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 January - The Swedish Defence Research Agency is established. 6 January - Landskrona Station is opened. 16 January - The music concert Artister mot nazister is held in Globen. 18 January - Nicola Vasmatzis is shot dead in a restroom at Bromma Gymnasium in Stockholm. 19 January - Lennart Daleus resigns as leader of the Centre Party.
February
11 February - Several houses from the 18th century burn down on the Arkadien block in eastern Jönköping.
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. 15 March - The Alcohol Committee is established. 19 March - Maud Olofsson is elected leader of the Centre Party at a party conference. After the 2002 election, the Centre Party's first electoral upturn since 1973 was attributed to the "Maud effect." 25 March - Sweden joins the Schengen Area.
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.
May
22 May - The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is signed in Stockholm. 29 May - Norrtåg is founded.
June
14 June - 16 June - A European Council meeting is held in Gothenburg which causes the Gothenburg Riots.
July
1 July - A new citizenship law is put into effect which allows Multiple citizenship. 28 July - 5 August - Sweden's first major and international scout camp, SCOUT 2001, is held in Rinkaby, Kristianstad. 31 July - Nordea buys Postgirot.
August
1 August - The People's Park in Karlskoga burns down. 15 August - Christina Jutterström becomes new CEO for SVT.
September
5 September - The Kolbäck Bridge in Umeå is opened. 11 September - A massive flood originating from the Selånger River destroys parts of Sundsvall. 15 September - Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad is opened. 16 September - The 2001 Church of Sweden elections are held.
October
21 October - Hammarby Fotboll win their first gold in Swedish Championship in football.
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.
December
6 December - The Carlbeck Committee is established. 10 December - The Nobel Prize turns 100 and 161 previous winners are invited for its birthday party. 18 December - The Repatriation of Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery takes place. 31 December - Jan Malmsjö reads Ring Out, Wild Bells at Skansen due to Margaretha Krooks death.
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.
Deaths
10 February – Helge Bengtsson, footballer (born 1916) 21 February – Philip Sandblom, sailor (born 1903). 23 April – Lennart Atterwall, javelin thrower (born 1911). 4 May – Arne Sucksdorff, film director (born 1917). 7 May – Margaretha Krook, stage and film actress (born 1925). 16 September – Ann-Margret Ahlstrand, athlete (born 1905) 9 November – Tore Zetterholm, novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1915). 10 November – Carl-Gustav Esseen, mathematician (born 1918) 12 December – Berit Granquist, fencer (born 1909)