2000 in Sweden
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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 1 - Sweden disestablishes the Church of Sweden as the official state religion.
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
- 7 April – Julia Kedhammar, singer
Deaths
- 8 January – Henry Eriksson, athlete (born 1920).[1]
- 13 January – John Ljunggren, athlete (born 1919).[2]
- 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).[3]
- 18 October – Inga Gill, film actress (born 1925)
References
- ^ "Henry Eriksson". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "John Ljunggren". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Knut Holmqvist". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
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