1949 in Sweden

Events from the year 1949 in Sweden:

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustaf V
 * Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

 * The Swedish Building Workers' Union founded

Film

 * 29 August – Flickan från tredje raden released
 * 17 October – Thirst released
 * 9 December – Pippi Longstocking released

Sport

 * 4 to 10 February – the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm
 * 12 to 20 February – the 1949 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm

Births

 * 2 January – Anders Lidén, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations
 * 15 February – Thomas Callerud, figure skater
 * 21 February – Ronnie Hellström, footballer (died 2022)
 * 6 April – Janet Ågren, actress
 * 13 May – Eva Eriksson, illustrator and writer
 * 21 May – Björn Ranelid, writer
 * 9 July – Jan Brunstedt, auto racing driver
 * 19 July – Bo Bernhardsson, politician
 * 16 August – Bo Knape, sailor

Deaths

 * 28 January – Gustaf Nordqvist, composer, church musician and professor (born 1886)
 * 4 March – Karolina Widerström (born 1856)
 * 7 March – David Emanuel Wahlberg, sports writer and editor (born 1882)
 * 9 March – Claes Johanson, wrestler (born 1884)
 * 19 April – Ulrich Salchow, figure skater (born 1877)
 * 22 November – John Ekman, film actor (born 1880)