Events from the year 1995 in Sweden.
Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister – Ingvar Carlsson
Events 1 January Sweden accedes to the European Union.
September Establishment of the Haparanda Archipelago National Park.
November The November Storm of 1995
Popular culture Literature Hummelhonung, novel by Torgny Lindgren, winner of the August Prize. Underbara kvinnor vid vatten, novel by Monika Fagerholm, received the Thanks for the Book Award Comédia infantil, novel by Henning Mankell, English translation Chronicler of the Winds (2006).
Sports 5–18 June – the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup were held 5–13 August – the 1995 World Championships in Athletics were held in Gothenburg The 1995 Allsvenskan was won by IFK Göteborg
Births
9 May – Oliver Källbom, ice hockey player 6 June – Jonna Adlerteg, gymnast 21 June – Jesper Karlström, footballer 6 August – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player 2 November – Hanna Öberg, biathlete
Deaths 8 June – Erik Beckman, poet, novelist and playwright (born 1935). 16 June – Tore Edman, ski jumper (born 1904) 13 September – Birger Norman, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and non-fiction writer (born 1914). 14 October – Karl Widmark, canoer (born 1911)
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