2021 in Sweden
Events in the year 2021 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden- 31 January – Sweden loses to Denmark in the final of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship, winning silver in the competition.
- 3 March – Vetlanda stabbing attack: A man in his twenties injures 7 people with an axe in Vetlanda. He was shot and wounded by police before being arrested.
- 22–28 March – 2021 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Stockholm.
- 1 April – Kalix train station is opened.
- 21 June – Swedish government crisis.
- 29 June – Sweden men's national football team are knocked out of the UEFA Euro 2020 competition at the Round of 16 by Ukraine.
- 8 July – A single-engine DHC-2 Beaver carrying 8 skydivers plus 1 pilot crashed shortly after takeoff from Örebro Airport. All 9 people died.
- 22 August – Stefan Löfven announces that he will resign as Prime Minister in November 2021.
- 28 September – An explosion occurs in Annedal in Gothenburg.
- 3 October – Lars Vilks dies together with two guards in a car crash on European route E4 in Markaryd.
- 14 October – The Swedish Police Authority presents a new list of Vulnerable areas, Klockaretorpet in Norrköping and Rannebergen in Gothenburg are removed while Valsta, Fisksätra, Visättra and Grantorp in Stockholm are added.
- 30 November: Magdalena Andersson replaces Stefan Löfven as Prime Minister of Sweden, making her the first woman ever to hold that position.
- 27 November to 5 December – 2021 Women's World Floorball Championships in Uppsala.
- 6 December – A photo published by Nyheter Idag of the Minister for Public Administration Ida Karkiainen doing a Nazi salute in 2004 becomes a political scandal.
- 13 December – Two vessels collide of the coast of Ystad.
Anniversaries
- 400 years since the establishment of Gothenburg as a city, getting town privileges in 1621. The planned Gothenburg quadricentennial jubilee has been postponed till 2023, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Births
- 26 March - Prince Julian, Duke of Halland
Deaths
January
- 10 January – Thorleif Torstensson, singer.
- 11 January – Tord Peterson, actor.
- 12 January – Mona Malm, actress.
- 16 January – Lars Westman, writer.
- 18 January – Thorsten Johansson, Olympic sprinter.
- 21 January
- * Evert Båge, military officer.
- * Solveig Nordström, archeologist.
- 24 January
- * Gunnel Lindblom, actress.
- * Sigvard Marjasin, civil servant.
- 26 January – Lars Norén, playwright, novelist and poet.
- 27 January – Gert Blomé, ice hockey player.
- 28 January – Annette Kullenberg, journalist and author.
February
- 3 February – Margreth Weivers, actress.
- 4 February – Frank Baude, politician, leader of the Communist Party.
- 13 February – Olle Nygren, speedway rider.
- 19 February – Ebba Andersson, footballer .
March
- 5 March
- * Stig Malm, trade unionist, chairman of LO .
- * Birgitta Rasmusson, television personality and cookbook author.
- 6 March – Bengt Åberg, motocross racer.
- 7 March – Lars-Göran Petrov, heavy metal singer .
- 15 March –, weightlifter and reality television contestant .
- 16 March – Berit Carlberg, stage actress .
- 26 March – Lennart Larsson, cross country skier, Olympic bronze medalist .
- 28 March
- *, singer and musician.
- *, musician, music writer and playwright.
April
- 1 April – Nemam Ghafouri, physician, activist and humanitarian.
- 4 April – Ingela Lind, art critic and author.
- 6 April – Maj Britt Theorin, politician, MP and MEP .
- 10 April
- * Börje Holmberg, educator and writer.
- * Bosse Skoglund, drummer .
- 11 April – Berta Magnusson, writer and playwright.
- 14 April
- *, doctor and left-wing political activist.
- * Inga Sarri, actress.
- 20 April – Sven-Olof Olson, Air Force officer.
- 24 April – Riitta Vainionpää, textile artist.
May
- 5 May – Bertil Johansson, footballer .
- 10 May
- * Lars-Gunnar Bodin, electronic musician.
- * Svante Thuresson, jazz musician .
June
- 9 June – Torgny Björk, musician, composer and singer.
- 11 June – Sara Wedlund, Olympic long-distance runner .
- 13 June – Sven Erlander, mathematician.
- 16 June
- * Bengt Göransson, politician.
- *, music journalist.
- 19 June – Ove Emanuelsson, Olympic sprint canoer .
- 23 June – Med Reventberg, actress .
- 27 June – Peps Persson, musician.
- 30 June – Inge Danielsson, footballer .
July
- 18 July – Tommy Engstrand, sports journalist and television host.
- 20 July
- * Curt-Eric Holmquist, conductor, Eurovision Song Contest winner .
- *, journalist and news editor.
- 23 July – Claes Reimerthi, comic writer .
- 31 July – Kenneth Johansson, politician and MP .
August
- 4 August
- * Åke Lundqvist, actor .
- * Anders Pettersson, musician .
- 10 August – Gun Ädel, Olympic cross-country skier .
- 11 August – Göran Zachrisson, sports journalist, cancer.
- 25 August – Gunilla Bergström, author of Alfie Atkins.
October
- 21 October – Einár, 19, rapper
- 27 October – Benjamin Vallé, 47, musician