2003 Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, Swedish foreign minister, dies at 46
1994 Ingvar Carlsson forms Swedish government
1994 Swedish government of Bildt resigns
1994 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record)
1994 Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68
1992 Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies
1991 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies
1988 Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (Juggler), dies
1986 Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme
1986 Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
1986 Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84
1983 Ulf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist, dies at 78
1982 Olof Palme forms Swedish government
1982 Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53
1981 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American
1981 Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer and actress (Gabriela), dies at 79
1976 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76
1974 Par Lagerkvist, Swedish author (Dwarf, Nobel 1951), dies at 83
1970 Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78
1968 Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer, world record 400m
1968 Lise Meitner, Austria/Swedish physics (protactinium), dies at 89
1968 Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51
1968 [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/interpreter, dies at 57
1967 Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish Model
1965 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70
1965 Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh and Devil), dies after illness at 78
1964 Neneh Cherry, born in Stockholm Sweden, Swedish pop singer, Money Love
1963 Catarina Lindqvist, born in Sweden, tennis player, Swedish Open 1986
1962 Kerstin Hesselgren, 1st woman in Swedish parliament, dies at 90
1962 Gunde Svan, Swedish long jumper 1984,1988 Olympics gold
1961 Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies
1960 Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt
1960 Johan J "Jussi" Bjorling, Swedish epic tenor, dies at 49
1960 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
1960 Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83
1960 Sven R Lidman, Swedish writer (Tvedraktens Barn), dies at 77
1960 Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope and Means), dies at 68
1957 Anna Lindh, Swedish Politician
1954 Stig H Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31
1954 Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Froken Liwin), dies at 78
1954 Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor, dies at 80
1953 Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79
1952 Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down
1952 Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8
1951 Stellan Skarsgard, Swedish actor, Breaking the Waves
1950 Gosta Forsell, Swedish radiologist, dies at 74
1950 Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Drom), dies at 56
1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
1949 Goran Persson, Swedish Politician
1948 Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40
1947 Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies
1947 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34
1947 Else JT Rangstrom, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies
1945 Rudolf Varnlund, Swedish playwright (Upproret), dies at 45
1945 Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands
1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary
1944 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Eichmann
1941 Karin Boye, Swedish Poet
1940 Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer (Hafvets Stjarna), dies at 59
1937 Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer, Doppelspiel
1935 Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia
1935 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)
1934 Per Olov Enquist, Swedish writer, Hour of the Lynx
1932 Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer, Myten om Wu Tao-tzu
1932 Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide
1931 Tomas G. Transtromer, Swedish psychologist/poet, Morkerseende
1931 Goran J S Palm, Swedish poet and writer, Hudens Besok
1930 Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies
1929 Ulla Jacobson, Swedish actress, One Summer of Happiness
1928 Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor and director (Streets of sin), dies at 45
1928 Hans Blix, Swedish Diplomat
1927 Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer/journalist, Albania Defiant
1926 Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish princess Astrid get engaged
1926 Swedish government of Ekman forms
1926 Anton PO Ekstrom, Swedish writer, Summer Dances
1926 Hans Rausing, Swedish/British industrial/billionaire, Tetra Pak
1925 Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), dies at 71
1925 Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Statesman
1923 Sara A. Lidman, Swedish author, Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi
1923 Stig H Dagerman, Swedish writer, Burned Child
1923 Gustav Enestrom, Swedish historian, dies at 70
1923 Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands
1922 Johan R Kjellen, Swedish sociologist
1920 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet and writer (Polar History), dies at 32
1920 Anders Zorn, Swedish painter (Gustavus Vasa), dies at 60
1920 Bengt N. Anderberg, Swedish poet and writer, Kain
1919 Sven-Erik Beck, Swedish violinist, composer and conductor
1916 Peter Weiss, Germany, Swedish author/dramatist/novelist, Marat/Sade
1916 Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71
1915 Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer, Death of Me
1914 Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary
1913 Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
1912 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II, saved 10,000s of Jews
1912 August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
1911 Gustaf Froding, Swedish poet (Grabstank), dies at 50
1911 Johan J "Jussi" Bjorling, Swedish tenor
1910 Johann O Backlund, Swedish astronomer, dies at 64
1910 [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/librettist, Aniara
1909 Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish Businessman
1908 Hannes OG Alfven, Swedish physicist, Nobel 1970
1908 Hannes Alfven, Swedish Scientist
1907 Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author, Pipi Longstocking
1907 Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer, Guldkedjan
1907 Bjorn-Erik Hoijer, Swedish writer, Nu dansar Sara
1906 Earnest Josephson, Swedish painter, dies
1906 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Swedish Academy, Agadir
1905 Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages
1905 Sven Johan Stolpe, Swedish author, Latt, snabb och om
1905 Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer, Acrobat
1905 Olf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist
1903 Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author, Kamrathustru-Wife and Comrade
1902 Zarah Leander, Swedish and German singer and actress, Gabriela
1901 Irja A Browallius, Swedish author, Syndon pa Skruke
1901 Tage F Erlander, Swedish premier, 1946-69
1901 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist, dies at 87
1901 Torsten Ralf, Swedish tenor, Daphne
1900 Rudolf Varnlund, Swedish playwright, Heliga Familjen
1898 Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet, Barfotabarn
1896 Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63
1895 Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer, Bombi Bitt Och Jag
1895 Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer, Milky Way system
1895 Olof R Jandel, Swedish poet
1894 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, Jorden
1893 Harry Blomberg, Swedish author, Master Jacob
1891 Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet, O the Chimneys-Nobel 1966
1891 Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist, Theory of Money and Capital
1890 A Evert Taube, Swedish writer and troubadour
1888 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet and writer, Svarta Ballader
1888 Sigurd Erixon, Swedish etnologist, Atlas over Svensk Folk culture
1887 Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67
1887 Gunnar Olof Bjorling, Finnish/Swedish language poet, Vilande Dag
1886 Karl MG Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, rontgen spectroscope, Nobel 1924
1886 P J Edvard Backstrom, Swedish writer, dies at 44
1883 Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor and director, Erotikon
1882 Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer
1882 Sven R Lidman, Swedish writer, Tvedraktens Barn
1880 Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer, Sak och sken
1879 Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist
1878 Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist, Protactinium
1878 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83
1876 Gosta Forsell, Swedish radiologist
1875 Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author, Ulla Bella
1874 Anders J ¸ngstrom, Swedish astronomer/physicist (¸-unit), dies at 59
1874 Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author
1873 Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor
1871 Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies
1868 Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71
1866 Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72
1864 Johan R. Kjellen, Swedish sociologist
1864 Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet, Samlade Arbeten
1862 Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician, Nobel 1911
1860 Gustaf Froding, Swedish poet, Stank och flikar
1860 Anders Zorn, Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor, Gustavus Vasa
1860 Hjalmar Branting, Swedish Statesman
1859 Svante August Arhenius, Swedish physicist/chemist, Nobel 1903
1859 Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74
1858 Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author, Boken om Lillebror
1854 Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer
1852 Gustav Enestrom, Swedish mathematician
1850 "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gives 1st U.S. concert
1850 Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina
1849 Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist, Courageous Woman
1848 Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies at 68
1847 1st Swedish magazine in U.S., Skandinavia, published in New York City
1846 Johann E. Backlund, Swedish astronomer, planets/asteroids
1841 P J Edvard Backstrom, Swedish writer
1839 Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/archbishop (Dead Angel), dies
1833 Alfred Nobel, Swedish Scientist
1819 Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist, dies
1813 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist
1812 Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon
1794 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist, System mycologicum
1793 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer, Tornrosens Buck
1793 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet, Blommorna
1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet, Lycksalighetens
1788 Russian fleet destroys Swedish
1786 Carl W.Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
1785 Gustaf P Creutz, Swedish diplomat/poet (Daphne), dies at 54
1785 Arvir A. Afzelius, Swedish story teller
1783 Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet, Natthimmelen
1779 Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/songwriter/archbishop, Dodens Engel
1779 Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist, atomic weight
1778 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies
1778 Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, naming plants and animals
1778 Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70
1772 Gustav III seizes effective control of Swedish government and restores full power of monarchy, which had been subordinate to parliament since 1720
1772 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish Environmentalist
1758 Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist, dies
1757 Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist, lichens
1757 Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet, Medea, Yttersa Domen
1746 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer and naval chaplain
1746 Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment, 1771-92
1742 Carl W. Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, lemon acid
1721 Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War
1715 Swedish troops occupy Norway
1714 Battle at Hango (Hangut): Russians beat Swedish fleet
1714 Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet
1713 Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34
1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
1708 Swedish King Karel XII beats Russians
1706 Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen
1705 Peter Arctedius, [Artedi], Swedish biologist
1703 Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians
1702 Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow
1702 Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw
1700 Battle at Narva: Swedish king Karel XII beats Russians
1700 Swedish, English and Dutch army lands on Seeland, Denmark
1694 Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist
1688 Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish Environmentalist
1682 Swedish king Karel XI establishes absolute monarchy
1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
1679 Johan Runius, Swedish poet, Dudaim
1676 Creutz, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle
1676 Uggla, Swedish Admiral (land), dies in battle
1675 Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships
1674 Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35
1658 Battle of Sont: Swedish fleet beats Dutch
1656 Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir and occupies Warsaw
1655 Swedish King Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow
1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow
1655 Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft. Casimir from Swedish in Delaware
1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw
1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw
1654 Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71
1652 Louis de Geer, Neth/Swedish industrialist/millionaire, dies at 64
1649 Last Swedish troops vacate Prague
1638 French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine
1638 Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet
1638 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
1637 Peter Minuit and 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1634 Battle at Nordlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat
1632 Battle at Lutzen: Swedish/Saxon army beats imperial armies
1632 Swedish and Saxon army beat Earl Tilly
1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde
1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde
1628 Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned
1621 Swedish troops occupy Riga
1598 Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry", Hercules
1598 Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies
1583 Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
1552 Laurentius Andreae, [Lars Andersson], Swedish church reformer, dies
1523 Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
1520 Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles
1373 Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies
1341 Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies
860 Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople
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