1948 in Sweden

Events from the year 1948 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustaf V
 * Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

 * Easter – Youth riots in Stockholm
 * Summer – Violence against Romani people in Jönköping
 * 19 September – Swedish general election

Literature

 * Pippi in the South Seas, children's book by Astrid Lindgren

Film

 * Banketten, drama film directed by Hasse Ekman

Births

 * 26 January – Hasse Andersson, singer and songwriter
 * 23 March – Lena Conradson, singer
 * 5 April – Dan Söderström, ice-hockey player
 * 21 April – Jessica Iwanson, choreographer
 * 26 April – Svante Lindqvist, historian
 * 5 May – Mats Bergman, actor
 * 5 May – Anna Bergman, actress
 * 4 July – Tommy Körberg, actor and musician
 * 4 September – Anders Åberg, actor (died 2018)
 * 11 October – Göran Rosenberg, journalist
 * 25 October – Ingrid Sundberg, alpine skier.
 * 30 October – Ines Uusmann, politician
 * 22 November – Lars Andersson, sprint canoer.

Exact date missing

 * Birgitta Eriksson, politician

Deaths

 * 21 March – Gustaf Elgenstierna, historian and genealogist (born 1871)
 * 12 October – Emilie Rathou, temperance and women's rights activist (born 1862)