1983 in Sweden
Events from the year '''1983 in Sweden'''
Incumbents
Events
- 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
Film
- 16 September - Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain released
Births
- 27 January - John Lundvik, singer
- 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.
- 9 September - Frej Larsson, musician
- 17 October - Åsa Persson, figure skater
- 16 October - Loreen, singer
- 19 October – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
- 15 December - Jonas Persson, swimmer.
Deaths
- 22 February - Georg Rydeberg, film actor
- 12 May – Olle Ohlson, water polo player.
- 16 June – Aina Wifalk, social scientist and inventor of the modern walker.