Wed, Dec 12, 2001
Snoddas played bandy and the marine spy Hilding Andersson was revealed. Gustaf "Stålfarfar" Håkansson cycled, Pär Lagerkvist received the Nobel Prize and Tage Erlander and Karl Gerhard filled the arenas. Outside the world there was a cold war and in Sweden there was a great West Gothic maneuver. There was a plastic fashion and new hairstyles for a new era. These are just some of the events when the year was 1951.
Wed, Jun 5, 2002
Gösta "Snoddas" Nordgren sings "Flottarkärlek" on the radio and makes instant success. King Gustaf VI Adolf turns 70. A Swedish DC-3 disappears and a Catalina plane is shot down by Soviet fighter aircraft. A Swedish spy deal is rolled up. Fritjof Enbom has provided information to the Soviet Union. It is also the Olympic year. Winter Olympiad in Oslo and Summer Olympiad in Helsinki. These are some of the events when the year was 1952.
Tue, Jan 7, 2003
Frank Sinatra comes to Sweden with his wife Ava Gardner. The press is not gracious even if the audience flows. Another American, a bottle, enters Sweden - Coca Cola. Josef Stalin dies, the world holds his breath. Harriet Andersson is successful in "Summer with Monika". The Swedish Air Force is one of the largest in the world and over 700 planes are in the air to celebrate Stockholm 700 years.
Wed, Jan 7, 2004
In Sweden, a black hurricane pulled forward, took the forest with it and the cargo boat Nedjan went down with seventeen men. The sooty glasses arrived when the sun was totally ejected. And there was a Audrey Hepburn look-a-like contest. Radiotjänst was doing tests with television, author Stig Dagerman died, and Swedish ice hockey was taking on the Soviets.
Sun, Jan 9, 2005
1955 was the year with the summer to remember. Motboken disappeared and Sweden said no, no, no to right-hand traffic. Rip hunters were buried in an avalanche for eight days, Ingrid Bergman received unlucky reviews for Jeanne d'Arc and James Dean died in a frontal crash in 185 km/h. Annalisa Ericson, Povel Ramel, Kari Sylwan, Charlie Norman and many more tell about the year 1955.
Sun, Jan 8, 2006
1956 was the year when Elvis Presley made his breakthrough and Grace Kelly celebrated a fairytale wedding in Monaco. In Ställdalen a rail bus was crushed with schoolchildren and outside New York, M/S Stockholm collided with Andrea Doria. Frances Bulwark ran his last race and Swedish UN soldiers flew to Suez. But most of all, it was the years of the Hungarian refugees.
Sun, Jan 7, 2007
The space age began and in the cinemas, Ingmar Bergman's "The seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries" were screened. Stockholm got its first female parking guards, the Asian flue ravaged and Tommy Steele came to visit. The program participates in newly filmed interviews Ingmar Bergman, Brita Borg, Tora Carson and others who have reason to remember and can tell about the year 1957.
Sun, Jan 6, 2008
In 1958 Sweden took a sensational silver medal in the World Cup. Little Gerhard and the Swedish rock broke through. Wild fires on Öland and the first pacemaker was operated on a human being. Lena Granhagen made her first film role and Sweden got female police officers. Bosse Parnevik ran 110 meters hurdles and Robert Broberg played skiffle music.
Sun, Jan 4, 2009
It is the hot wasp summer, when half Sweden sits up at three o'clock at night and listens to the World Champion match in heavy weight between Ingo and Floyd. Rock-Olga and Rockande Samen are hot too and "My Fair Lady" draws a big audience to the Oscars theatre. Olle Möller is charged with the murder of Ruth Lind from Fjugesta and ATP is pushed through in Parliament after Ture Königson cast his vote.
Wed, Jan 6, 2010
Battle of female priests where Bishop Bo Giertz represents the site against this. Eartha Kitt is a success at Berns, Caryl Chessman writes a book, Lena Larsson writes the article "kip, slit och släng", the Shah of Iran visits Stockholm, and in Sharpeville the police are shooting sharply on demonstrating South Africans.
Fri, Jan 7, 2011
Swedish UN soldiers are in the crisis and Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a flight crash. Swedish film's biggest success, "Änglar finns com?" have a premiere with Christina Schollin and Jarl Kulle. Jurij Gagarin becomes the first man in space and Volvo P 1800 shows up on the roads. Ewy Rosqvist is the rally princess and in April the regal ship Vasa is raised after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm's stream. In August, the Berlin Wall will be built and outside the Stockholm archipelago, Radio Nord broadcasts music and news.
Sun, Jan 8, 2012
Soviet and the United States are about to clash in the Cuba crisis. For a few weeks, it looks like WWIII is about to break out. On another continent, Algeria becomes independent, after 130 years of French rule, and the Liberation Movement leader Ben Bella can return. Sweden beats Canada in the World Cup final of ice-hockey. Anita Lindblom has an enormous hit with "Sånt är livet", Leif-Erik Nygårds take one of the last photos of Marilyn Monroe, Siri Derkert's art shapes a new subway station in Stockholm, and "Little Joe" Michael Landon in "Ponderosa/Bröderna Cartwright" visits Sweden.
Mon, Jan 7, 2013
The Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. Sweden suffers from an smallpox epidemic - hundreds of thousands are vaccinated, and several thousand are isolated. Colonel Stig Wennerström is arrested for spying for the Soviets. John F Kennedy is murdered in Dallas, while Martin Luther King have a dream about the future, "Villervalle i Söderhavet" is on the Swedish TV.
Mon, Jan 6, 2014
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev is visiting Sweden and Harpsund with Swedish Prime Minister Tage Erlander. When Khrushchev returns home, he has only a few months left in power. Vilgot Sjöman's film "491" with Lena Nyman in one of the roles finally premieres after both being completely banned and being up and turned to the government that has liked what clips need to be made. Jan-Erik Lundqvist plays Davis Cup tennis in Båstad and everyone benches on the TV sofas. Pentecostal Pastor Lewi Pethrus joins and starts a new party in Sweden Kristen Demokratisk sailing (KDS) with Birger Ekstedt as party leader. There are more than one and a half million cars on the roads and the car testing starts, voluntarily at first. Cyper war is worried about Cyprus threatening and Sweden sends UN soldiers and two Swedish officers smuggle weapons to the Turkish Cypriot side. Near Jokkmokk, Jan Troell records his first feature film "Uppehåll i Myrlandet". "Vi på Saltkråkan" can be seen in the TV box for the first time recorded in color but broadcast in black and white for color TV is still a few years ahead and Per Myrberg sings "34:an".
Mon, Jan 5, 2015
It is in a way the years of the youth - in 1965. It is the most visible on streets and squares and protest against the US war in Vietnam, and it is young people who struggle with the police during Hötorgskravaller at the end of August. And of course it's the young people's music: The Rolling Stones comes to Sweden - a little rougher and tougher than the Beatles who were here a year earlier. And that fashion of fashion spreads across Sweden - to the horror of many. On October 1, the middle beer will be sold in Sweden - in regular grocery stores. And at the end of the year, "Taking a bridge" premiere - Hasse and Tages has the first feature film with Gösta Ekman in one of the lead roles. Twelve Swedish youth die in an avalanche accident during a skiing holiday in Austria. In Söder in Stockholm, a tunnel collapses and two men are trapped 43 meters below the ground and Sweden holds their breath. It takes several days before anyone knows if they survived. American astronaut Ed White makes a space walk in June - the other man who has been outside his capsule, because the Soviet still leads the space race: Aleksej Leonov beats him for a few weeks and becomes the first.
Mon, Jan 2, 2017
1967 is the year when Sweden moves to the right, at least in traffic. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - The Beatles' favorite guru visits Skåne and talks about transcendental meditation. The Fåglum brothers receive a fine medal for their tireless and successful cycling. And the race for space between the USA and the USSR continues. The Jimi Hendrix Experience performs very loud in Sweden. And in December it's time for the Christmas calendar - Teskedsgumman featuring Birgitta Andersson. Lalla Hansson looks pretty in the Fabulous Four fashion. The Russell tribunal holds the United States responsible for the Vietnam War.
Tue, Jan 2, 2018
1968 - the year with rebellion, trouble and protests. And demonstrations: Against Vietnam War, against the teenage fair, against the Davis Cup and even towards Christmas. It is also the year for the invasion of Prague and the murder of Martin Luther King. And then it's time for the very last student degree. The feminist collective Grupp 8 is founded. Johnny Cash performs at San Quentin, Alexander Dubcek is pushed away from power by the Soviets in Czechoslavakia, and Olof Palme demonstrates with the ambassador of North Vietnam. The film "Dom kallar oss Mods" by Stefan Jarl and Jan Lindqvist in cinemas in Sweden.
Thu, Jan 3, 2019
Pippi Långstrump rides into the TV sets while the Swedish authors demonstrates for more compensation. But still -there is a space race. Both the Soviet and the United States send rockets, where the United States reaches all the way to the moon. The miners of LKAB go on strike. Pugh Rogefeldt makes his first LP "Ja, dä ä dä!". "Partaj" is the most fun shown on TV. Towards the end of the year, Sweden gets its second TV channel, TV 2.
Thu, Jan 2, 2020
A whole new decade comes rushing starting in 1970. This is the year when it is a music party at Gärdet in Stockholm, and Lee Hazlewood and Nina Lizell wonder who can sail before wind. The Vietnam War continues and the United States is bombing Cambodia. In Stockholm, police officers write in protest against poor conditions and the rockers take the chance to take over in town. During the "cannon race" on the Gellerås track, a fatal accident occurs. Two cars get stuck in each other and are thrown out into the audience, five people die and more than 30 are injured. Director Roy Andersson's first feature film "En kärlekshistoria" is a must see.
Sun, Jan 10, 2021
The 70s turn one year and the Swedes take the opportunity to visit Mallorca like never before. Filmmaker Lars Molin debuts as TV dramatic and "Badjävlar" becomes a concept. In Stora Blåsjön in northern Jämtland, a hunger strike begins to get the job back in the village. Sweden is shaken by the murder of the Yugoslav ambassador. Tjejsnack has a premiere and the song "We have to raise our voices to be heard" will be heard for a long time. In Söderhamn, four people are murdered inside the town hall. And in Stockholm, the battle for the Alm trees in Kungsträdgården is underway. Björn Gillberg protests against additives in the food and takes the opportunity to wash the shirt in milk replacement powder.
Sun, Jan 9, 2022
1972 is one of the years when the green wave sweeps over Sweden; Back to nature to a life far away from the city. And in the city, in Skärholmen, the "Skärholmsfruarna" complains at increased food prices so that even Olof Palme must get involved. In August, fifteen prisoners escape from the Kumla prison and a few weeks later Sweden's first flight is hijacked at Bulltofta airport. It is an Olympic year, with Swedish medals in Munich, but also an attack where 11 Israeli athletes are killed. Swedes emigrate to Australia while Sweden receives refugees from Idi Amins Uganda. Ralf Edström is making a success in the Swedish football team and Kjell Isaksson takes the opportunity to beat the world record in pole jumping. Tomas Ledin releases his first album and Hoola Bandoola Band asks "Who can you trust?"
Sun, Jan 8, 2023
At the end of August 1973, Jan Olsson take hostages at the Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg. A few weeks later, on September 15, King Gustaf VI Adolf dies at Helsingborg's laser and Sweden gets a new king: Carl XVI Gustaf. In Chile, the military takes power and the elected president Salvador Allende is overthrown. The IB deal shakes Sweden. Öxabäck becomes the first Swedish champion in football for ladies. Stellan Bengtsson and Kjell Johansson become world champions in double in table tennis. And on television both "Tårtan" and "Fyra myror..."
Wed, Jan 3, 2024
The year begins with energy crisis and gasoline rationing. And there is a parental insurance so that even fathers can be home with their children. Citizens around Sweden strike for better conditions. It is Melodifestival with both ABBA and the winner from the year before, Göran Fristorp. Anders Michanek becomes world champion in Speedway. Singer Monica Törnell shows that she belongs to the artist elite in Sweden. And it becomes uneasy for Swedish tourists in the holiday paradise Cyprus when Turkey lands troops.