1994 in Sweden
overview of Sweden-related events during the year of 1994
Events from the year 1994 in Sweden
Incumbents
Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister – Carl Bildt, Ingvar Carlsson
Events
May
9 May – Sweden has joined NATO's Partnership for Peace programme.
September
18 September – The 1994 Swedish general election.
28 September – Sinking of the MS Estonia: the car ferry MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea, killing 852.
Popular culture
Literature
Synden, novel by Björn Ranelid, winner of the August Prize.
Sports
84 athletes competed for Sweden at the 1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Allsvenskan was won by IFK Göteborg
Births
27 February – Max Örnskog, ice hockey player.
3 June – Andreas Lennkvist Manriquez, politician
6 June – Moa Lignell, singer
20 June – Malte Tängmark Roos, politician
Deaths
5 July – Lennart Klingström, canoer (born 1916).
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