1958 in Sweden

Events from the year 1958 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 8-29 June – The 1958 FIFA World Cup is played in Sweden. Brazil defeats Sweden, 5–2, in the final game at Råsunda Stadium in Solna.


 * 11 December – The first indoor ice hockey venue in Sweden, Rosenlundshallen in Jönköping, is inaugurated.

Births

 * 23 March – Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, ice hockey player and coach.
 * 30 May – Marie Fredriksson, singer
 * 16 August – Steve Sem-Sandberg, novelist.
 * 14 February – Birgitta Lillpers, poet.

Deaths

 * 11 September – Arvid Holmberg, gymnast (born 1886).
 * 23 September – Elisabeth Tamm, politician
 * 11 November – Helge Bäckander, gymnast (born 1891).
 * Anna Lisa Andersson, reporter (born 1873)