1983 in Sweden

Events from the year 1983 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 1 January – the Name Act of 1982, replacing the Name Act of 1963, comes into full and legal effect.
 * The Tiveden National Park was established

Film

 * 16 September – Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain released

Births



 * 27 January – John Lundvik, singer
 * 21 February – Emilie O'Konor, ice hockey player
 * 28 February – Sara Nordenstam, Swedish-born Norwegian swimmer.
 * 9 May – Petter Stymne, swimmer
 * 13 May – Anna Maria Nilsson, biathlete
 * 7 July – Nanna Jansson, ice hockey player
 * 11 July – Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer.
 * 6 September – Johanna Wiberg, handball player.
 * 9 September – Frej Larsson, musician
 * 17 October – Åsa Persson, figure skater
 * 16 October – Loreen, singer
 * 19 October – Rebecca Ferguson, Swedish actress
 * 15 December – Jonas Persson, swimmer.

Deaths

 * 22 February – Georg Rydeberg, film actor (born 1907)
 * 12 May – Olle Ohlson, water polo player (born 1921).
 * 16 June – Aina Wifalk, social scientist and inventor of the modern walker (born 1928).