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    1956 in Sweden

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    Events from the year 1956 in Sweden

    Incumbents

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    • Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf
    • Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

    Events

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    • 16 September – Swedish general election
    • The Husaby Affair around Florence Stephens.
    • The disappearance of Gunnel Gummeson.
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    Sport

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    • Guldpucken established
    • 11-17 June - The country stages the Equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics because of problems with quarantine laws affecting the host city of Melbourne

    Theatre

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    • The Eugene O'Neill Award established

    Film

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    • 11 June – Seventh Heaven released
    • 10 September – The Staffan Stolle Story released

    Births

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    Ingemar Stenmark won more international races than any other alpine skier in history, with a total of 86 wins until March 2023 when Shiffrin won her 87th World Cup race.
    • 18 March – Ingemar Stenmark, alpine skier.[1]
    • 2 May – Kenneth Johansson, politician
    • 13 May – Staffan Hellstrand, rock musician, songwriter and record producer
    • 23 May – Tomas Norström, actor and film director.[2]
    • 6 June – Björn Borg, tennis player
    • 24 August – Clas Lindberg, film director and screenwriter
    • 2 September – Marcus Wallenberg, banker and industrialist
    • 8 November – Peter Lindmark, ice hockey player.[3]
    • 5 December – Peter Dalle, actor and comedian

    Deaths

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    • 10 March – Åke Fjästad, football player (born 1887).[4]
    • 21 March – Per Kaufeldt, football player (born 1902)
    • 7 April – Sven Linderot, politician (born 1890)
    • Elin Engström, politician (Social Democrat), trade unionist and women's right activist (born 1860)
    • 15 April – Leonard Peterson, gymnast (born 1857)

    References

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    1. ^ "Ingemar Stenmark". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
    2. ^ "Tomas Norström". svenskfilmdatabas.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
    3. ^ "Peter Lindmark". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
    4. ^ "Åke Fjästad". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2015.


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