Events from the year 1952 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events June – The Catalina affair 21 September – Swedish general election 25 October – The Swedish Basketball Federation is founded out of the Swedish Handball Federation's basketball section. unknown date – The paratrooper training school Fallskärmsjägarna (FJS) is established.

Popular culture

Film 12 August – The Firebird released

Births

23 February – Sören Åkeby, football player 25 February – Tomas Ledin, singer and songwriter 21 March – Håkan Lindström, sailor. 7 May – Stanley Dickens, racing driver 12 May – Christer Garpenborg, athlete. 29 May – Carl-Henric Svanberg, businessman 14 June – Suzanne Reuter, actress 15 July – Christian Palme, communications expert, journalist and writer 10 August – Ulf Weinstock, ice hockey player. 10 September – Gustav Levin, actor

Deaths

12 July – Konrad Törnqvist, football player (born 1888). 2 September – Hans von Rosen, horse rider (born 1888) 24 December – Anton Johanson, football player and manager (born 1877) Anna von Zweigbergk, reporter (born 1865)

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