Events from the year 2001 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister – Göran Persson
Events
January 1 January - The name day list is updated. 1 January - The Swedish Defence Research Agency is established. 6 January - Landskrona Station is opened. 11 January - Secretary General of NATO, Lord Robertson, made an official visit to Sweden to meet the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Anna Lindh and the Minister of Defence Mr. Björn von Sydow. 16 January - The music concert Artister mot nazister is held in Globen. 18 January - Nicola Vasmatzis is shot dead in a restroom at Bromma Gymnasium in Stockholm. 19 January - Lennart Daleus resigns as leader of the Centre Party.
February 11 February - Several houses from the 18th century burn down on the Arkadien block in eastern Jönköping.
March 7 March - The Minister of Commerce and Industry Leif Pagrotsky and the Member of the European Parliament Marit Paulsen each get a cake thrown at their necks at a debate evening in Lund. 15 March - The Alcohol Committee is established. 19 March - Maud Olofsson is elected leader of the Centre Party at a party conference. After the 2002 election, the Centre Party's first electoral upturn since 1973 was attributed to the "Maud effect." 25 March - Sweden joins the Schengen Area.
April 17 April - The Minister for Finance Bosse Ringholm is caked by a 21-year-old member of the Stockholm Cake Brigade when making the budget walk on Drottninggatan.
May 22 May - The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is signed in Stockholm. 29 May - Norrtåg is founded.
June 14 June - 16 June - A European Council meeting is held in Gothenburg which causes the Gothenburg Riots.
July 1 July - A new citizenship law is put into effect which allows Multiple citizenship. 28 July - 5 August - Sweden's first major and international scout camp, SCOUT 2001, is held in Rinkaby, Kristianstad. 31 July - Nordea buys Postgirot.
August 1 August - The People's Park in Karlskoga burns down. 15 August - Christina Jutterström becomes new CEO for SVT.
September 5 September - The Kolbäck Bridge in Umeå is opened. 11 September - A massive flood originating from the Selånger River destroys parts of Sundsvall. 15 September - Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad is opened. 16 September - The 2001 Church of Sweden elections are held.
October 21 October - Hammarby Fotboll win their first gold in Swedish Championship in football.
November 12 November - One of Sweden's oldest churches Södra Råda Old Church in Gullspång burns down after an arson attack by a 23-year-old murderer.
December 6 December - The Carlbeck Committee is established. 10 December - The Nobel Prize turns 100 and 161 previous winners are invited for its birthday party. 18 December - The Repatriation of Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery takes place. 31 December - Jan Malmsjö reads Ring Out, Wild Bells at Skansen due to Margaretha Krooks death.
Popular culture
Film 24 October – Deadline, directed by Colin Nutley, released in Sweden Buy Bye Beauty, documentary film directed by Pål Hollender
Sports 24 March-1 April – The Bandy World Championship 2001 for men was played in Sweden and Finland
Births
19 June – William Hansson, alpine ski racer.
Deaths
10 February – Helge Bengtsson, footballer (born 1916) 21 February – Philip Sandblom, sailor (born 1903). 23 April – Lennart Atterwall, javelin thrower (born 1911). 4 May – Arne Sucksdorff, film director (born 1917). 7 May – Margaretha Krook, stage and film actress (born 1925). 27 May – Agda Rössel, politician and diplomat (born 1910) 16 September – Ann-Margret Ahlstrand, athlete (born 1905) 9 November – Tore Zetterholm, novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1915). 10 November – Carl-Gustav Esseen, mathematician (born 1918) 12 December – Berit Granquist, fencer (born 1909)
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