Events from the year 2013 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister – Fredrik Reinfeldt

Events 7 May: Vatchareeya Bangsuan went missing from her home in Boden. Kim Marie Johansson would later be found responsible for her murder. 19 May 2013 Stockholm riots 14–18 May: The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 is held in the Malmö Arena in Malmö. The winner is Danish singer Emmelie de Forest with her song Only Teardrops. 10–28 July – The UEFA Women's Euro 2013 was held. Germany won the tournament. 16 October – Antje Jackelén is appointed the first female Church of Sweden archbishop. 5 November – The leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Åkesson is caked at a book signing on Nytorget, Södermalm in Stockholm.

Deaths

5 January – Ann-Britt Leyman, athlete (b. 1922). 5 January – Anders Carlberg, politician (b. 1943). 8 February – Kjell Hjertsson, footballer (b. 1922). 16 February – Eric Ericson, conductor (b. 1918). 21 February –Hasse Jeppson, footballer (b. 1925). 10 March – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (b. 1915). 21 March – Jörgen Ohlin, footballer (b. 1937). 1 May – Dick Heinegård, biochemist (b. 1942). 10 June – Petrus Kastenman, equestrian (b. 1924).

See also 2013 in Swedish television

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