1954 in Sweden

Events from the year 1954 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf
 * Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

 * June – The Catalina affair
 * Dissolution of the Kvinnliga medborgarskolan vid Fogelstad.

Sport

 * 26 February to 7 March – The 1954 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm

Literature

 * Mio, My Son, children's book by Astrid Lindgren

Film

 * 26 December – Gabrielle, directed by Hasse Ekman, released

Births

 * 15 April – Göran Högosta, ice hockey player
 * 28 April – Peter Schantz, medical scientist
 * 19 May – Lena Einhorn, director, writer and physician
 * 23 July – Philip Zandén, actor
 * 8 September – Johan Harmenberg, fencer.
 * 16 December – Eva Gustafsson, middle-distance runner

Deaths

 * 19 February – Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, politician (born 1883)
 * 2 June – Lydia Wahlström, historian and women's rights activist (born 1869)
 * 29 June – Thorsten Svensson, football player (born 1901)