2015 in Sweden

The following lists events that happened in 2015 in Sweden.

Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister – Stefan Löfven

Events 15 June: Lisa Holm's body discovery 10 August: Västerås IKEA stabbing attack 18 March: 2015 Gothenburg pub shooting 23 May: Måns Zelmerlöw's song Heroes wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. 22 October: Trollhättan school stabbing 12 November: Shopping mall Mall of Scandinavia is inaugurated in Solna. The Sweden Democrats announced that they would break ties with its youth league Sweden Democratic Youth for its Radical Ultranationalism.

Deaths 11 January – Anita Ekberg, actress (b. 1931). 26 March – Tomas Tranströmer, Nobel poet and translator (b. 1931). 30 April – Lennart Bodström, politician (b. 1928). 4 June – Bengt Berndtsson, footballer (b. 1933). 5 October – Henning Mankell, author (b. 1948). 21 November – Linda Haglund, 59, short-distance runner (b. 1956). 19 December – Karin Söder, politician (b. 1928). 22 December – Peter Lundblad, 65, singer (b. 1950).

See also 2015 in Swedish television

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