2015 Event Israeli forces peaceably board and redirect the Swedish Marianne, a ship that was part of Freedom Flotilla III, which sought to enter the Gaza port in violation of Israel's naval blockade; the ship will be taken to the port of Ashdod and inspected 2014 Event Swedish officials release a photo of U-boat tracks along the sea floor as proof that a foreign submarine breached the nation�s waters; the search began after the military detected Russian-language distress calls and spotted an unidentified vessel 2013 Event The recent meat adulteration scandal prompts Swedish furniture megastore IKEA to stop sales of its moose meat lasagna in its worldwide stores 2012 Event Swedish doctors perform the world's first stem cell assisted vein transplant on a 10-year old girl 2011 Event The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer 2011 Event A team of divers discover the wreck of a Swedish warship, possibly Mars, the head of king Erik XIV's fleet which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1564 2003 Death Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, Swedish foreign minister, dies in Stockholm, Sweden, at age 46, murdered by a knife attack while shopping 1994 Event Ingvar Carlsson forms Swedish government 1994 Event Swedish government of Bildt resigns 1994 Event 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record) 1994 Death Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68 1992 Death Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies 1991 Death Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer and Professor (Swedish Academy), dies 1988 Death Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (Juggler), dies 1986 Event Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme 1986 Death Sven Olof Palme, Swedish Prime Minister 1969 - 1976, 1982 - 1986, assassinated at 59 1986 Death Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84 1983 Death Ulf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist, dies at 78 1982 Event Olof Palme forms Swedish government 1982 Death Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53 1981 Event Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American 1981 Death Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer and actress (Gabriela), dies at 79 1976 Death Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76 1974 Death Par Lagerkvist, Swedish author (Dwarf, Nobel 1951), dies at 83 1968 Birthday Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer, world record 400m 1968 Death Lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89 1968 Death Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51 1968 Death [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/interpreter, dies at 57 1967 Birthday Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish Model 1965 Death Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70 1965 Death Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh and Devil), dies after illness at 78 1964 Birthday Neneh Cherry, born in Stockholm Sweden, Swedish pop singer, Money Love 1964 Birthday John Norum, born in Vardo, Norway, musician, hard rock guitarist, co-founder of Swedish band Europe 1963 Birthday Catarina Lindqvist, born in Sweden, tennis player, Swedish Open 1986 1962 Death Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90 1962 Birthday Gunde Svan, Swedish long jumper 1984,1988 Olympics gold 1961 Death Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies 1960 Event Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt 1960 Death Johan J "Jussi" Bjorling, Swedish epic tenor, dies at 49 1960 Death Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88 1960 Death Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83 1960 Death Sven R Lidman, Swedish writer (Tvedraktens Barn), dies at 77 1960 Death Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope and Means), dies at 68 1957 Birthday Anna Lindh, born in Enskede, Sweden, politician, Social Democrat party, served as Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs 1954 Death Stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31 1954 Death Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Froken Liwin), dies at 78 1954 Death Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor, dies at 80 1953 Death Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79 1952 Event Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down 1952 Event Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 1951 Birthday Stellan Skarsgard, Swedish actor, Breaking the Waves 1950 Death Gosta Forsell, Swedish radiologist, dies at 74 1950 Death Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Drom), dies at 56 1950 Event Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die 1949 Birthday Goran Persson, Swedish Politician 1948 Death Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40 1947 Death Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies 1947 Death Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 1947 Death Else JT Rangstrom, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies 1945 Death Rudolf Varnlund, Swedish playwright (Upproret), dies at 45 1945 Event Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands 1945 Event Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary 1944 Event Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Eichmann 1941 Death Karin Boye, Swedish Poet 1940 Death Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer (Hafvets Stjarna), dies at 59 1937 Birthday Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer, Doppelspiel 1935 Event Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia 1935 Event Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX) 1934 Birthday Per Olov Enquist, Swedish writer, Hour of the Lynx 1932 Birthday Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer, Myten om Wu Tao-tzu 1932 Death Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide 1931 Birthday Tomas G. Transtromer, Swedish psychologist/poet, Morkerseende 1931 Birthday Goran J S Palm, Swedish poet and writer, Hudens Besok 1930 Death Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies 1929 Birthday Ulla Jacobson, Swedish actress, One Summer of Happiness 1928 Death Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor and director (Streets of sin), dies at 45 1928 Birthday Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat 1927 Birthday Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer/journalist, Albania Defiant 1926 Event Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish princess Astrid get engaged 1926 Event Swedish government of Ekman forms 1926 Birthday Anton PO Ekstrom, Swedish writer, Summer Dances 1926 Birthday Hans Rausing, Swedish/British industrial/billionaire, Tetra Pak 1925 Death Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), dies at 71 1925 Death Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Statesman 1923 Birthday Sara A. Lidman, Swedish author, Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi 1923 Birthday Stig H Dagerman, Swedish writer, Burned Child 1923 Death Gustav Enestrom, Swedish historian, dies at 70 1923 Event Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands 1922 Birthday Johan R Kjellen, Swedish sociologist 1920 Death Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet and writer (Polar History), dies at 32 1920 Death Anders Zorn, Swedish painter (Gustavus Vasa), dies at 60 1920 Birthday Bengt N. Anderberg, Swedish poet and writer, Kain 1919 Birthday Sven-Erik Beck, Swedish violinist, composer and conductor 1916 Birthday Peter Weiss, Germany, Swedish author/dramatist/novelist, Marat/Sade 1916 Death Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71 1915 Birthday Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer, Death of Me 1914 Event Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary 1913 Event Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper 1912 Birthday Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II, saved 10,000s of Jews 1912 Death August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63 1911 Death Gustaf Froding, Swedish poet (Grabstank), dies at 50 1911 Birthday Johan J "Jussi" Bjorling, Swedish tenor 1910 Death Johann O Backlund, Swedish astronomer, dies at 64 1910 Birthday [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/librettist, Aniara 1909 Birthday Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish Businessman 1908 Birthday Hannes OG Alfven, Swedish physicist, Nobel 1970 1908 Birthday Hannes Alfven, Swedish Scientist 1907 Birthday Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author, Pipi Longstocking 1907 Birthday Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer, Guldkedjan 1907 Birthday Bjorn-Erik Hoijer, Swedish writer, Nu dansar Sara 1906 Death Earnest Josephson, Swedish painter, dies 1906 Birthday Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy, Agadir 1905 Event Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages 1905 Birthday Sven Johan Stolpe, Swedish author, Latt, snabb och om 1905 Birthday Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer, Acrobat 1905 Birthday Olf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist 1903 Birthday Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author, Kamrathustru-Wife and Comrade 1902 Birthday Zarah Leander, Swedish and German singer and actress, Gabriela 1901 Birthday Irja A Browallius, Swedish author, Syndon pa Skruke 1901 Birthday Tage F Erlander, Swedish premier, 1946-69 1901 Death Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist, dies at 87 1901 Birthday Torsten Ralf, Swedish tenor, Daphne 1900 Birthday Karin Boye, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, born Karin Maria Boye, poet, novelist, co-founder of poetry magazine Spektrum, introduced T.S. Eliot to Swedish readers, best-known novel 'Kallocain' 1900 Birthday Rudolf Varnlund, Swedish playwright, Heliga Familjen 1898 Birthday Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet, Barfotabarn 1896 Death Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 1895 Birthday Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer, Bombi Bitt Och Jag 1895 Birthday Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer, Milky Way system 1895 Birthday Olof R Jandel, Swedish poet 1894 Birthday Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, Jorden 1893 Birthday Harry Blomberg, Swedish author, Master Jacob 1891 Birthday Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist, Theory of Money and Capital 1890 Birthday A Evert Taube, Swedish writer and troubadour 1888 Birthday Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet and writer, Svarta Ballader 1888 Birthday Sigurd Erixon, Swedish etnologist, Atlas over Svensk Folk culture 1887 Death Jenny Lind, Swedish Nightingale, soprano, dies at 67 1887 Birthday Gunnar Olof Bjorling, Finnish/Swedish language poet, Vilande Dag 1886 Birthday Karl MG Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, rontgen spectroscope, Nobel 1924 1886 Death P J Edvard Backstrom, Swedish writer, dies at 44 1883 Birthday Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor and director, Erotikon 1882 Birthday Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer 1882 Birthday Sven R Lidman, Swedish writer, Tvedraktens Barn 1880 Birthday Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer, Sak och sken 1879 Birthday Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist 1878 Birthday Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist, Protactinium 1878 Death Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83 1876 Birthday Gosta Forsell, Swedish radiologist 1875 Birthday Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author, Ulla Bella 1874 Death Anders J engstrom, Swedish astronomer/physicist (e-unit), dies at 59 1874 Birthday Elsa Beskow, Maartman, Swedish children's book/fairy tales author 1873 Birthday Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor 1871 Death Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies 1868 Death Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71 1866 Death Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72 1864 Birthday Johan R. Kjellen, Swedish sociologist 1864 Birthday Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet, Samlade Arbeten 1862 Birthday Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician, Nobel 1911 1860 Birthday Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Statesman 1860 Birthday Gustaf Froding, Swedish poet, Stank och flikar 1860 Birthday Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor, Gustavus Vasa 1859 Birthday Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist, Nobel 1903 1859 Death Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 1858 Birthday Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author, Boken om Lillebror 1854 Birthday Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer 1852 Birthday Gustav Enestrom, Swedish mathematician 1850 Event "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gives 1st U.S. concert 1850 Event Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina 1849 Birthday Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist, Courageous Woman 1848 Death Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies at 68 1847 Event 1st Swedish magazine in U.S., Skandinavia, published in New York City 1846 Birthday Johann E. Backlund, Swedish astronomer, planets/asteroids 1841 Birthday P J Edvard Backstrom, Swedish writer 1839 Death Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/archbishop (Dead Angel), dies 1833 Birthday Alfred Nobel, Swedish Scientist 1819 Death Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist, dies 1813 Birthday Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist 1812 Event Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon 1794 Birthday Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist, System mycologicum 1793 Birthday Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer, Tornrosens Buck 1793 Death Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35 1790 Birthday Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet, Blommorna 1790 Birthday Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet, Lycksalighetens 1788 Event Russian fleet destroys Swedish 1786 Death Carl W.Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43 1785 Death Gustaf P Creutz, Swedish diplomat/poet (Daphne), dies at 54 1785 Birthday Arvir A. Afzelius, Swedish story teller 1783 Birthday Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet, Natthimmelen 1779 Birthday Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/songwriter/archbishop, Dodens Engel 1779 Birthday Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist, atomic weight 1778 Death Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies 1778 Birthday Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, naming plants and animals 1778 Death Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70 1772 Event Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government and restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720 1772 Death Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish Environmentalist 1758 Death Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist, dies 1757 Birthday Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist, lichens 1757 Birthday Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet, Medea, Yttersa Domen 1746 Birthday Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer and naval chaplain 1746 Birthday Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment, 1771-92 1742 Birthday Carl W. Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, lemon acid 1721 Event Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War 1715 Event Swedish troops occupy Norway 1714 Event Battle at Hango (Hangut): Russians beat Swedish fleet 1714 Event Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet 1713 Death Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34 1708 Event Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1708 Event Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1708 Event Swedish King Karel XII beats Russians 1706 Event Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen 1705 Birthday Peter Arctedius, Swedish biologist 1703 Event Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians 1702 Event Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow 1702 Event Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw 1700 Event Battle at Narva: Swedish king Karel XII beats Russians 1700 Event Swedish, English and Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark 1694 Birthday Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist 1688 Birthday Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish Environmentalist 1682 Event Swedish king Karel XI establishes absolute monarchy 1679 Death Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies 1679 Birthday Johan Runius, Swedish poet, Dudaim 1676 Death Creutz, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1676 Death Uggla, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle 1675 Event Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships 1674 Death Lars Johnstown, Lasse Lucidor, Swedish poet, dies at 35 1658 Event Battle of Sont: Swedish fleet beats Dutch 1656 Event Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir and occupies Warsaw 1655 Event Swedish King Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow 1655 Event Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow 1655 Event Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft. Casimir from Swedish in Delaware 1655 Event Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw 1655 Event Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw 1654 Death Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71 1652 Death Louis de Geer, Netherlands/Swedish industrialist/millionaire, dies at 64 1649 Event Last Swedish troops vacate Prague 1638 Event French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine 1638 Birthday Lars Johnstown, Swedish poet 1638 Event 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans) 1637 Event Peter Minuit and 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden 1634 Event Battle at Nordlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat 1632 Event Battle at Lutzen: Swedish/Saxon army beats imperial armies 1632 Event Swedish and Saxon army beat Earl Tilly 1630 Event Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde 1630 Event Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde 1628 Death Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned 1621 Event Swedish troops occupy Riga 1598 Birthday Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry", Hercules 1598 Death Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies 1583 Birthday Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent 1552 Death Laurentius Andreae, Lars Andersson, Swedish church reformer, dies 1523 Event Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) 1520 Event Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles 1373 Death Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies 1341 Death Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies 860 Event Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople
