1959 in Sweden

Events from the year 1959 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

 * The Lycksele Zoo established

Film

 * 26 January – Fröken Chic released
 * 13 November – Raggare! released

Births

 * 8 January – Björn Jilsén, handball player.
 * 9 January – Tommy Holmgren, football player
 * 27 January – Göran Hägglund, politician
 * 24 April –
 * Ronnie Båthman, tennis player
 * Johan Petri, theatre director, dramatist, and theatre scholar
 * 22 May – Lotta Falkenbäck, figure skater.
 * 23 May – Daniel Alfredson, film director
 * 14 June – Håkan Södergren, ice hockey player
 * 3 July – Jens Nordqvist, sprint canoer.
 * 29 July – Jöran Hägglund, politician
 * 16 August – Gunilla Röör, actress
 * 23 August – Christina Herrström, screenwriter
 * 30 October – Glenn Hysén, football player and manager
 * 13 December – Staffan William-Olsson, jazz musician

Deaths

 * 1 March – Ragnar Malm, cyclist (born 1893).
 * 8 March – Olle Hjortzberg, painter and illustrator (born 1872)
 * 20 March – Einar Svensson, ice hockey player (born 1894)
 * 26 March – Frans Lindstrand, wrestler (born 1883).
 * 11 May – Arvid Spångberg, diver (born 1890)
 * 20 July – Karl Ansén, football player (born 1887).
 * 19 November – Douglas Håge, actor (born 1898)
 * 7 December – Nils Bolander, bishop (born 1902)
 * 11 December – Gustaf Weidel, gymnast (born 1890).