Events from the year 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%.OECD (1962), OECD Economic Surveys: Sweden 1962, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/eco_surveys-swe-1962-en 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 (died 2012). 26 September – Jonas Bergqvist, ice hockey player.
Deaths
5 January – Per Thorén, figure skater (born 1885) 22 January – Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg, gymnast (born 1889). 18 February – Erik Granfelt, gymnast (born 1883). 5 April – Boo Kullberg, gymnast (born 1889). 11 April – Sven Landberg, gymnast (born 1888). 4 July – Carl Hellström, sailor (born 1864). 7 August – Gustaf Lewenhaupt, count, military officer and horse rider (born 1879). 19 August – Kerstin Hesselgren, politician (born 1872Hesselgren, Kerstin (1872–1962)
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