1983 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1983 in Sweden
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- 1 January – the Name Act of 1982, replacing the Name Act of 1963, comes into full and legal effect .
- The Tiveden National Park was established
Popular culture[edit]
Film[edit]
- 16 September – Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain released
Births[edit]
- 21 February – Emilie O'Konor, ice hockey player
- 28 February – Sara Nordenstam, Swedish-born Norwegian swimmer
- 9 May – Petter Stymne, swimmer
- 13 May – Anna Maria Nilsson, biathlete
- 7 July – Nanna Jansson, ice hockey player
- 11 July – Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer.
- 6 September – Johanna Wiberg, handball player.[1]
- 9 September – Frej Larsson, musician
- 17 October – Åsa Persson, figure skater
- 16 October – Loreen, singer[2]
- 19 October – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
- 15 December – Jonas Persson, swimmer.[3]
Deaths[edit]
- 22 February – Georg Rydeberg, film actor (born 1907)
- 12 May – Olle Ohlson, water polo player (born 1921).[4]
- 16 June – Aina Wifalk, social scientist and inventor of the modern walker (born 1928).[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Johanna Wiberg". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Who is Loreen? Meet Sweden's Eurovision 2023 entry". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Jonas Persson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Olle Ohlson". olympedia.org. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Posse, Jöns. "Aina Lucia Wifalk". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Aina Wifalk". svensktuppfinnaremuseum.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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