1958 in Sweden

Events from the year 1958 in Sweden.

Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

8-29 June – The 1958 FIFA World Cup is played in Sweden. Brazil defeats Sweden, 5–2, in the final game at Råsunda Stadium in Solna.

11 December – The first indoor ice hockey venue in Sweden, Rosenlundshallen in Jönköping, is inaugurated.

Births

23 March – Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, ice hockey player and coach. 30 May – Marie Fredriksson, singer 16 August – Steve Sem-Sandberg, novelist. 14 February – Birgitta Lillpers, poet.

Full date missing

Mats Nordberg, politician (died 2023).

Deaths 11 September – Arvid Holmberg, gymnast (born 1886). 23 September – Elisabeth Tamm, politician 11 November – Helge Bäckander, gymnast (born 1891). Anna Lisa Andersson, reporter (born 1873)

1958 in Sweden

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