1969 in Sweden

Events from the year 1969 in Sweden

Incumbents

October 1
In Sweden, Olof Palme is elected Leader of the Social Democratic Worker`s Party, replacing Tage Erlander as Prime Minister on October 14.{{Cite book|last1=Misgeld|first1=Klaus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bbFpEU-FfbAC&q=Olof+Palme+is+elected+Leader+of+the+Social+Democratic+Workers+Party&pg=PA450|title=Creating Social Democracy: A Century of the Social Democratic Labor Party in Sweden|last2=Molin|first2=Karl|date=2010-11-01|publisher=Penn State Press|isbn=978-0-271-04344-9|pages=450|language=en}}
5 December – Swedish public television broadcaster Sveriges Radio-TV launches its second channel, TV2.{{cite web|url=https://omoss.svt.se/var-roll/svts-historia.html|title=SVT:s historia|publisher=Sveriges Television|language=Swedish|accessdate=3 May 2021}}

16 January - Per "Dead" Ohlin, vocalist and lyricist (died 1991).
3 February - Paolo Roberto, boxer and actor.
5 February - Joakim Andersson, ice hockey player.
12 February - Anna Pernilla Torndahl, composer, artist and singer better known by her stage name Meja.
23 March - Fredrik Nyberg, alpine skier.
5 April - Pontus Kåmark, footballer.
20 May - Camilla Rinaldo Miller, politician.
19 July - Anders Lindström, musician
25 July - Mats Söderlund, singer better known by his stage name Günther.
6 October - Mattias Eklundh, musician.

1 January — Bruno Söderström, pole vaulter and javelin thrower (born 1881)
28 March — Kurt Petter, German physician, youth leader and educational administrator (born 1909).
7 June — Olivia Nordgren, politician (born 1880)
23 June - Albert Viksten, writer (born 1898).
31 July - Harry Ahlin, film actor (born 1900).
15 September - Åke Grönberg, film actor (born 1914).
1 October - Gunnar Andersson, footballer (born 1928).
16 November - Marcel Riesz, Hungarian mathematician (born 1886).