Events from the year 1942 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf V Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson
Events
April 24 – Hot water is allowed three days a week in Swedish apartment buildings, in Stockholm this requires an extra 12,000 cubic meters of firewood RIFA (manufacturer) is founded. August 7 – Sven "Svängis" Johansson, Sweden wins the Six-Day Cycle Race in Sweden September - sweden place explosion mine in baltic sea shipping route to defend the ship from Soviet and german
Births 2 January – Thomas Hammarberg, diplomat and human rights defender 14 January – Stig Engström (actor) 17 May – Tom Turesson, footballer and manager (died 2004) 22 June – Laila Freivalds, Social Democratic politician 3 July – Gunilla Bergström, author, journalist, and illustrator (died 2021) 4 July – Arne Hegerfors, sports journalist and broadcaster (died 2024) 12 July – Leif "Loket" Olsson, broadcaster (died 2025) 25 July – Krister Kristensson, footballer and manager (died 2023) 1 August – Kent Andersson, motorcycle racer (died 2006) 27 August – Örjan Persson, footballer 30 September – Sture Pettersson, cyclist (died 1983) 6 October – Britt Ekland, actress 6 October – Björn Nordqvist, footballer 26 December – Jan Halvarsson, cross-country skier (died 2020)
Deaths
25 January - Gertrud Adelborg, women's rights activist 5 July – Karin Swanström, actress, producer and director 26 June - Agda Östlund, suffragist and social democrat 20 November – Emma Meissner, soprano and actress 21 November – Einar Lönnberg, zoologist and conservationist 3 December – Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
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