1958 in Sweden
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Events from the year 1958 in Sweden
Incumbents
[edit]Events
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- 8-29 June – The 1958 FIFA World Cup is played in Sweden. Brazil defeats Sweden, 5–2, in the final game at Råsunda Stadium in Solna.[1][2]
- 11 December – The first indoor ice hockey venue in Sweden, Rosenlundshallen in Jönköping, is inaugurated.[3]
Births
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- 23 March – Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, ice hockey player and coach.
- 30 May – Marie Fredriksson, singer
- 16 August – Steve Sem-Sandberg, novelist.[4]
- 14 February – Birgitta Lillpers, poet.[5]
Full date missing
[edit]- Mats Nordberg, politician (died 2023).[6]
Deaths
[edit]- 11 September – Arvid Holmberg, gymnast (born 1886).[7]
- 23 September – Elisabeth Tamm, politician
- 11 November – Helge Bäckander, gymnast (born 1891).[8]
- Anna Lisa Andersson, reporter (born 1873)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "World Cup 1958". RSSSF. 1958. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "A Star is Born as Brazil are Champions at Last". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Swedish Ice Hockey Year by Year" (PDF). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Arneberg, Sofie. "Steve Sem-Sandberg". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Birgitta Lillpers". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Mats Nordberg (1958 - 2023)". altinget.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Arvid Holmberg". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Helge Bäckander". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2014.