1956 in Sweden
Events from the year '''1956 in Sweden'''
Incumbents
Events
- 16 September - Swedish general election
- The Husaby Affair around Florence Stephens.
- The disappearance of Gunnel Gummeson.
Popular culture
Sport
- Guldpucken established
- 11-17 June - The country stages the Equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics because of problems with quarantine laws affecting the host city of Melbourne
Theatre
- The Eugene O'Neill Award established
Film
- 11 June - Seventh Heaven released
- 10 September - The Staffan Stolle Story released
Births
- 18 March - Ingemar Stenmark, alpine skier.
- 2 May - Kenneth Johansson, politician
- 13 May - Staffan Hellstrand, rock musician, songwriter and record producer
- 23 May - Tomas Norström, actor and film director.
- 6 June – Björn Borg, tennis player
- 24 August - Clas Lindberg, film director and screenwriter
- 2 September - Marcus Wallenberg, banker and industrialist
- 8 November - Peter Lindmark, ice hockey player.
- 5 December - Peter Dalle, actor and comedian
Deaths
- 10 March - Åke Fjästad, football player.
- 21 March - Per Kaufeldt, football player
- 7 April - Sven Linderot, politician
- Elin Engström, politician, trade unionist and women's right activist
- 15 April - Leonard Peterson, gymnast