National level edit

• Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander until 14 October, then Olof Palme.

October edit

• October 1
  • In Sweden, Olof Palme is elected Leader of the Social Democratic Worker`s Party, replacing Tage Erlander as Prime Minister on October 14.^[1]
• 5 December – Swedish public television broadcaster Sveriges Radio-TV launches its second channel, TV2.^[2]

• 16 January - Per "Dead" Ohlin, vocalist and lyricist (died 1991).
• 3 February - Paolo Roberto, boxer and actor.
• 5 February - Joakim Andersson, ice hockey player.
• 12 February - Anna Pernilla Torndahl, composer, artist and singer better known by her stage name Meja.
• 23 March - Fredrik Nyberg, alpine skier.
• 5 April - Pontus Kåmark, footballer.
• 20 May - Camilla Rinaldo Miller, politician.
• 19 July - Anders Lindström, musician
• 25 July - Mats Söderlund, singer better known by his stage name Günther.
• 6 October - Mattias Eklundh, musician.

• 1 January — Bruno Söderström, pole vaulter and javelin thrower (born 1881)
• 28 March — Kurt Petter, German physician, youth leader and educational administrator (born 1909).
• 7 June — Olivia Nordgren, politician (born 1880)
• 23 June - Albert Viksten, writer (born 1898).
• 31 July - Harry Ahlin, film actor (born 1900).
• 15 September - Åke Grönberg, film actor (born 1914).
• 1 October - Gunnar Andersson, footballer (born 1928).
• 16 November - Marcel Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (born 1886).