Events from the year 1974 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister – Olof Palme

Events

2 January – Electricity rationing is introduced in Sweden due to the oil crisis 29 January – The Swedish petrol rationing ends after three weeks 7 March – Electricity rationing in Sweden ends, among other things, the street lights turn on fully again 6 April – Sweden wins the 19th Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, United Kingdom. The winning song is "Waterloo", performed by ABBA. The year marks the first time the contest was won by a group. 26 April – Sweden's first videographer is inaugurated. 18 September – Swedish spy Stig Wennerström, sentenced in 1964 to life imprisonment, is released by decision of the Swedish government

Popular culture Literature Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson are awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The two laureates were members of the Swedish Academy at the time; the decision was criticized by the media, and Martinson committed suicide in 1978.

Births

16 January – Mattias Jonson, footballer 13 March – Thomas Enqvist, former professional tennis player 20 March – Mattias Asper, footballer 31 March – Stefan Olsdal, Musical artist 2 April – Håkan Hellström, singer-songwriter 16 April – Mattias Timander, former ice hockey player 17 April – Mikael Åkerfeldt, musician 26 May – Lars Frölander, swimmer. 24 June – Magnus Carlsson, Musical artist 25 June – Fredrik Bild, footballer 9 July – Nikola Šarčević, musician of Serbian origin 30 July – Josefin Åsberg, film art director. 30 August – Camilla Läckberg, crime writer 6 September – Nina Persson, singer 7 October – Charlotte Perrelli, Musical artist 8 October – Fredrik Modin, ice hockey player 24 October – Joakim Nätterqvist, actor 19 December – Minna Telde, horse rider. 20 December – Angelica Ljungquist, beach volleyball player 24 December – Thure Lindhardt, actor 30 December – Johanna Sällström, actress

Deaths

7 May – Gustaf Dyrsch, horse rider (born 1890). 11 July – Pär Lagerkvist, writer (born 1891) 29 October – Axel Cadier, wrestler, Olympic champion in 1936 (born 1906).

See also 1974 in Swedish television

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