The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Sweden.

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...

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Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Having reigned since 1973, he is the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, K ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

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Göran Persson Hans Göran Persson (; born 20 January 1949) is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Persson was first elected to the Swedish Parliame ...

Events

January

* 1 January – The

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden () is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.5 million members at year end 2023, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest List ...

is separated from the Swedish State.

Popular culture

Film

* 13 May – ''

Faithless Faithless are an English dance music Band (rock and pop), band that formed in 1995, with its core original members being Rollo Armstrong, Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. During the band's initial period of success, Sister Bliss and Maxi Ja ...

'', directed by

Liv Ullmann Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and filmmaker. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, whom she date ...

, released. * 4 August – '' Sleepwalker'' released * 25 August – ''

Together ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi ...

'' released in Sweden * 22 December – ''

Jalla! Jalla! ''Jalla! Jalla!'' is a Swedish comedy film, which was released in cinemas in Sweden on December 22, 2000. It is directed by Swedish-Lebanese filmmaker Josef Fares, and stars Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny and Laleh Pourkarim in t ...

'', comedy film directed by

Josef Fares Josef Fares (born 19 September 1977) is a Lebanese-Swedish film director and video game designer. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films, including one of his major hits, ''A Way Out (video game), A Way Out'' ...

Literature

* ''

The Return of the Dancing Master ''The Return of the Dancing Master'' is a 2000 novel by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell. It was translated into English in 2003 by Laurie Thompson, and won the 2005 Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel, presented by Mystery Ink. The ...

'', crime novel by

Henning Mankell Henning Georg Mankell (; 3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a ...

* ''

Missing Missing or The Missing may refer to: Film * ''Missing'' (1918 film), an American silent drama directed by James Young * ''Missing'' (1982 film), an American historical drama directed by Costa-Gavras about the 1973 coup in Chile *, a Belgian film ...

'', crime fiction novel by

Karin Alvtegen Karin Alvtegen (born 8 June 1965, Huskvarna, Sweden) is a Swedish author of crime fiction. Alvtegen's psychological thrillers are generally set in Sweden. Four of her books have been translated into English: ''Missing (Alvtegen novel), Missing'', ...

Sports

* 10 December – The

2000 European Cross Country Championships The 7th European Cross Country Championships were held at Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, si ...

were held in

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

Births

March

* 7 March – Rasmus Sandin, ice hockey player

April

* 7 April –

Julia Kedhammar Sweden selected their Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through Lilla Melodifestivalen 2014 which consisted of eight songs. The final was held on 6 June 2014 at the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm. Julia Kedhammar, with her song ...

, singer * 13 April –

Rasmus Dahlin Rasmus Erik Dahlin (; born 13 April 2000) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and Captain (ice hockey), captain for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Having been referred to as the most talented player available ...

, ice hockey player * 20 April –

Klara Hammarström Klara Lovisa Hammarström (born 20 April 2000) is a Swedish singer and television personality. She has competed in Melodifestivalen on four occasions, most recently in 2025 with the song " On and On and On". Career Music Hammarström has pa ...

, singer * 20 April –

Nils Fröling Nils Gustav Georg Fröling (born 20 April 2000) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for 3. Liga club Hansa Rostock. Club career Early career Fröling made his first senior team practice with Division 5 team Boo F ...

, footballer * 25 April –

Dejan Kulusevski Dejan Kulusevski (; born 25 April 2000) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for club Tottenham Hotspur and the Sweden national team. Coming through from the youth system, Kulusevski made his se ...

, footballer

June

* 12 June –

Nina Dano Sara Brita Nina Dano (born 12 June 2000) is a Swedish handballer for IK Sävehof and the Swedish national team. She represented Sweden at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. Achievements *Svensk handbollselit Handbollsligan is ...

, handballer

July

* 23 July –

Malte Gårdinger Larse Malte Isidor Myrenberg Gårdinger (born 23 July 2000) is a Swedish actor, chiefly known for starring as August in the Netflix series ''Young Royals'' from 2021 to 2024. Since 2021, he has released music under the name Gibbon (stylised in a ...

, actor

August

* 15 August –

Adam Boqvist Adam Boqvist (born 15 August 2000) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected eighth overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2018 NHL entry draft. Playing car ...

, ice hockey player

September

* 4 September –

Peter Gwargis Peter Gwargis (born 4 September 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Iraqi club Duhok and the Iraq national team. Early and personal life Gwargis was born in Sydney, Australia. His parents are Assyrians from Iraq, ...

, footballer

October

* 23 October –

Hanna Ferm Hanna Alma Beata Ferm (born 23 October 2000) is a Swedish singer. She competed in '' Idol 2017'', where she placed second. Career Ferm participated in the TV4 talent show '' Talang Sverige 2014'', which was broadcast on TV3. She made it to t ...

, singer

December

* 20 December **

Gaboro Ninos Moses Khouri (20 December 2000 – 19 December 2024), better known as Gaboro, was a Swedish rapper and songwriter. Gaboro was considered a rising star in the Swedish hip-hop scene. He wore a distinct black ski mask featuring the Syriac-A ...

, rapper and songwriter (d. 2024) ** Nils Höglander, ice hockey player

Deaths

* 8 January –

Henry Eriksson Knut Henry "Krylbo" Eriksson (23 January 1920 – 8 January 2000) was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m event. In 1946 he finished second behind Lennart Strand, both at the national and European Championships. On 15 ...

, athlete (born 1920). * 13 January – John Ljunggren, athlete (born 1919). * 25 January –

Folke Ekström Nils Johan Folke Ekström (12 October 1906, in Lund – 25 January 2000, in Saltsjobaden) was a Swedish International Master (IM) of chess and of correspondence chess (IMC). He won the Swedish Championships in 1947 and 1948; Swedish Correspondenc ...

, chess player (born 1906) * 25 February –

Doris Löve Doris Benta Maria Löve, ''née'' Wahlén (born 2 January 1918 in Kristianstad – deceased 25 February 2000 in San Jose, California) was a Swedish systematic botanist, particularly active in the Arctic. Biography Doris Löve was born in Krist ...

, botanist (born 1918) * 19 March –

Egon Jönsson Bengt Ingvar Egon "Todde" Jönsson (8 October 1921 – 19 March 2000) was a Swedish Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for Malmö FF and the Sweden men's national football team, Sweden national team. A full internati ...

, footballer (born 1921). * 28 June – Nils Poppe, actor, director and screenwriter (born 1908) * 29 July –

Åke Hodell Åke Hodell (April 30, 1919 – July 29, 2000) was a Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, Sound poetry, text-sound composer, and artist. Biography Hodell was the son of author Björn Hodell and brother of actor Ulla Hodell; the film director Lai ...

, fighter pilot and poet (born 1919) * 30 July –

Örjan Blomquist Örjan Blomquist (23 August 1957 – 30 July 2000) was a Swedish cross-country skier, specialised at long-distance races during the 1980s. Competing for IFK Lidingö at club level, he shared the victory at Vasaloppet 1988 together with his broth ...

, cross-country skier (born 1957) * 28 August – Knut Holmqvist, sport shooter (born 1918). * 18 October –

Inga Gill Inga Gill (2 May 1925 – 18 October 2000) was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Stockholm and died there in 2000, aged 75, following a thrombosis. Selected filmography * '' Affairs of a Model'' (1946) - Waitress at Gyldene Tunnan (uncre ...

, film actress (born 1925)

References

Years of the 20th century in Sweden

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