Events from the year 1977 in Sweden.
Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister – Thorbjörn Fälldin
Events 15 January – Linjeflyg Flight 618 plane crash: Linjeflyg Flight 618 crashes near Kälvesta after ice causes a loss of control, killing all 22 aboard. 3-8 May – The 1st IBF World Championships (badminton) are held in Malmö. 19 June – The 1977 Swedish Grand Prix (Formula One) is held at Anderstorp. 14 October – The 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded jointly to Bertil Ohlin (Sweden) and James E. Meade. 17 November – Miss Sweden Mary Ann Catrin Stavin is crowned Miss World in London, UK. 12 December – ABBA: The Album released.
Births
26 January – Nicholaus Arson, guitarist and songwriter 19 March – Robert Lindstedt, tennis player 23 March – Daniel Espinosa, filmmaker 5 April – Daniel Majstorović, footballer 16 April – Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer 17 May – Anders Södergren, cross-country skier 14 July – Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden 28 July – Malin Danielsson, politician 26 August – Therese Alshammar, swimmer 28 August – Daniel Andersson, footballer 3 September – Olof Mellberg, footballer 14 September – Malik Bendjelloul, film and documentary director 4 October – Ana Johnsson, singer 14 October – Carl Johan Grimmark, guitarist 20 November – Daniel Svensson, drummer 22 November – Jonas Öberg, open source software activist 17 December – Samuel Påhlsson, Swedish ice hockey player 18 December – Axwell, DJ, remixer and record producer 20 December – Sonja Aldén, singer
Full date missing
Erika Lust, film director
Deaths 5 March – Albert Andersson, athlete and gymnast (born 1902) 10 October – Bengt Bengtsson, gymnast (born 1897)
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