2017 in Sweden

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20 February – Rinkeby riots
7 April – 2017 Stockholm truck attack
1 July – The new Name Act of 2017 takes legal effect, replacing the Name Act of 1982

22 October –
- Tennis: Juan Martín del Potro defeats Grigor Dimitrov 6–4, 6–2 in the final of the 2017 Stockholm Open singles.^[1]
- Tennis: Oliver Marach and doubles partner Mate Pavić defeat Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in the 2017 Stockholm Open doubles.^[2]

24 January – 5 February – The 2017 Bandy World Championship was held in Sweden. The Swedish team won gold medals, while Russia placed second and Finland placed third.

8 January – Nicolai Gedda, operatic tenor (b. 1925).
9 January – Ulf Dinkelspiel, politician (b. 1939).^[3]
23 January – Katja of Sweden, fashion designer (b. 1920).^[4]
25 January – Siewert Öholm, journalist, television presenter (b. 1939).^[5]
7 February – Hans Rosling, medical doctor, academic, statistician, and public speaker (b. 1948).^[6]
16 February – Bengt Gustavsson, footballer and manager (b. 1928).
1 June – Rosa Taikon, silversmith (b. 1926).
13 June – Ulf Stark, author (b. 1944).
15 June – Stina Haage, gymnast (b. 1924).^[7]
27 June – Michael Nyqvist, actor (b. 1960).
10 September – Hans Alfredson, actor (b. 1931).
17 November – Rikard Wolff, actor and singer (b. 1958).

^ "Stockholm Open: Juan Martin Del Potro beats Grigor Dimitrov in final". British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ "Marach/Pavic Bolster London Chances". APT World Tour. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ "Ulf Dinkelspiel död". Hallands Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ Ivarsson, Torbjörn. "Modedesignern Katja of Sweden är död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "Siewert Öholm är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ Gerretsen, Isabelle (7 February 2017). "Hans Rosling dead: 'Jedi master of data' dies at 68". ibtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ "Stina Haage". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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