2001 in Sweden

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Events from the year 2001 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

Events[]

January[]

  • 1 January - The name day list is updated.[1]
  • 1 January - The Swedish Defence Research Agency is established.[2]
  • 6 January - Landskrona Station is opened.[3]
  • 16 January - The music concert Artister mot nazister is held in Globen.[4]
  • 18 January - Nicola Vasmatzis is shot dead in a restroom at in Stockholm.[5]
  • 19 January - Lennart Daleus resigns as leader of the Centre Party.[6]

February[]

  • 11 February - Several houses from the 18th century burn down on the Arkadien block in eastern Jönköping.[7]

March[]

  • 7 March - The Minister for Trade Leif Pagrotsky and the Member of the European Parliament Marit Paulsen each get a cake thrown at their necks at a debate evening in Lund.[8]
  • 15 March - The Alcohol Committee is established.[9]
  • 19 March - Maud Olofsson is elected leader of the Centre Party at a party conference.[10] After the 2002 election, the Centre Party's first electoral upturn since 1973 was attributed to the "Maud effect."[11]
  • 25 March - Sweden joins the Schengen Area.[12]

April[]

  • 17 April - The Minister for Finance Bosse Ringholm is caked by a 21-year-old member of the when making the budget walk on Drottninggatan.[13]

May[]

  • 22 May - The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is signed in Stockholm.[14]
  • 29 May - Norrtåg is founded.[15]

June[]

  • 14 June - 16 June - A European Council meeting is held in Gothenburg which causes the Gothenburg Riots.[16]

July[]

  • 1 July - A new citizenship law is put into effect which allows Multiple citizenship.[17]
  • 28 July - 5 August - Sweden's first major and international scout camp, SCOUT 2001, is held in Rinkaby, Kristianstad.[18]
  • 31 July - Nordea buys Postgirot.[19]

August[]

September[]

  • 5 September - The Kolbäck Bridge in Umeå is opened.[23]
  • 11 September - A massive flood originating from the destroys parts of Sundsvall.[24]
  • 15 September - Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad is opened.[25]
  • 16 September - The 2001 Church of Sweden elections are held.[26]

October[]

  • 21 October - Hammarby Fotboll win their first gold in Swedish Championship in football.[27]

November[]

December[]

  • 6 December - The Carlbeck Committee is established.[29]
  • 10 December - The Nobel Prize turns 100 and 161 previous winners are invited for it's birthday party.[30]
  • 18 December - The Repatriation of Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery takes place.[31]
  • 31 December - Jan Malmsjö reads Ring Out, Wild Bells at Skansen due to Margaretha Krooks death.[32]

Popular culture[]

Film[]

  • 24 October – Deadline, directed by Colin Nutley, released in Sweden
  • Buy Bye Beauty, documentary film directed by Pål Hollender

Sports[]

  • 24 March-1 April – The Bandy World Championship 2001 for men was played in Sweden and Finland

Births[]

  • 19 June – William Hansson, alpine ski racer.[33]

Deaths[]

Helge Bengtsson, goalkeeper nicknamed "Gripen".
  • 10 February – Helge Bengtsson, footballer (born 1916)
  • 21 February – Philip Sandblom, sailor (born 1903).[34]
  • 23 April – Lennart Atterwall, javelin thrower (born 1911).[35]
  • 4 May – Arne Sucksdorff, film director (born 1917).[36]
  • 7 May – Margaretha Krook, stage and film actress (born 1925).[37]
  • 16 September – Ann-Margret Ahlstrand, athlete (born 1905)
  • 9 November – Tore Zetterholm, novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1915).[38]
  • 10 November – Carl-Gustav Esseen, mathematician (born 1918)
  • 12 December – Berit Granquist, fencer (born 1909)

References[]

  1. ^ "Namnsdagar i almanackan" (in Swedish). . 26 August 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ "4 av 10 tror på utomjordiska besökare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 23 April 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Tjugo år sedan Landskrona station invigdes" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Artistuppbåd i jättegalan mot nazister" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 22 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Dödsskjutningen på Bromma gymnasium" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Lennart Daléus slutar som partiledare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 19 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Årtal och händelser i Jönköping" (in Swedish). Maltell. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Ungdomar söps fulla i statens reklamfilm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 10 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  10. ^ Arter, David (2006). Democracy in Scandinavia: Consensual, Majoritarian Or Mixed?. Manchester University Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780719070471.
  11. ^ Webb, Paul (2007). The Presidentialization of Politics: A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies. Oxford University Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780199218493.
  12. ^ "toppmötet i Stockholm den 23-24 Mars" (in Swedish). Riksdagen. 21 February 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Nyårsfyrverkeri – en giftbomb" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Historia" (in Swedish). Norrtåg. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Här möts polischefen och protestledaren – 20 år efter Göteborgskravallerna" (in Swedish). SVT. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Lag (2001:82) om svenskt medborgarskap" (in Swedish). Riksdagen. 1 March 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Kungens vilda fest med E-Type i natt" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Låt inte Nordea köpa Postgirot !" (in Swedish). Dagens Industri. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  20. ^ "Parkbrand i Karlskoga". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 1 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Karlskogas folkpark totalförstörd i brand" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 1 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Christina Jutterström ny chef för SVT" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 27 June 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Kolbäcksbron invigd". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 5 September 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  24. ^ "Minskad översvämningsrisk i Sundsvall, fördjupning" (in Swedish). SMHI. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Här är landets hetaste arena" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 24 September 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  26. ^ "Kyrkovalet hoppas på 16-åringarna" (in Swedish). Sydöstran. 18 June 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  27. ^ "Guldmatchen minut för minut" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  28. ^ "Hörde röster - tände på kyrka" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  29. ^ Malmström, Björn (28 March 2007). "Särskolan ska inte integreras". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  30. ^ "Nobel 2001: Fortfarande världens viktigaste pris" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  31. ^ "A Secret Deportation Of Terror Suspects". Washington Post. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  32. ^ "Vem har läst "Nyårsklockan" (Ring, klocka, ring) flest gånger?" (in Swedish). Svenska Högtider. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  33. ^ "William HANSSON". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  34. ^ "Philip Sandblom". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  35. ^ "Lennart Atterwall". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  36. ^ Arne Sucksdorff at the Swedish Film Database
  37. ^ Margaretha Krook at the Swedish Film Database
  38. ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Tore Zetterholm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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