1948 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

• Easter - Youth riots in Stockholm
• Summer - Violence against Romani people in Jönköping
• 19 September - Swedish general election

Popular culture

Literature

• Pippi in the South Seas, children's book by Astrid Lindgren

Film

• Banketten, drama film directed by Hasse Ekman

Births

• 26 January - Hasse Andersson, singer and songwriter
• 3 February - Henning Mankell, crime novelist
• 5 February - Sven-Göran Eriksson, football player and manager
• 23 March - Lena Conradson, singer
• 5 April - Dan Söderström, ice-hockey player
• 21 April - Jessica Iwanson, choreographer
• 26 April - Svante Lindqvist, historian
• 5 May - Mats Bergman, actor
• 5 May - Anna Bergman, actress
• 4 July - Tommy Körberg, actor and musician
• 4 September - Anders Åberg, actor
• 11 October - Göran Rosenberg, journalist
• 25 October - Ingrid Sundberg, alpine skier.
• 30 October - Ines Uusmann, politician
• 22 November - Lars Andersson, sprint canoer.

Exact date missing

• Birgitta Eriksson, politician
• Göran Fristorp, singer and songwriter.

Deaths

• 21 March - Gustaf Elgenstierna, historian and genealogist
• 12 October - Emilie Rathou, temperance and women's rights activist