2020 in Sweden

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Events in the year 2020 in Sweden.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime minister – Stefan Löfven

Events

• 11 March – The first deaths recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.[1]
• 25 March – The death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden surpassed 100.[1]
• 30 March – The death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden surpassed 250.[1]
• 3 April – The death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden surpassed 500.[1]
• 9 April – The death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden surpassed 1 000.[1]
• 26 April – The death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden surpassed 2 500.[1]
• 11 June – The death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden surpassed 5 000.[1]
• 29 to 30 August – Riots broke out in the Swedish cities of Malmö and Ronneby.

Sport

• 9 to 26 January – The 2020 European Men's Handball Championship is held in Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm (in addition to Austria and Norway).

Deaths

Bo Winberg

Bernt Andersson

• 1 January – Bengt Levin, orienteering competitor (b. 1958).[2]
• 3 January – Bo Winberg, guitarist (b. 1939).[3]
• 6 January –
  • Bernt Andersson, footballer (b. 1933).[4]
  • Arne Holmgren, biochemist (b. 1940).[5]
• 14 January – Jan-Olof Ekholm, crime fiction writer (b. 1931).[6]
• 20 January – Ulf Norrman, Olympic sailor (b. 1935).[7]
• 25 January –
  • Anne Kulle, actress (b. 1944).[8]
  • Holger Romander, civil servant, National Police Commissioner (b. 1921)[9]
• 31 January – Gunnar Svensson, ice hockey player (b. 1956)[10]
• 8 March – Max von Sydow, actor (b. 1929).[11]
• 25 April – Per Olov Enquist, author (born 1934)[12]
• 9 August – Göran Forsmark, actor (The Hunters).[13]
• 25 December – Arne Skotte, footballer (b. 1950).[14]

References

1. "Statistics ("Avlidna/dag kumulativt")" (in Swedish). Folkhälsomyndigheten. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
2. "Bengt Levin har lämnat oss". oktyr.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
3. "Gitarrlegendaren Bo Winberg död". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
4. "Sump-Hugo har gått ur tiden – blev 86 år". mitti.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
5. "Senior Professor Arne Holmgren has died". news.ki.se. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
6. Deckarförfattaren Jan-Olof Ekholm död (in Swedish) (subscription required)
7. "Ulf Norrman". The Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
8. "Anne Kulle är död – blev 76 år gammal" [Anne Kulle is dead - turned 76 years old] (in Swedish). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
9. Holger Romander
10. "Gunnar Svensson död" [Gunnar Svensson dead] (in Swedish). 1 February 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
11. "Max Von Sydow: The Exorcist and The Seventh Seal actor dies aged 90". BBC News. BBC. 9 March 2020.
12. "Författaren PO Enquist är död" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
13. Anna Sjögren; Rasmus Karlsson; Torbjörn Ek (12 August 2020). "Skådespelaren Göran Forsmark är död". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 31 January 2021. (in Swedish)
14. "Tidigare ÖSK-spelaren Arne Skotte har lämnat oss" (in Norwegian). Örebro SK. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.