1947 in Sweden

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

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• On 26 January Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Vasterbotten (second-in-line to the throne) was killed in a plane crash in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Karin Kock-Lindberg becomes the first female government minister.

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• 19 February – Ingvar Hansson, sailor.{{cite web|title=Ingvar Hansson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/ingvar-hansson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203421/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/ingvar-hansson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=1 October 2014}}
• 17 March – Hans Jacobson, fencer, Olympic champion from 1976 (died 1984).{{cite web|title=Hans Jacobson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/hans-jacobson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203853/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/hans-jacobson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=1 October 2014}}
• 26 July – Gunnar Lund, diplomat and politician.
• 5 September – Tommy Limby, cross-country skier (died 2008).{{cite web|title=Tommy Limby |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/tommy-limby-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417210417/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/tommy-limby-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=1 October 2014}}
• 30 October – Sven Melander, journalist and television presenter.(died 2022)[https://8sidor.se/kultur/2022/04/sven-melander-ar-dod/ Sven Melander är död] {{in lang|sv}}

• 26 January – Gustaf Adolf, prince of Sweden (born 1906)
• 14 February – Mauritz Eriksson, sport shooter, Olympic champion from 1912 (born 1888).{{cite web|title=Mauritz Eriksson |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/mauritz-eriksson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/er/mauritz-eriksson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=1 October 2014}}
• 10 August – Elisabet Anrep-Nordin, pedagogue (born 1857)
• 6 December – Henric Horn af Åminne, horse rider (born 1880)

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