Events from the year 1957 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf
Prime Minister – Tage Erlander
Events
13 October – Swedish pensions system referendum
Popular culture
Sport
7 to 15 March – The World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm
Film
1 July – Med glorian på sned released
Births
25 January – Eskil Erlandsson, politician
6 March – Elisabeth Leidinge, football goalkeeper
9 March – Mona Sahlin, politician
28 March – Jessica Zandén, film actress
19 June – Anna Lindh, politician (died 2003) 27 June – Erik Hamrén, football player and manager 5 July – Torsten Jakobsson, alpine skier. 20 August – Mary Stävin, actress 23 August – Örjan Blomquist, cross-country skier (died 2008) 25 August – Christer Björkman, singer 4 October – Anders Flanking, politician 3 November – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and martial artist
Full date unknown
Eva Hellstrand, farmer and a Swedish politician.
Deaths
24 January – Hans Lindman, football player (born 1884). 8 April – Sten Selander, writer and scientist (born 1891). 15 April – Fredrik Rosencrantz, horse rider (born 1879) 13 June – Carl Bonde, military officer and horse rider (born 1872). 30 September – Hjalmar Johansson, diver, swimmer and track and field athlete (born 1874) 18 November – Carl Ström, film actor (born 1880)