1962 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

• Ewy Rosqvist and co-driver Ursula Wirth win the Gran Premio Argentina, finishing first out of 257 entrants and three hours ahead of their closest rival. Ewy Rosqvist goes on to join Mercedes-Benz.

January

• 1 January - Sweden's GNP increases by 4.5%.
• 1 January - Unemployment at just 1.2% of the insured workforce in 1961.
• 1 January - Fixed capital formation rises to 22% of GNP, with strong government-backed housing initiatives.
• 1 January - Wages increase by 8.5%, but inflation remains moderate at 2%.

March

• 31 March - 51st edition of the Davis Cup has Sweden defeating Italy in the Europe Zone final.

December

• 31 December - Owe Ohlsson ends the year as the top scorer of the Swedish Association Football team, closely followed by Leif Skiöld and Örjan Martinsson.

Births

• 6 March - Bengt Baron, swimmer.
• 1 June - Mats Fransson, former handball player
• 2 June - Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, show jumper
• 10 June - Peter Nilsson, ice hockey player
• 12 June - Patrik Bergner, actor, film director and playwright
• 29 June - Blossom Tainton-Lindquist, singer
• 5 July - Maria Lantz, academic artist
• 8 July - Jan Erixon, former professional ice hockey player
• 9 July - Jörgen Häggqvist, judoka
• 28 July - Lars Håland, cross-country skier
• 21 September - Peter Åslin, ice hockey player.
• 26 September - Jonas Bergqvist, ice hockey player.

Deaths

• 5 January - Per Thorén, figure skater
• 22 January - Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg, gymnast.
• 18 February - Erik Granfelt, gymnast.
• 5 April - Boo Kullberg, gymnast.
• 11 April - Sven Landberg, gymnast.
• 4 July - Carl Hellström, sailor.
• 7 August - Gustaf Lewenhaupt, count, military officer and horse rider.
• 19 August - Kerstin Hesselgren, politician (born 1872