• Source: 2017 in Sweden

      • Events in the year 2017 in Sweden.


      Incumbents


      Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
      Prime minister – Stefan Löfven


      Events



      20 February – Rinkeby riots
      7 April – 2017 Stockholm truck attack
      1 July – The new Name Act of 2017 takes legal effect, replacing the Name Act of 1982


      Sports


      22 October –
      Tennis: Juan Martín del Potro defeats Grigor Dimitrov 6–4, 6–2 in the final of the 2017 Stockholm Open singles.
      Tennis: Oliver Marach and doubles partner Mate Pavić defeat Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in the 2017 Stockholm Open doubles.


      Popular culture




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      24 January – 5 February – The 2017 Bandy World Championship was held in Sweden. The Swedish team won gold medals, while Russia placed second and Finland placed third.


      Deaths



      8 January – Nicolai Gedda, operatic tenor (b. 1925).
      9 January – Ulf Dinkelspiel, politician (b. 1939).
      23 January – Katja of Sweden, fashion designer (b. 1920).
      25 January – Siewert Öholm, journalist, television presenter (b. 1939).
      7 February – Hans Rosling, medical doctor, academic, statistician, and public speaker (b. 1948).
      16 February – Bengt Gustavsson, footballer and manager (b. 1928).
      1 June – Rosa Taikon, silversmith (b. 1926).
      13 June – Ulf Stark, author (b. 1944).
      15 June – Stina Haage, gymnast (b. 1924).
      27 June – Michael Nyqvist, actor (b. 1960).
      10 September – Hans Alfredson, actor (b. 1931).
      17 November – Rikard Wolff, actor and singer (b. 1958).


      See also


      2017 in the European Union
      2017 in Europe


      References

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