Events in the year 2021 in Sweden.

Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister – Stefan Löfven, Magdalena Andersson

Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden

31 January – Sweden loses to Denmark in the final of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship, winning silver in the competition. 3 March – Vetlanda stabbing attack: A man in his twenties injures 7 people with an axe in Vetlanda. He was shot and wounded by police before being arrested. 22–28 March – 2021 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Stockholm. 1 April – Kalix train station is opened. 21 June – Swedish government crisis. 29 June – Sweden men's national football team are knocked out of the UEFA Euro 2020 competition at the Round of 16 by Ukraine. 8 July – A single-engine DHC-2 Beaver carrying 8 skydivers plus 1 pilot crashed shortly after takeoff from Örebro Airport. All 9 people died. 19 August – Eslöv school stabbing: One man is injured in a school attack in Eslöv. 22 August – Stefan Löfven announces that he will resign as Prime Minister in November 2021. 28 September – An explosion occurs in Annedal in Gothenburg. 3 October – Lars Vilks dies together with two guards in a car crash on European route E4 in Markaryd. 14 October – The Swedish Police Authority presents a new list of Vulnerable areas, Klockaretorpet in Norrköping and Rannebergen in Gothenburg are removed while Valsta, Fisksätra, Visättra and Grantorp in Stockholm are added. 30 November: Magdalena Andersson replaces Stefan Löfven as Prime Minister of Sweden, making her the first woman ever to hold that position. 27 November to 5 December – 2021 Women's World Floorball Championships in Uppsala. 6 December – A photo published by Nyheter Idag of the Minister for Public Administration Ida Karkiainen doing a Nazi salute in 2004 becomes a political scandal. 13 December – Two vessels collide of the coast of Ystad.

Anniversaries 400 years since the establishment of Gothenburg as a city, getting town privileges in 1621. The planned Gothenburg quadricentennial jubilee has been postponed till 2023, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Births 26 March - Prince Julian, Duke of Halland

Deaths January

10 January – Thorleif Torstensson, singer (b. 1949). 11 January – Tord Peterson, actor (b. 1926). 12 January – Mona Malm, actress (b. 1935). 16 January – Lars Westman, writer (b. 1934). 18 January – Thorsten Johansson, Olympic sprinter (b. 1950). 21 January Evert Båge, military officer (b. 1925). Solveig Nordström, archeologist (b. 1923). 24 January Gunnel Lindblom, actress (b. 1931). Sigvard Marjasin, civil servant (b. 1929). 26 January – Lars Norén, playwright, novelist and poet (b. 1944). 27 January – Gert Blomé, ice hockey player (b. 1934). 28 January – Annette Kullenberg, journalist and author (b. 1939).

February

3 February – Margreth Weivers, actress (b. 1926). 4 February – Frank Baude, politician, leader of the Communist Party (b. 1936). 13 February – Olle Nygren, speedway rider (b. 1929). 19 February – Ebba Andersson, footballer (Öxabäcks, national team) (b. 1935).

March

5 March Stig Malm, trade unionist, chairman of LO (1983–1993) (b. 1942). Birgitta Rasmusson, television personality and cookbook author (b. 1939). 6 March – Bengt Åberg, motocross racer (b. 1944). 7 March – Lars-Göran Petrov, heavy metal singer (Entombed, Entombed A.D., Firespawn) (b. 1972). 15 March – , weightlifter and reality television contestant (Expedition Robinson) (b. 1946). 16 March – Berit Carlberg, stage actress (Nine) (b. 1942). 26 March – Lennart Larsson, cross country skier, Olympic bronze medalist (1956) (b. 1930). 28 March , singer and musician (b. 1981). , musician, music writer and playwright (b.1927).

April

1 April – Nemam Ghafouri, physician, activist and humanitarian (b. 1968). 4 April – Ingela Lind, art critic and author (b. 1943). 6 April – Maj Britt Theorin, politician, MP (1971–1995) and MEP (1995–2004) (b. 1932). 10 April Börje Holmberg, educator and writer (b. 1924). Bosse Skoglund, drummer (Peps Persson) (b. 1936). 11 April – Berta Magnusson, writer and playwright (b. 1928). 14 April , doctor and left-wing political activist (b. 1937). Inga Sarri, actress (b. 1934). 20 April – Sven-Olof Olson, Air Force officer (b. 1926). 24 April – Riitta Vainionpää, textile artist (b. 1952).

May 5 May – Bertil Johansson, footballer (IFK Göteborg, national team) (b. 1935). 10 May Lars-Gunnar Bodin, electronic musician (b. 1935). Svante Thuresson, jazz musician ("Nygammal vals") (b. 1937).

June

9 June – Torgny Björk, musician, composer and singer (b. 1938). 11 June – Sara Wedlund, Olympic long-distance runner (1996) (b. 1975). 13 June – Sven Erlander, mathematician (b. 1934). 16 June Bengt Göransson, politician (b. 1932). , music journalist (b. 1970). 19 June – Ove Emanuelsson, Olympic sprint canoer (1960, 1964, 1968) (b. 1941). 23 June – Med Reventberg, actress (Ronia, the Robber's Daughter) (b. 1948). 27 June – Peps Persson, musician (b. 1946). 30 June – Inge Danielsson, footballer (Helsingborg, Ajax, national team) (b. 1941).

July 18 July – Tommy Engstrand, sports journalist and television host (b. 1939). 20 July Curt-Eric Holmquist, conductor (Lotta på Liseberg), Eurovision Song Contest winner (1984) (b. 1948). , journalist and news editor (b. 1946). 23 July – Claes Reimerthi, comic writer (The Phantom) (b. 1955). 31 July – Kenneth Johansson, politician and MP (1998–2012) (b. 1956).

August 4 August Åke Lundqvist, actor (Beck – Mannen med ikonerna) (b. 1936). Anders Pettersson, musician (Lasse Stefanz) (b. 1952). 10 August – Gun Ädel, Olympic cross-country skier (1964) (b. 1938). 11 August – Göran Zachrisson, sports journalist, cancer (b. 1938). 25 August – Gunilla Bergström, author of Alfie Atkins (b.1942).

October 21 October – Einár, 19, rapper (shot) 27 October – Benjamin Vallé, 47, musician (Viagra Boys)

Sports

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B 2021 Allsvenskan 2021 Superettan

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