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1956 in Sweden
Summary
Events from the year
1956 in
Sweden
←
1955
1954
1953
1956
in
Sweden
→
1957
1958
1959
Decades:
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
See also:
Other events of 1956
Timeline of Swedish history
Incumbents
edit
Monarch
–
Gustaf VI Adolf
Prime Minister
–
Tage Erlander
Events
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16 September –
Swedish general election
The
Husaby Affair
around
Florence Stephens
.
The disappearance of
Gunnel Gummeson
.
Popular culture
edit
Sport
edit
Guldpucken
established
11-17 June - The country stages the
Equestrian events
in the
1956 Summer Olympics
because of problems with quarantine laws affecting the host city of
Melbourne
Theatre
edit
The
Eugene O'Neill Award
established
Film
edit
11 June –
Seventh Heaven
released
10 September –
The Staffan Stolle Story
released
Births
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Ingemar Stenmark
won more international races than any other alpine skier in history, with a total of 86 wins until March 2023 when Shiffrin won her 87th World Cup race.
18 March –
Ingemar Stenmark
, alpine skier.
[1]
2 May –
Kenneth Johansson
, politician
13 May –
Staffan Hellstrand
, rock musician, songwriter and record producer
23 May –
Tomas Norström
, actor and film director.
[2]
6 June –
Björn Borg
, tennis player
24 August –
Clas Lindberg
, film director and screenwriter
2 September –
Marcus Wallenberg
, banker and industrialist
8 November –
Peter Lindmark
, ice hockey player.
[3]
5 December –
Peter Dalle
, actor and comedian
Deaths
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10 March –
Åke Fjästad
, football player (born
1887
).
[4]
21 March –
Per Kaufeldt
, football player (born
1902
)
7 April –
Sven Linderot
, politician (born
1890
)
Elin Engström
, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (born
1860
)
15 April –
Leonard Peterson
, gymnast (born
1857
)
References
edit
^
"Ingemar Stenmark". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020
. Retrieved
4 August
2015
.
^
"Tomas Norström".
svenskfilmdatabas.se
(in Swedish)
. Retrieved
16 October
2020
.
^
"Peter Lindmark". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020
. Retrieved
4 August
2015
.
^
"Åke Fjästad". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020
. Retrieved
4 August
2015
.