1974 in Sweden

Events from the year 1974 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
 * Prime Minister – Olof Palme

Events

 * 2 January - Electricity rationing is introduced in Sweden due to the oil crisis
 * 29 January - The Swedish petrol rationing ends after three weeks
 * 7 March - Electricity rationing in Sweden ends, among other things, the street lights turn on fully again
 * 6 April - Sweden wins the 19th Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, United Kingdom. The winning song is "Waterloo", performed by ABBA. The year marks the first time the contest was won by a group.
 * 26 April - Sweden's first videographer is inaugurated.
 * 18 September - Swedish spy Stig Wennerström, sentenced in 1964 to life imprisonment, is released by decision of the Swedish government

Literature

 * Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson are awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The two laureates were members of the Swedish Academy at the time; the decision was criticized by the media, and Martinson committed suicide in 1978.

Births

 * 16 January – Mattias Jonson, footballer
 * 13 March – Thomas Enqvist, former professional tennis player
 * 20 March – Mattias Asper, footballer
 * 31 March – Stefan Olsdal, Musical artist
 * 2 April – Håkan Hellström, singer-songwriter
 * 16 April – Mattias Timander, former ice hockey player
 * 17 April – Mikael Åkerfeldt, musician
 * 26 May – Lars Frölander, swimmer.
 * 24 June – Magnus Carlsson, Musical artist
 * 9 July – Nikola Šarčević, musician of Serbian origin
 * 30 July – Josefin Åsberg, film art director.
 * 30 August – Camilla Läckberg, crime writer
 * 6 September – Nina Persson, singer
 * 7 October – Charlotte Perrelli, Musical artist
 * 8 October – Fredrik Modin, ice hockey player
 * 24 October – Joakim Nätterqvist, actor
 * 19 December – Minna Telde, horse rider.
 * 20 December – Angelica Ljungquist, beach volleyball player
 * 24 December – Thure Lindhardt, actor
 * 30 December – Johanna Sällström, actress

Deaths

 * 7 May – Gustaf Dyrsch, horse rider (born 1890).
 * 11 July – Pär Lagerkvist, writer (born 1891)
 * 29 October – Axel Cadier, wrestler, Olympic champion in 1936 (born 1906).