2000 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Göran Persson

Events

January

• 1 January – The Church of Sweden is separated from the Swedish State.

Popular culture

Film

• 13 May - Faithless, directed by Liv Ullmann, released.
• 4 August - Sleepwalker released
• 25 August - Together released in Sweden
• 22 December - Jalla! Jalla!, comedy film directed by Josef Fares

Literature

Sports

• 10 December - The 2000 European Cross Country Championships were held in Malmö

Births

March

• 7 March - Rasmus Sandin, ice hockey player

April

• 7 April - Julia Kedhammar, singer
• 13 April - Rasmus Dahlin, ice hockey player
• 20 April - Klara Hammarström, singer
• 20 April - Nils Fröling, footballer
• 25 April - Dejan Kulusevski, footballer

June

• 12 June - Nina Dano, handballer

July

• 23 July - Malte Gårdinger, actor

August

• 15 August - Adam Boqvist, ice hockey player

September

• 4 September - Peter Gwargis, footballer

October

• 23 October - Hanna Ferm, singer

December

• 20 December
• * Gaboro, rapper and songwriter
• * Nils Höglander, ice hockey player

Deaths

• 8 January - Henry Eriksson, athlete.
• 13 January - John Ljunggren, athlete.
• 25 January - Folke Ekström, chess player
• 25 February - Doris Löve, botanist
• 19 March - Egon Jönsson, footballer.
• 28 June - Nils Poppe, actor, director and screenwriter
• 29 July - Åke Hodell, fighter pilot and poet
• 30 July - Örjan Blomquist, cross-country skier
• 28 August - Knut Holmqvist, sport shooter.
• 18 October - Inga Gill, film actress