Events from the year 1989 in Sweden.
Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister – Ingvar Carlsson
Events 1 October – Establishment of the Swedish Security Service 22 March, 2 May and 20 December – the Porn Murders occurred in Stockholm
Popular culture
Film 6 March – The 24th Guldbagge Awards were presented. 15 September – The Women on the Roof released
Sport 17 to 20 August – The 1989 World Orienteering Championships were held in Skövde. 23 September to 1 October – The 1989 Men's European Volleyball Championship was hosted in Örebro and Stockholm.
Births
22 February – Anna Sundstrand, singer and model 28 March – Jenny Lönnkvist, orienteering competitor 10 April – Jenny Alm, handball player 27 April – Jerker Lysell, orienteering competitor, world champion in sprint (2016) 5 May – Agnes Knochenhauer, curler 23 May – Jeffery Taylor, basketball player 12 June – Emma Eliasson, ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist 29 June – Jens Westin, ice hockey player 11 July – Tobias Sana, football player 21 July – Christoffer Sundgren, curler 8 September – Avicii, DJ, remixer, record producer, musician and songwriter 24 October – Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, a.k.a. PewDiePie, YouTube personality 4 November – Frida Svedin Thunström, ice hockey player
Deaths
1 February – Erik Persson, footballer (born 1909) 27 February – Göran Larsson, swimmer (born 1932) 16 June – Arthur Häggblad, cross-country skier (born 1908) 20 September – Stig Andersson-Tvilling, ice hockey player (born 1928) 29 October – Anders Rydberg, football player (born 1903) 23 December – Lennart Strandberg, athlete (born 1915) 31 December – Clarence Hammar, sailor (born 1899)
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