Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland is the heir apparent to the Swedish throne, as the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf. If she ascends to the throne as expected, she would be Sweden's fourth queen regnant and the first since 1720. Her inheritance is secured by Sweden's 1979 Act of Succession, the first law in Western Europe to adopt royal absolute primogeniture.
Ulf Svante von Euler was a Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970 for his work on neurotransmitters.
The Communist Party (Swedish: Kommunistiska partiet, K) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Sweden started in 1970. From 1970 to 1977, it was known as the Communist League Marxist–Leninists (Revolutionaries) (Swedish: Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionärerna), KFML(r)) and from 1977 to 2004 as the Communist Party Marxist–Leninists (Revolutionaries) (Swedish: Kommunistiska Partiet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionärerna), KPML(r)). At the 14th Party Congress held in Gothenburg in January 2005, it was decided to change the name to the current one.
Klas Östergren is a Swedish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and translator.
Otto Lennart Hyland, was a Swedish TV-show host and journalist and one of the most popular and renowned TV personalities in the history of Swedish television. His biggest success as an entertainer was unquestionably the show Hylands hörna, that aired from 1962 on Sveriges Television.
Hans Hollein was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of postmodern architecture. Some of his most notable works are the Haas House and the Albertina extension in the inner city of Vienna.
Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 61 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests since then. Since 1959, the Swedish entry has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. At the 1997 contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden has hosted the contest six times: three times in Stockholm, twice in Malmö and once in Gothenburg (1985).
Ulf Hjalmar Ed Kristersson is a Swedish politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Sweden since October 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party (M) since October 2017 and a member of the Riksdag (MP) for Södermanland County since 2014 and for Stockholm County from 1991 to 2000. He previously served as Minister for Social Security from 2010 to 2014 and as Chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 1988 to 1992.
Svensktoppen is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 change, the programme was strongly dominated by dansband music.
Sweden selected their entry for ESC 1977 in the show "Melodifestivalen 1977". The winner was the song "Beatles" by a group called Forbes. It was a tribute to the rock band The Beatles, who had split up some years earlier, and was written by Sven-Olof Bagge and Claes Bure.
For the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, Sweden held a national final called Melodifestivalen 1978. The winner and representative was "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten", sung by Björn Skifs, and written and composed by Peter Himmelstrand.
Sweden selected their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in a show called Melodifestivalen 1979. The winner was the popular pop singer Ted Gärdestad with the song "Satellit", which he composed, while the lyrics were by his brother, Kenneth Gärdestad.
The Judge is a 1960 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg. It is based on the 1957 play Domaren by Vilhelm Moberg. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
Fimpen is a 1974 Swedish family film written and directed by Bo Widerberg and starring Johan Bergman.
Erik Gustav Elfving was a Finnish mathematician and statistician. He wrote pioneering works in mathematical statistics, especially on the design of experiments.
Ulf Lennart Nilsson was a Swedish writer who published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents. He was also the longtime president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. A number of his works have been translated into English by Gecko Press.
Eva Gunilla Johansson Rydberg is a Swedish singer, actress, comedian, revue-artist and dancer.
Carl-Axel Elfving was a Swedish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 1947 and 1986.
Eva Birgitta Swartz Grimaldi, is a Swedish CEO within the field of culture and media. On 28 June 2007, she was appointed as chairman for investigation into the future of the Swedish culture politics by the Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth. Swartz became the CEO of the book publishers Natur & Kultur on 15 April 2005. Before that she was programme director at TV4 and had a number of CEO roles within the television industry. Among other things she was the CEO of the production company Meter Film & Television.
Eva Maria Louise Malmer Stenergard is a Swedish politician for the Moderate party. Since 18 October 2022 she is the Minister of Migration in the Ulf Kristersson cabinet. From 2014 until her appointment as minister in 2022, she was a member of the parliament.
