1987 in Sweden

Events from the year 1987 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
 * Prime Minister – Ingvar Carlsson

Events

 * 23 January – The film Stockholmsnatt is released.
 * 2 February – The 22nd Guldbagge Awards is presented.
 * 2 April – Shopping mall A6 center is inaugurated near Jönköping.
 * 27 July to 2 August – The tennis tournament 1987 Swedish Open.
 * 16 November – In the Lerum train crash, nine people were killed and more than 100 were injured.
 * 15 December – Covered bridge restaurant Gävlebro is inaugurated near Gävle.
 * 25 December – The film Pelle the Conqueror is released.
 * 31 December – TV 3 Sweden is launched.

Births

 * 1 January – Patric Hörnqvist, ice hockey player
 * 29 January – Christian Carlsson, politician
 * 2 February – Christoffer Vikström, swimmer.
 * 3 February – Christine Bjerendal, archer.
 * 26 February – Johan Sjöstrand, handball player
 * 10 March – Ebba Jungmark, high jumper.
 * 14 April – Ida Odén, handball player
 * 12 May – Björn Gund, ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
 * 2 June – Darin Zanyar, singer-songwriter
 * 7 July – Veronica Wagner, gymnast
 * 27 July – Astrid Gabrielsson, sailor
 * 8 August – Petter Menning, sprint canoer
 * 2 October – Johanna Ahlm, handball player.
 * 29 October – Tove Lo, singer-songwriter
 * 14 November – Nour El-Refai, Lebanese born-Swedish actress and comedian
 * 17 November – Jacob Wester, freestyle skier
 * 12 December – Sibel Redžep, Macedonian-born singer

Deaths

 * 10 January – Håkan Malmrot, swimmer (born 1900).
 * 27 January – Ove Rainer, politician and jurist (born 1925)
 * 20 October – Lars-Erik Sjöberg, ice-hockey player (born 1944)
 * 7 November – Arne Borg, swimmer (born 1901).
 * 12 November – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (born 1937)
 * 21 November – Axel Ståhle, horse rider (born 1891)