Events from the year 1954 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf Prime Minister – Tage Erlander
Events June – The Catalina affair Dissolution of the Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad.
Popular culture
Sport 26 February to 7 March – The 1954 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm
Literature Mio, My Son, children's book by Astrid Lindgren
Film 26 December – Gabrielle, directed by Hasse Ekman, released
Births
26 February – Stina Ekblad, Swedish-speaking Finnish actress 2 April – Lars Lerin, painter and author 15 April – Göran Högosta, ice hockey player 28 April – Peter Schantz, medical scientist 19 May – Lena Einhorn, director, writer and physician 23 July – Philip Zandén, actor 15 August – Stieg Larsson, writer, journalist, and far-left activist (d. 2004) 8 September – Johan Harmenberg, fencer. 28 September – Margot Wallström, Swedish Social Democratic politician 30 November – Suzanne Ernrup, actress 16 December – Eva Gustafsson, middle-distance runner
Deaths 19 February – Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, politician (born 1883) 2 June – Lydia Wahlström, historian and women's rights activist (born 1869) 29 June – Thorsten Svensson, football player (born 1901)
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