Events in the year 2025 in Sweden.
Incumbents Monarch Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister Ulf Kristersson Speaker Andreas Norlén
Events January 27 January Henrik Landerholm resigns as national security adviser after it is revealed that he had mishandled sensitive documents and data in improper locations. 28 January A man is arrested after ramming his car into the gate of the Russian embassy in Stockholm. 29 January Salwan Momika, who became controversial for burning a copy of the Koran outside the Stockholm Mosque in 2023, is shot dead in Södertälje.
February 4 February Eleven people, including the gunman, are killed in a shooting at the Campus Risbergska adult education centre in Örebro. 21 February A section of a submarine telecommunications cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany is severed off the coast of Gotland. 27 February A court in Germany sentences two Afghan nationals to up to five years imprisonment for plotting to attack the Riksdag and assassinate lawmakers in response to the burning of copies of the Koran.
April 29 April 2025 Uppsala shooting: Three people are killed in a shooting at a hair salon in Uppsala.
May 9 May Tobias Thyberg resigns as national security adviser a day after assuming the post following the release of sensitive images of him on Grindr. 925 May 2025 IIHF World Championship in Denmark and Sweden. 17 May – Sweden's KAJ finishes in fourth place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Bara bada bastu". Journalist Joakim Medin, who was imprisoned while covering the 2025 Turkish protests and convicted by a court in Turkey on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is released and returned to Sweden following lobbying by the Swedish and other European foreign ministries.
June 17 June Ten executives of the waste management company Think Pink are convicted and sentenced by a court in Södertörn to up to six years' imprisonment for improperly disposing and processing 200,000 tonnes of waste from the Stockholm area from 2015 to 2020 in Sweden's largest environmentally related crimes trial.
July 4 July Ismail Abdo, the leader of the Rumba criminal gang, is arrested in Turkey. 16 July A court in Gothenburg sentences three people to up to 22 years' imprisonment for the murder of rapper C.Gambino in 2024. 31 July Osama Krayem, a Swedish Islamic State militant, is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh in Syria in 2015.
August 15 August – One person is killed in a shooting near a mosque in Örebro blamed on gang violence.
September 27 September – The Storkriket region is designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO.
November 8 November – A villa in Lidingö used by a Russian trade delegation is vandalised with paint dropped from a drone. 15 November – Three people are killed and three others are injured when a bus crashes into a bus stop in Östermalm, Stockholm.
December 28 December – At least three people are killed nationwide in weather-related incidents caused by Storm Johannes.
Art and entertainment List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Births 7 February Princess Ines, Duchess of Västerbotten.
Deaths 30 January Leif Olsson, 82, radio and television presenter and handball referee. 21 April Walter Frankenstein, 100, German-born engineer and Holocaust survivor. 16 May Marianne Bernadotte, 100, actress, philanthropist and royal family member. Meta Velander, 100, actress (Honeymoon, Dear Alice, Marmalade Revolution). 24 June Clark Olofsson, 78, bank robber. 18 July Percy Barnevik, 84, business executive. 20 July Kenneth Hermele, 76, economist. 25 October Björn Andrésen, 70, actor (Death in Venice) and musician. 29 October Erik Paulsson, 83, founder of PEAB and chairman of Skistar (since 1977). 4 November Runo Sundberg, 96, actor (Hem till byn). 9 November Göran Ringbom, 81, musician. 11 November Ingamay Bylund, 78, equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1984).
Holidays
1 January New Year's Day 6 January Epiphany 18 April Good Friday 20 April Easter Sunday 21 April Easter Monday 1 May International Workers' Day 29 May Ascension Day 6 June National Day of Sweden 21 June Midsummer Day 1 November All Saints' Day 24 December Christmas Eve 25 December Christmas Day 26 December 2nd Day of Christmas
References
External links Online calendar