1987 in Sweden
Incumbents
Events
Gävlebro was inaugurated on 15 December.
- 23 January – The film Stockholmsnatt is released.
- 2 February – The 22nd Guldbagge Awards is presented.
- 2 April – Shopping mall A6 center is inaugurated near Jönköping.[1]
- 27 July to 2 August – The tennis tournament 1987 Swedish Open.
- 16 November – In the Lerum train crash, nine people were killed and more than 100 were injured.[2]
- 15 December – Covered bridge restaurant Gävlebro is inaugurated near Gävle.[3]
- 25 December – The film Pelle the Conqueror is released.
- 31 December – TV 3 Sweden is launched.
Births
- 1 January – Patric Hörnqvist, ice hockey player
- 2 February – Christoffer Vikström, swimmer.[4]
- 3 February – Christine Bjerendal, archer.[5]
- 26 February – Johan Sjöstrand, handball player
- 10 March – Ebba Jungmark, high jumper.[6]
- 14 April – Ida Odén, handball player
- 12 May – Björn Gund, ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
- 2 June – Darin Zanyar, singer-songwriter
- 7 July – Veronica Wagner, gymnast
- 27 July – Astrid Gabrielsson, sailor
- 8 August – Petter Menning, sprint canoer
- 2 October – Johanna Ahlm, handball player.[7]
- 29 October – Tove Lo, singer-songwriter
- 14 November – Nour El-Refai, Lebanese born-Swedish actress and comedian
- 17 November – Jacob Wester, freestyle skier
- 12 December – Sibel Redžep, Macedonian-born singer
Deaths
Håkan Malmrot (right), twice Olympic Champion in 1920
- 10 January – Håkan Malmrot, swimmer (born 1900).[8]
- 20 October – Lars-Erik Sjöberg, ice-hockey player (born 1944)
- 7 November – Arne Borg, swimmer (born 1901).[9]
- 12 November – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (born 1937)
- 21 November – Axel Ståhle, horse rider (born 1891)
References
- "Årtal och händelser i Jönköping" (in Swedish). Jönköpings historia. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- "Swedish Train Crash Kills 9". nytimes.com. 17 November 1987. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- Nils Palmeby (8 June 2021). "35 år sedan striden om Gävle bro" (in Swedish). Gefle Dagblad. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- "Christoffer Wikström". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- "Christine Bjerendal". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- "Ebba Jungmark". olympedia.org. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- "Johanna Ahlml". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- "Håkan Malmrot". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- "Arne Borg". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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