1969 in Sweden
Years in Sweden: | 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 |
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s |
Years: | 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 |
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Events from the year 1969 in Sweden
Incumbents[]
National level[]
- Monarch - Gustaf VI Adolf
- Prime Minister - Tage Erlander until 14 October, then Olof Palme.
Events[]
October[]
- October 1
- In Sweden, Olof Palme is elected Leader of the Social Democratic Worker`s Party, replacing Tage Erlander as Prime Minister on October 14.[1]
- 5 December – Swedish public television broadcaster Sveriges Radio-TV launches its second channel, TV2.[2]
Births[]
- 16 January — Per "Dead" Ohlin, vocalist and lyricist (died 1991).
- 3 February - Paolo Roberto, boxer and actor.
- 5 February - Joakim Andersson, ice hockey player.
- 12 February - Anna Pernilla Torndahl, composer, artist and singer better known by her stage name Meja.
- 23 March - Fredrik Nyberg, alpine skier.
- 5 April - Pontus Kåmark, footballer.
- 19 July - Anders Lindström, musician
- 25 July — Mats Söderlund, singer better known by his stage name Günther.
- 6 October - Mattias Eklundh, musician.
Deaths[]
- 1 January — Bruno Söderström, pole vaulter and javelin thrower (born 1888)
- 28 March — Kurt Petter, German physician, youth leader and educational administrator (born 1909).
- 23 June - Albert Viksten, writer (born 1898).
- 31 July - Harry Ahlin, film actor (born 1900).
- 15 September - Åke Grönberg, film actor (born 1914).
- 1 October - Gunnar Andersson, footballer (born 1928).
- 16 November - Marcel Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (born ).
References[]
- ^ Misgeld, Klaus; Molin, Karl (2010-11-01). Creating Social Democracy: A Century of the Social Democratic Labor Party in Sweden. Penn State Press. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-271-04344-9.
- ^ "SVT:s historia" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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