1956 in Sweden

Events from the year 1956 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 16 September – Swedish general election
 * The Husaby Affair around Florence Stephens.
 * The disappearance of Gunnel Gummeson.

Sport

 * Guldpucken established
 * 11-17 June - The country stages the Equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics because of problems with quarantine laws affecting the host city of Melbourne

Theatre

 * The Eugene O'Neill Award established

Film

 * 11 June – Seventh Heaven released
 * 10 September – The Staffan Stolle Story released

Births

 * 18 March – Ingemar Stenmark, alpine skier.
 * 2 May – Kenneth Johansson, politician
 * 13 May – Staffan Hellstrand, rock musician, songwriter and record producer
 * 23 May – Tomas Norström, actor and film director.
 * 6 June – Björn Borg, tennis player
 * 24 August – Clas Lindberg, film director and screenwriter
 * 2 September – Marcus Wallenberg, banker and industrialist
 * 8 November – Peter Lindmark, ice hockey player.
 * 5 December – Peter Dalle, actor and comedian

Deaths

 * 10 March – Åke Fjästad, football player (born 1887).
 * 21 March – Per Kaufeldt, football player (born 1902)
 * 7 April – Sven Linderot, politician (born 1890)
 * Elin Engström, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (born 1860)
 * 15 April – Leonard Peterson, gymnast (born 1857)