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Events from the year 2005 in Sweden


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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 ...
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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

* 1 January – The train service between
Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
and Stockholm is closed after 133 years. * 8–9 January – A strong storm, Hurricane Gudrun, hits northern Europe, including southern Sweden. At least 18 people are killed, 300,000 households and 75 million cubic meters of forest are felled. * 18 January – The company SIBA's CEO Fabian Bengtsson disappears in central Gothenburg, probably kidnapped. * 3 February – Fabian Bengtsson is found alive in Gothenburg. * 5 February – Sweden's Prime Minister
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 ...
is appointed an honorary doctor of medicine at
Örebro University Örebro University () is a public university in Örebro, Sweden. The university has its roots in the Örebro campus of Uppsala University, and became an independent state university college in 1977, Örebro University College (''Högskolan i Ö ...
. The appointment arouses strong protests, as it is considered a reward for the prime minister's having made
Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...
University into a university. * 11 March –
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles. The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi ...
launches its new game console
Nintendo DS The is a foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens worki ...
in Sweden and the rest of Europe. * 21 March – An arson attack is carried out against the Communist Party's Röda Stjärnan bookstore in Jönköping. * 15 April -The Swedish political party Feministisk initiative is founded, but the decision to run in the parliamentary elections was made on 9 September 2005. * 16 May – Second day of Pentecost is no longer a public holiday in Sweden, because the national day would be instead. * 29 May- The commemorative note "Tumba Bruk 250 years" is issued, Sveriges riksbank * 31 May – The BrattÃ¥s murders. * 1 June – Smoking ban is introduced in restaurants, pubs and cafes in Sweden. * 6 June – Sweden's national day becomes holiday. * 10 June – The new Svinesund Bridge is inaugurated and the older bridge is named the Old Svinesund Bridge. * 1 July – A new Swedish copyright law enters into force. The file sharing debate flares up again. * 11 September – The Armed Forces' telecommunications network and ground telecommunications unit (FMTM) is established. * 18 September – The Swedish church holds a church referendum. * 1 November – The healthcare guarantee starts to apply throughout Sweden. * 25 November – A Swedish vehicle from the Swedish Foreign Forces is exposed to a bomb attack during a reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan. Two of the four people in the vehicle later died in hospital. * 3 December – The yuletide in Gävle is lit by two dressed-up men at 9:08 p.m. * 10 December – The 2005 Nobel Prize (see prize winners below) is awarded as usual in Stockholm's concert hall and in Oslo, with associated ceremonies.


Popular culture


Literature

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in ) is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in 2005, translated into English in 2008, and became an international bestseller. ''T ...
'', crime novel by
Stieg Larsson Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and far-left activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, sta ...
* '' The Stone Cutter'', crime novel by
Camilla Läckberg Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg (; born 30 August 1974), also known as Camilla Läckberg Eriksson, is a Swedish crime writer and screenwriter. She is especially known for her series of novels set in Fjällbacka and featuring husband-and-wife duo ...
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Det lysande ögat Det lysande ögat ("The Shining Eye") is a Swedish children's detective novel of 2005 written by Laura Trenter and Tony Manieri. It is the first book in the series "''Nadja and Charlie, Detective Duo''", and is followed by ''Stackelstrands hemli ...
'', children's detective fiction


Film

* 4 November – '' Mother of Mine'', directed by
Klaus Härö Klaus Härö (; born 31 March 1971 in Porvoo, Finland) is a Finnish film director. In 2004, he won Finland's State Prize for Art. Härö grew up in a Swedish-speaking Finnish family. He studied directing and attended screen writing seminars at ...
, released in Sweden * 11 November – ''
Made in YU ''Made in YU'', also known as ''Made in Yugoslavia'', is a 2005 Swedish action drama film directed by Miko Lazić. Plot The story begins with a suicide attempt by Petar Petrović, a Serbian worker in Sweden. Peter plays the lottery for years and ...
'' released * 18 November – ''
Storm A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstor ...
'' released


Born

* 11 March – Axel Sandin Pelikka, Swedish ice hockey player.


Deaths

* 6 January – Ivan Lidholm, 94, Swedish track and field athlete and sports journalist. * 13 January – Bengt Janson, 47, Swedish antique dealer, teacher and TV presenter. * 8 February –
Germund Dahlquist Germund Dahlquist (16 January 1925 – 8 February 2005) was a Sweden, Swedish mathematician known primarily for his early contributions to the theory of numerical analysis as applied to differential equations. Dahlquist began to study mathematics ...
, mathematician (born 1925) * 13 February –
Sixten Ehrling Evert Sixten Ehrling (3 April 1918 – 13 February 2005) was a Swedish conductor and pianist who, during a long career, served as the music director of the Royal Swedish Opera and the principal conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, am ...
, conductor (born 1918) * 12 May –
Monica Zetterlund Monica Zetterlund (born Eva Monica Nilsson; 20 September 1937 â€“ 12 May 2005) was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. She represented Sweden in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the jazz ballad " En gÃ¥ng i Stockholm" ("Once Upon a T ...
, singer and actress (born 1937) * 28 November –
Carl Forssell Carl Forssell (25 October 1917 – 28 November 2005) was a Swedish fencer. Competing in the team épée he won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, a silver at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially kn ...
, fencer (born 1917).


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Anna Westberg Anna Westberg (14 September 1946 – 26 October 2005) was a Swedish journalist, novelist and non-fiction writer. She grew up in in Gästrikland. She made her literary debut in 1978, with the novel ''Paradisets döttrar''. She co-edited the two-v ...
, novelist and non-fiction writer (born 1946).


See also

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2005 in Swedish television This is a list of Swedish television related events from 2005. Events *30 January - Kanal5 joined forces with TVN from Norway to co-produce the Scandinavian version of ''Big Brother''. *24 April - Sandra Oxenryd wins the fourth and final seas ...


References

Years of the 21st century in Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub