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2023 in Sweden

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Decades:

Incumbents[edit]

Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf^[1]
Prime minister – Ulf Kristersson

Anniversaries[edit]

Ongoing[edit]

Accession of Sweden to NATO

Events[edit]

January 12 – Swedish mining company LKAB announces it has discovered Europe's largest known depositofrare-earth elementsinKiruna.^[4]
January 19 – Defence Minister Pål Jonson announces that Sweden will send its self-propelled Archer Artillery System, 50 Combat Vehicle 90 IFVs, and NLAW anti-tank missilestoUkraine as part of its latest military support package for the Ukrainian military.^[5]
2 February: Muharrem Demirok is appointed new leader for the Swedish Centre Party, during its meeting in Helsingborg, following Annie Lööf's resignation.^[6]
22 March: The Parliament of Sweden approves Sweden's application for NATO membership.^[7]
25 March: Fredrik Reinfeldt is elected chairperson of the Swedish Football Association.^[8]
late March and early April – 2023 Bandy World Championship (men's) and the 2023 Women's Bandy Championships in Åby, Växjö. Both the men's and women's tournaments hosted together.
13 May – Singer Loreen wins this year's runningofEurovision with the song "Tattoo".^[9]
1 June: Three people are injured after a knife attack in a school in Eskilstuna, Södermanland.^[10]
28 September:
- It is reported that three people were killed this week in separate incidents in and near Stockholm, as deadly violence linked to a feud between criminal gangs escalates.^[11]
- Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson summons the heads of the armed forces and police in response to the gang violence, saying that "We will hunt the gangs, we will defeat the gangs".^[12]
23 October: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan submits a bill on granting Sweden membership into NATO to the Grand National Assembly.^[13]

Deaths[edit]

January 2 – Kajsa Thoor, 51, Swedish television presenter.^[14]
January 8 – Patrick Grimlund, 50, Swedish television presenter.^[15]
January 13 – Klas Lestander, 91, Swedish biathlete, Olympic champion (1960).^[16]
January 15 – Jane Cederqvist, 77, Swedish swimmer, historian and government official, Olympic silver medalist (1960).^[17]
January 16 – Mats Nordberg, 64, Swedish politician, MP (since 2018).^[18]

References[edit]

^ "Carl XVI Gustaf | king of Sweden | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

^ "Göteborgs 400-årsjubileum ställer om 2021–2023". goteborg2021.com (in Swedish). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.

^ "Efter krismöte: Göteborgs 400-årsjubileum kan senareläggas" [After crisis meeting: Gothenburg's 400th anniversary can be postponed]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 12 August 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

^ "Sweden's LKAB finds Europe's biggest deposit of rare earth metals". Reuters. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

^ "Sweden to send Archer artillery system to Ukraine". POLITICO. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

^ Markus Botsjö (2 February 2023). "Muharrem Demirok ny partiledare för Centerpartiet". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

^ Manne Wiklund (22 March 2023). "Riksdagen röstar ja, Sverige ska gå med i Nato" (in Swedish). SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

^ Hannes Nyberg (25 March 2023). "Fredrik Reinfeldt ny ordförande i Svenska fotbollförbundet". SVT Sport. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

^ "Israel's Noa Kirel takes third place in Eurovision 2023". The Jerusalem Post. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

^ "School pupils injured in Sweden knife attack - TV4". Reuters. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

^ "3 killed in shootings and explosion as gangs battle in Sweden". euronews. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

^ Ahlander, Johan (29 September 2023). "Swedish PM summons army, police chiefs as gang violence rocks nation". Reuters. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

^ "Turkey's Erdogan submits Sweden's bid for NATO membership to parliament". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

^ "SVT-profilen Kajsa Thoor död efter brand under nyårsafton – polisen utreder". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 3 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

^ "Patrick Grimlund död i trafikolycka". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

^ Rickstrand, Oscar (13 January 2023). "Skidskytte: Klas Lestander död – blev 91 år gammal". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 January 2023.

^ Lindblad, Anders (16 January 2023). "Jane Cederqvist död i sviter av ALS". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

^ Lindström, Albin (16 January 2023). "SD-ledamoten Mats Nordberg är död". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 January 2023.

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