1942 in Sweden

Events from the year 1942 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustaf V
 * Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson

Events

 * April 24 – Hot water is allowed three days a week in Swedish apartment buildings, in Stockholm this requires an extra 12,000 cubic meters of firewood
 * RIFA (manufacturer) is founded.
 * August 7 – Sven "Svängis" Johansson, Sweden wins the Six-Day Cycle Race in Sweden

Births

 * 2 January – Thomas Hammarberg, diplomat and human rights defender
 * 14 January – Stig Engström (actor)
 * 17 May – Tom Turesson, footballer and manager (died 2004)
 * 22 June – Laila Freivalds, Social Democratic politician
 * 3 July – Gunilla Bergström, author, journalist, and illustrator (died 2021)
 * 4 July – Arne Hegerfors, sports journalist and broadcaster (died 2024)
 * 25 July – Krister Kristensson, footballer and manager (died 2023)
 * 1 August – Kent Andersson, motorcycle racer (died 2006)
 * 27 August – Örjan Persson, footballer
 * 6 October – Britt Ekland, actress
 * 6 October – Björn Nordqvist, footballer
 * 26 December – Jan Halvarsson, cross-country skier (died 2020)

Deaths

 * 25 January - Gertrud Adelborg, women's rights activist
 * 5 July – Karin Swanström, actress, producer and director
 * 26 June - Agda Östlund, suffragist and social democrat
 * 20 November – Emma Meissner, soprano and actress
 * 21 November – Einar Lönnberg, zoologist and conservationist
 * 3 December – Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer