Events from the year 1948 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister – Tage Erlander
Events Easter – Youth riots in Stockholm Summer – Violence against Romani people in Jönköping 19 September – Swedish general election
Popular culture
Literature Pippi in the South Seas, children's book by Astrid Lindgren
Film Banketten, drama film directed by Hasse Ekman
Births
26 January – Hasse Andersson, singer and songwriter 3 February – Henning Mankell, crime novelist (died 2015) 5 February – Sven-Göran Eriksson, football player and manager (died 2024) 23 March – Lena Conradson, singer 5 April – Dan Söderström, ice-hockey player 21 April – Jessica Iwanson, choreographer 26 April – Svante Lindqvist, historian 5 May – Mats Bergman, actor 5 May – Anna Bergman, actress 4 July – Tommy Körberg, actor and musician 4 September – Anders Åberg, actor (died 2020) 11 October – Göran Rosenberg, journalist 25 October – Ingrid Sundberg, alpine skier. 30 October – Ines Uusmann, politician 22 November – Lars Andersson, sprint canoer.
Exact date missing Birgitta Eriksson, politician Göran Fristorp, singer and songwriter (died 2024).
Deaths 21 March – Gustaf Elgenstierna, historian and genealogist (born 1871) 12 October – Emilie Rathou, temperance and women's rights activist (born 1862)
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