2017 in Sweden
Events in the year 2017 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Events
- 20 February – Rinkeby riots
- 7 April – 2017 Stockholm truck attack
- 1 July – The new Name Act of 2017 takes legal effect, replacing the Name Act of 1982
- 31 August – 2017 Medborgarplatsen stabbing
Sports
- 22 October –
- * Tennis: Juan Martín del Potro defeats Grigor Dimitrov 6–4, 6–2 in the final of the 2017 Stockholm Open singles.
- * Tennis: Oliver Marach and doubles partner Mate Pavić defeat Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in the 2017 Stockholm Open doubles.
Popular culture
Sports
- 24 January – 5 February – The 2017 Bandy World Championship was held in Sweden. The Swedish team won gold medals, while Russia placed second and Finland placed third.
Deaths
- 8 January – Nicolai Gedda, operatic tenor.
- 9 January – Ulf Dinkelspiel, politician.
- 23 January – Katja of Sweden, fashion designer.
- 25 January – Siewert Öholm, journalist, television presenter.
- 7 February – Hans Rosling, medical doctor, academic, statistician, and public speaker.
- 16 February – Bengt Gustavsson, footballer and manager.
- 1 June – Rosa Taikon, silversmith.
- 13 June – Ulf Stark, author.
- 15 June – Stina Haage, gymnast.
- 27 June – Michael Nyqvist, actor.
- 10 September – Hans Alfredson, actor.
- 17 November – Rikard Wolff, actor and singer.