shooting near a mosque in Örebro blamed on gang violence. ^[17]

September

• 27 September – The Storkriket region is designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO. ^[18]

November

• 8 November – A villa in Lidingö used by a Russian trade delegation is vandalised with paint dropped from a drone. ^[19]
• 15 November – Three people are killed and three others are injured when a bus crashes into a bus stop in Östermalm, Stockholm. ^[20]

December

• 28 December – At least three people are killed nationwide in weather-related incidents caused by Storm Johannes. ^[21]

Art and entertainment

• List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Births

• 7 February – Princess Ines, Duchess of Västerbotten. ^[22]

Deaths

• 30 January – Leif Olsson, 82, radio and television presenter and handball referee. ^[23]
• 21 April – Walter Frankenstein, 100, German-born engineer and Holocaust survivor. ^[24]
• 16 May
  • Marianne Bernadotte, 100, actress, philanthropist and royal family member. ^[25]
  • Meta Velander, 100, actress ( Honeymoon , Dear Alice , Marmalade Revolution ). ^[26]
• 24 June – Clark Olofsson, 78, bank robber. ^[27]
• 18 July – Percy Barnevik, 84, business executive.
• 20 July – Kenneth Hermele, 76, economist. ^[28]
• 25 October – Björn Andrésen, 70, actor ( Death in Venice ) and musician. ^[29]
• 29 October – Erik Paulsson, 83, founder of PEAB and chairman of Skistar (since 1977). ^[30]
• 4 November – Runo Sundberg, 96, actor ( Hem till byn ). ^[31]
• 9 November – Göran Ringbom, 81, musician. ^[32]
• 11 November – Ingamay Bylund, 78, equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1984). ^[33]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Sweden

Source: ^[34]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 January – Epiphany
• 18 April – Good Friday
• 20 April – Easter Sunday
• 21 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – International Workers' Day
• 29 May – Ascension Day
• 6 June – National Day of Sweden
• 21 June – Midsummer Day
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 24 December – Christmas Eve
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas

References

1. "Swedish national security adviser quits after mislaying classified documents". The Guardian. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
2. "Swedish Police Arrest Man Who Rammed Car Into Russian Embassy Gate". The Moscow Times. 28 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
3. "Man who burned Quran 'shot dead in Sweden'". BBC. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
4. "Sweden's worst mass shooting leaves at least 11 dead, 5 seriously wounded at adult education center". AP News. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
5. "Sweden investigates suspected sabotage of undersea telecoms cable". BBC. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
6. "A German court sentences 2 Afghans to prison for plotting to attack the Swedish parliament". AP News. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
7. "Three people killed in shooting in Sweden". BBC. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
8. "Sweden's national security adviser quits over Grindr images". BBC. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
9. "IIHF – IIHF Worlds bids in for '23, '24, '25". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
10. "Danmark bliver VM-vært i 2025 sammen med Sverige". ishockey.dk (in Danish). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
11. "Eurovision 2025: Austria wins with last-minute vote, as the UK comes 19th". BBC. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
12. "Turkey frees a Swedish journalist who was convicted for insulting President Erdogan". AP News. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
13. "Sweden's 'Queen of Trash' jailed over toxic waste scandal". France 24. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
14. "Notorious Swedish gang leader arrested in Turkey". BBC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
15. "Three jailed over murder of Swedish hip-hop star in car park". BBC. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
16. "Swedish man convicted for his role in 2015 killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State group". AP News. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
17. "A shooting near a mosque in Sweden leaves 1 dead, police say". AP News. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
18. "26 new Biosphere Reserves: UNESCO's continues unprecedented expansion of its global network". UNESCO. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
19. "Drone drops paint and unknown sticky substance onto Russian trade delegation's villa in Sweden". AP News. 9 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
20. Sexton, Karl; Berry, Alex (14 November 2025). "Sweden: 3 killed after bus crashes into bus stop". DW . Retrieved 16 November 2025.
21. "Three killed in Sweden as major storm sweeps across Nordic countries". BBC. 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
22. "TRH Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia welcome their fourth child – a daughter". kungahuset.se. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
23. Michaela Karlén; Caroline Widenheim (31 January 2025). "Leif "Loket" Olsson är död" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
24. "Walter Frankenstein, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in Berlin, dies at 100". Greenwich Time. 21 April 2025.
25. Rigaud, Lovisa ÅkessonJulia (17 May 2025). "Marianne Bernadotte är död – blev 100 år gammal". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 May 2025.
26. "Swedish Actress Meta Velander Dies at 100". Sweden Herald. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
27. Tom McArthur (26 June 2025). "Criminal who helped inspire 'Stockholm syndrome' theory dies". BBC. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
28. "Författaren Kenneth Hermele är död". DN.se (in Swedish). 21 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
29. "Skådespelaren och musikern Björn Andrésen död – blev 70 år". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). 26 October 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
30. Finwire (29 October 2025). "Peab Co-Founder Erik Paulsson Has Passed Away". Marketscreener. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
31. Radio, Sveriges (7 November 2025). "Runo Sundberg är död – spelade Skrotnisse - P4 Skaraborg". www.sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 December 2025.
32. "Göran Ringbom är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 10 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
33. Rahm, Nils (12 November 2025). "Ingamay Bylund död – blev 78 år gammal". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 November 2025.
34. "Sweden Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

External links

• Online calendar