1990 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1990 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
- 2 January – Swedish newspapers Kvällsposten and GT merge to form iDag.
- 10 January – Swedish Minister for Finance Kjell-Olof Feldt delivers his final budget package.[1]
- 12 January – Carlsson performs a cabinet reshuffle. Birgitta Dahl is replaced as Minister for Energy by Rune Molin.[2][3]
- 23 January – A Piper PA-31 Navajo crashes on approach to Hudiksvall Airport killing all three people aboard.[4]
- 15 February – After its demand for a vote of confidence, to fight the burgeoning economic crisis, is voted down by the Riksdag, Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson tenders his cabinet's resignation to the Speaker, Thage G. Peterson. Because a Socialist majority still exist in the Riksdag, Carlsson returns as Prime Minister in charge of a new and reconstituted Social Democratic Cabinet.
- 7-8 July – Stefan Edberg of Sweden defeats defending champion Boris Becker of Germany winning the 1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men’s Singles[5][6]
Popular culture
Film
- 5 February – The 25th Guldbagge Awards were presented
Literature
- Arne Dahl – Chiosmassakern
Births
- 15 January – Emil Herge, footballer[7]
- 31 January – Jacob Markström, ice hockey goaltender
- 9 February – Daniel Brodin, ice hockey player
- 21 February – Mattias Tedenby, ice hockey player
- 5 March – Freddy Åsblom, actor
- 6 March – Sebastian Stålberg, ice hockey player
- 10 March – Calle Lindh, alpine skier
- 19 March – Anders Nilsson, ice hockey goaltender
- 24 March – Frida von Schewen, singer
- 31 March
- Markus Olsson, handball player
- Sandra Roma, tennis player[8]
- 1 April – Samuel Haus, actor
- 23 April – Sofia Jakobsson, footballer
- 24 May – Mattias Ekholm, ice hockey player
- 25 May – Simon Gustafsson, speedway rider
- 26 May – Mervan Celik, footballer
- 27 May – Marcus Krüger, ice hockey player
- 31 May – Erik Karlsson, ice hockey player
- 7 June – Magnus Nygren, ice hockey player
- 12 June – Jessica Ohlson, politician
- 3 July – Dennis Rasmussen, ice hockey player
- 18 July – Melker Karlsson, ice hockey player
- 9 August – Bill Skarsgård, actor
- 21 August – Marcus Berggren, comedian
- 24 August – Sofia Dalén, presenter and comedian
- 28 August
- Ariel Petsonk, child actor
- Henrik Tömmerenes, ice hockey player
- 2 September – Marcus Ericsson, racing driver
- 15 September – Alexander Fällström, ice hockey player
- 18 September – Alexandra Höglund, footballer
- 25 September – Margaux Dietz, television personality and blogger
- 6 October – Marcus Johansson, ice hockey player
- 13 October – Jakob Silfverberg, ice hockey player
- 19 October – Janet Leon, singer
- 29 October – Eric Saade, singer
- 1 November – Simone Giertz, inventor and Youtuber
- 25 November – Ted Brithén, ice hockey player
- 28 November – Anton Halén, handball player
- 18 December – Victor Hedman, ice hockey player
- 20 December – Alexander Urbom, ice hockey player
- 25 December – Lisa Larsen, cross country skier and orienteer
Full date missing
- Magdalena Olsson, orienteering and ski orienteering competitor.[9]
Deaths
- 2 January – Nils Kyndel, composer and pianist (born 1905)
- 14 January – Sten-Åke Cederhök, actor and comedian (born 1913)
- 25 January – Åke Hedtjärn, civil engineer (born 1907)
- 1 February – Lauritz Falk, actor and film director (born 1909)
- 15 February – Ulf Johanson, actor (born 1922)
- 17 February – Eric Stolpe, actor, revue artist and singer (born 1919)
- 18 February – Tor Isedal, actor (born 1924)
- 23 February – Margareta Bergman, actress (born 1901)
- 24 February – Aina Erlander, lecturer, wife of Tage Erlander (born 1902)
- 27 February – Arthur Österwall, band leader and composer (born 1910)
- 28 February – Erik Upmark, civil servant and civil engineer (born 1904)
- 8 March – Karin Kavli, actress (born 1906)
- 10 March – Olle Ekbladh, actor (born 1906)
- 7 April – Kristian Gestrin, Finnish judge and politician (born 1929)
- 11 April – Ivar Lo-Johansson, writer (born 1901)[10]
- 15 April – Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (born 1905)
- 17 April – Sigvard Törnqvist, equestrian, actor and composer (born 1912)
- 1 May – Yvonne Floyd, screenwriter (born 1937)
- 27 May – Gunnar Lindkvist, actor and revue artist (born 1916)
- 31 May – Elsa Hofgren, actress (born 1895)
- 30 July – Gustaf Jonsson, Olympic cross country skier (born 1903)[11]
- 8 September – Sven Rosendahl, journalist and novelist (born 1913)[12]
- 21 December – Magda Julin, figure skater, Olympic champion 1920 (born 1894)[13]
References
- ^ "New parents paid in full during leave". Daily Times-Advocate. 11 January 1990. p. 5. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Swedish nuclear cutback stalled". The Guardian. 10 January 1990. p. 10. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Riksdagens protokoll 1989/90:50 Fredagen den 12 januari (Riksdagens protokoll 1989/90:50)". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Three killed in plane crash". Florence Morning News. 24 January 1990. p. 27. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Edberg steals tennis crown from Becker". The Daily Telegraph. 9 July 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Archive". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ^ "Emil Herge". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Sandra Roma – Player Profile – Tennis". Eurosport. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Magdalena Olsson". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Lönnroth, Lars; Delblanc, Sven, eds. (1987). Den svenska litteraturen. V: Modernister och arbetardiktare 1920–1950 (in Swedish). Bonniers.
- ^ Gustaf Jonsson
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Sven Viktor Rosendahl". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Magda Julin". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2015.