1995 in Sweden

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1995
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See also:
  • Other events of 1995
  • Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1995 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
  • Prime MinisterIngvar Carlsson

Events[]

1 January[]

Sweden accedes to the European Union.

September[]

  • Establishment of the Haparanda Archipelago National Park.

Popular culture[]

Literature[]

  • Hummelhonung, novel by Torgny Lindgren, winner of the August Prize.[1]
  • , novel by Monika Fagerholm, received the Thanks for the Book Award

Sports[]

  • 5–13 August – the 1995 World Championships in Athletics were held in Gothenburg
  • The 1995 Allsvenskan was won by IFK Göteborg

Births[]

Jonna Adlerteg
  • 6 June – Jonna Adlerteg, gymnast
  • 21 June – Jesper Karlström, footballer
  • 6 August – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player
  • 2 November – Hanna Öberg, biathlete[2]

Deaths[]

  • 8 June – Erik Beckman, poet, novelist and playwright (born 1935).[3]
  • 16 June – Tore Edman, ski jumper (born 1904)
  • 13 September – Birger Norman, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and non-fiction writer (born 1914).[4]
  • 14 October – Karl Widmark, canoer (born 1911)

References[]

  1. ^ "Augustpriset" (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Hanna Öberg - Player Profile - Biathlon". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Erik Beckman". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Birger Norman". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

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