2001 in Sweden

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See also:	Other events of 2001; Timeline of Swedish history;

Events from the year 2001 in Sweden

Incumbents

Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister – Göran Persson

Events

January

1 January - The name day list is updated.^[1]
1 January - The Swedish Defence Research Agency is established.^[2]
6 January - Landskrona Station is opened.^[3]
16 January - The music concert Artister mot nazister is held in Globen.^[4]
18 January - Nicola Vasmatzis is shot dead in a restroom at Bromma Gymnasium in Stockholm.^[5]
19 January - Lennart Daleus resigns as leader of the Centre Party.^[6]

February

11 February - Several houses from the 18th century burn down on the Arkadien block in eastern Jönköping.^[7]

March

7 March - The Minister of Commerce and Industry Leif Pagrotsky and the Member of the European Parliament Marit Paulsen each get a cake thrown at their necks at a debate evening in Lund.^[8]
15 March - The Alcohol Committee is established.^[9]
19 March - Maud Olofsson is elected leader of the Centre Party at a party conference.^[10] After the 2002 election, the Centre Party's first electoral upturn since 1973 was attributed to the "Maud effect."^[11]
25 March - Sweden joins the Schengen Area.^[12]

April

17 April - The Minister for Finance Bosse Ringholm is caked by a 21-year-old member of the Stockholm Cake Brigade when making the budget walk on Drottninggatan.^[13]

May

22 May - The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is signed in Stockholm.^[14]
29 May - Norrtåg is founded.^[15]

June

14 June - 16 June - A European Council meeting is held in Gothenburg which causes the Gothenburg Riots.^[16]

July

1 July - A new citizenship law is put into effect which allows Multiple citizenship.^[17]
28 July - 5 August - Sweden's first major and international scout camp, SCOUT 2001, is held in Rinkaby, Kristianstad.^[18]
31 July - Nordea buys Postgirot.^[19]

August

1 August - The People's Park in Karlskoga burns down.^[20]^[21]
15 August - Christina Jutterström becomes new CEO for SVT.^[22]

September

5 September - The Kolbäck Bridge in Umeå is opened.^[23]
11 September - A massive flood originating from the Selånger River destroys parts of Sundsvall.^[24]
15 September - Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad is opened.^[25]
16 September - The 2001 Church of Sweden elections are held.^[26]

October

21 October - Hammarby Fotboll win their first gold in Swedish Championship in football.^[27]

November

12 November - One of Sweden's oldest churches Södra Råda Old Church in Gullspång burns down after an arson attack by a 23-year-old murderer.^[28]

December

6 December - The Carlbeck Committee is established.^[29]
10 December - The Nobel Prize turns 100 and 161 previous winners are invited for its birthday party.^[30]
18 December - The Repatriation of Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery takes place.^[31]
31 December - Jan Malmsjö reads Ring Out, Wild Bells at Skansen due to Margaretha Krooks death.^[32]

Popular culture

Film

24 October – Deadline, directed by Colin Nutley, released in Sweden
Buy Bye Beauty, documentary film directed by Pål Hollender

Sports

24 March-1 April – The Bandy World Championship 2001 for men was played in Sweden and Finland

Births

19 June – William Hansson, alpine ski racer.^[33]

Deaths

Helge Bengtsson, goalkeeper nicknamed "Gripen".

10 February – Helge Bengtsson, footballer (born 1916)
21 February – Philip Sandblom, sailor (born 1903).^[34]
23 April – Lennart Atterwall, javelin thrower (born 1911).^[35]
4 May – Arne Sucksdorff, film director (born 1917).^[36]
7 May – Margaretha Krook, stage and film actress (born 1925).^[37]
16 September – Ann-Margret Ahlstrand, athlete (born 1905)
9 November – Tore Zetterholm, novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1915).^[38]
10 November – Carl-Gustav Esseen, mathematician (born 1918)
12 December – Berit Granquist, fencer (born 1909)

References

^ "Namnsdagar i almanackan" (in Swedish). Institut för språk och folkminnen. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "4 av 10 tror på utomjordiska besökare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 23 April 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Tjugo år sedan Landskrona station invigdes" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Artistuppbåd i jättegalan mot nazister" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 22 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Dödsskjutningen på Bromma gymnasium" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Lennart Daléus slutar som partiledare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 19 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Årtal och händelser i Jönköping" (in Swedish). Maltell. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "Ungdomar söps fulla i statens reklamfilm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 10 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ Arter, David (2006). Democracy in Scandinavia: Consensual, Majoritarian Or Mixed?. Manchester University Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780719070471.
^ Webb, Paul (2007). The Presidentialization of Politics: A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies. Oxford University Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780199218493.
^ "toppmötet i Stockholm den 23-24 Mars" (in Swedish). Riksdagen. 21 February 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "Nyårsfyrverkeri – en giftbomb" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Historia" (in Swedish). Norrtåg. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "Här möts polischefen och protestledaren – 20 år efter Göteborgskravallerna" (in Swedish). SVT. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Lag (2001:82) om svenskt medborgarskap" (in Swedish). Riksdagen. 1 March 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "Kungens vilda fest med E-Type i natt" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "Låt inte Nordea köpa Postgirot !" (in Swedish). Dagens Industri. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Parkbrand i Karlskoga". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 1 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Karlskogas folkpark totalförstörd i brand" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 1 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Christina Jutterström ny chef för SVT" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 27 June 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "Kolbäcksbron invigd". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 5 September 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Minskad översvämningsrisk i Sundsvall, fördjupning" (in Swedish). SMHI. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "Här är landets hetaste arena" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 24 September 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Kyrkovalet hoppas på 16-åringarna" (in Swedish). Sydöstran. 18 June 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Guldmatchen minut för minut" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "Hörde röster - tände på kyrka" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ Malmström, Björn (28 March 2007). "Särskolan ska inte integreras". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Nobel 2001: Fortfarande världens viktigaste pris" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "A Secret Deportation Of Terror Suspects". Washington Post. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Vem har läst "Nyårsklockan" (Ring, klocka, ring) flest gånger?" (in Swedish). Svenska Högtider. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "William HANSSON". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Philip Sandblom". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^ "Lennart Atterwall". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^ Arne Sucksdorff at the Swedish Film Database
^ Margaretha Krook at the Swedish Film Database
^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Tore Zetterholm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

[1] "Namnsdagar i almanackan" (in Swedish). Institut för språk och folkminnen. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[2] "4 av 10 tror på utomjordiska besökare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 23 April 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[3] "Tjugo år sedan Landskrona station invigdes" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[4] "Artistuppbåd i jättegalan mot nazister" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 22 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[5] "Dödsskjutningen på Bromma gymnasium" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[6] "Lennart Daléus slutar som partiledare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 19 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[7] "Årtal och händelser i Jönköping" (in Swedish). Maltell. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[8] "Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[9] "Ungdomar söps fulla i statens reklamfilm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 10 January 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[10] Arter, David (2006). Democracy in Scandinavia: Consensual, Majoritarian Or Mixed?. Manchester University Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780719070471.

[11] Webb, Paul (2007). The Presidentialization of Politics: A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies. Oxford University Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780199218493.

[12] "toppmötet i Stockholm den 23-24 Mars" (in Swedish). Riksdagen. 21 February 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[13] "Flera kända tårtningar i Sverige – från kungen till Ringholm" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[14] "Nyårsfyrverkeri – en giftbomb" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[15] "Historia" (in Swedish). Norrtåg. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[16] "Här möts polischefen och protestledaren – 20 år efter Göteborgskravallerna" (in Swedish). SVT. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[17] "Lag (2001:82) om svenskt medborgarskap" (in Swedish). Riksdagen. 1 March 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[18] "Kungens vilda fest med E-Type i natt" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[19] "Låt inte Nordea köpa Postgirot !" (in Swedish). Dagens Industri. 8 August 2001. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[20] "Parkbrand i Karlskoga". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 1 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[21] "Karlskogas folkpark totalförstörd i brand" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 1 August 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[22] "Christina Jutterström ny chef för SVT" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 27 June 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[23] "Kolbäcksbron invigd". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 5 September 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[24] "Minskad översvämningsrisk i Sundsvall, fördjupning" (in Swedish). SMHI. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[25] "Här är landets hetaste arena" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 24 September 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[26] "Kyrkovalet hoppas på 16-åringarna" (in Swedish). Sydöstran. 18 June 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[27] "Guldmatchen minut för minut" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[28] "Hörde röster - tände på kyrka" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[29] Malmström, Björn (28 March 2007). "Särskolan ska inte integreras". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[30] "Nobel 2001: Fortfarande världens viktigaste pris" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 10 October 2001. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[31] "A Secret Deportation Of Terror Suspects". Washington Post. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[32] "Vem har läst "Nyårsklockan" (Ring, klocka, ring) flest gånger?" (in Swedish). Svenska Högtider. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

[33] "William HANSSON". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.

[34] "Philip Sandblom". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

[35] "Lennart Atterwall". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

[36] Arne Sucksdorff at the Swedish Film Database

[37] Margaretha Krook at the Swedish Film Database

[38] Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Tore Zetterholm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

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