1990 in Sweden

Events from the year 1990 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

 * February 15 – After its demand for a vote of confidence, to fight the burgeoning economic crisis, is voted down by the Riksdag, Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson tenders his cabinet's resignation to the Speaker, Thage G. Peterson. Because a Socialist majority still exist in the Riksdag, Carlsson returns as Prime Minister in charge of a new and reconstituted Social Democratic Cabinet.

Film

 * 5 February – The 25th Guldbagge Awards were presented

Literature

 * Arne Dahl – Chiosmassakern

Births

 * 15 January – Emil Herge, footballer
 * 10 March – Calle Lindh, alpine skier
 * 31 March
 * Markus Olsson, handball player
 * Sandra Roma, tennis player
 * 23 April – Sofia Jakobsson, footballer
 * 25 May – Simon Gustafsson, speedway rider
 * 9 August – Bill Skarsgård, actor
 * 28 November – Anton Halén, handball player
 * 18 December – Victor Hedman, ice hockey player

Full date missing

 * Magdalena Olsson, orienteering and ski orienteering competitor.

Deaths

 * 24 February – Aina Erlander, Swedish lecturer.
 * 8 September - Sven Rosendahl, journalist and novelist (born 1913).
 * 21 December – Magda Julin, figure skater, Olympic champion 1920 (born 1894).