2000 in Sweden
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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 1 January – The Church of Sweden is separated from the Swedish State.[1]
July
- 1 July – The Öresund Bridge, which links Malmö to Copenhagen, is inaugurated and opens to traffic.[2]
Popular culture
Film
- 13 May – Faithless, directed by Liv Ullmann, released.
- 4 August – Sleepwalker released
- 25 August – Together released in Sweden
- 22 December – Jalla! Jalla!, comedy film directed by Josef Fares
Literature
- The Return of the Dancing Master, crime novel by Henning Mankell
- Missing, crime fiction novel by Karin Alvtegen
Sports
- 10 December – The 2000 European Cross Country Championships were held in Malmö
Births
March
- 7 March – Rasmus Sandin, ice hockey player
April
- 7 April – Julia Kedhammar, singer
- 13 April – Rasmus Dahlin, ice hockey player
- 20 April – Klara Hammarström, singer
- 20 April – Nils Fröling, footballer
- 25 April – Dejan Kulusevski, footballer
June
- 12 June – Nina Dano, handballer
July
- 23 July – Malte Gårdinger, actor
August
- 15 August – Adam Boqvist, ice hockey player
September
- 4 September – Peter Gwargis, footballer
October
- 23 October – Hanna Ferm, singer
December
- 20 December
- Gaboro, rapper and songwriter (d. 2024)
- Nils Höglander, ice hockey player
Deaths
- 8 January – Henry Eriksson, athlete (born 1920).[3]
- 13 January – John Ljunggren, athlete (born 1919).[4]
- 25 January – Folke Ekström, chess player (born 1906)
- 25 February – Doris Löve, botanist (born 1918)
- 19 March – Egon Jönsson, footballer (born 1921).
- 28 June – Nils Poppe, actor, director and screenwriter (born 1908)
- 29 July – Åke Hodell, fighter pilot and poet (born 1919)
- 30 July – Örjan Blomquist, cross-country skier (born 1957)
- 28 August – Knut Holmqvist, sport shooter (born 1918).[5]
- 18 October – Inga Gill, film actress (born 1925)
References
- ↑ Thorsten Sandberg (February 2000). "Kyrkan och staten" (in Swedish). Populär historia. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ↑ "Öresundsbron firar 20 år – med stängd gräns". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 30 June 2020. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "Henry Eriksson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ↑ "John Ljunggren". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ↑ "Knut Holmqvist". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2014.