Events from the year 1983 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister – Olof Palme
Events 1 January – the Name Act of 1982, replacing the Name Act of 1963, comes into full and legal effect . The Tiveden National Park was established
Popular culture
Film 16 September – Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain released
Births
27 January – John Lundvik, singer 21 February – Emilie O'Konor, ice hockey player 28 February – Sara Nordenstam, Swedish-born Norwegian swimmer. 9 May – Petter Stymne, swimmer 13 May – Anna Maria Nilsson, biathlete 7 July – Nanna Jansson, ice hockey player 11 July – Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer. 6 September – Johanna Wiberg, handball player. 9 September – Frej Larsson, musician 17 October – Åsa Persson, figure skater 16 October – Loreen, singer 19 October – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress 15 December – Jonas Persson, swimmer.
Deaths 22 February – Georg Rydeberg, film actor (born 1907) 12 May – Olle Ohlson, water polo player (born 1921). 16 June – Aina Wifalk, social scientist and inventor of the modern walker (born 1928).
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