2018 in Sweden

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March 5 - Alternative for Sweden is formed from a split from Sweden Democrats. Two Sweden Democrat members of the Riksdag, Olle Felten and Jeff Ahl, defected to the party later that month.
May–August - 2018 Sweden wildfires
14 August – More Than 100 Cars Burned in Mass Arson Attack in Sweden.^[1]^[2]
20 August – 15 years old Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg starts to stay out of school in an attempt to give attention to the climate change issue.^[3]
9 September –2018 Swedish general election is held.

4 January – Johannes Brost, actor (b. 1946).^[4]
23 January – Anders Åberg, painter, cartoonist and sculptor (b. 1945)
27 January – Ingvar Kamprad, businessman, founder of IKEA (b. 1926)
1 February – Robert Larsson, ice hockey player (b. 1967)
3 March – Kenneth Gärdestad, songwriter (b. 1948)
5 March – Kjerstin Dellert, opera singer (b. 1925)
20 March – Ann-Charlotte Alverfors, writer (b. 1949)
21 March – Ulrica Hydman Vallien, artist (b. 1938)
25 March – Jerry Williams, singer and actor (b. 1942)
29 March – Sven-Olov Sjödelius, canoeist, Olympic champion in 1960 and 1964 (b. 1933)
3 April – Lill-Babs, singer and actress (b. 1938)
20 April – Avicii, musician, DJ, remixer and record producer (b. 1989)^[5]
28 May – Ola Ullsten, politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1931)
6 June – Åke Wärnström, boxer (b. 1925).^[6]^[7]
8 June – Per Ahlmark, politician (b. 1939).^[8]
29 June – Arvid Carlsson, neuropharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
11 October – Labinot Harbuzi, footballer (b. 1986)
18 October – Lisbeth Palme, child psychologist, former chairwoman of UNICEF (b. 1931)

^ "More Than 100 Cars Burned in Mass Arson Attack in Sweden - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ Derek Scally (14 August 2018). "Youths set fire to cars in organised attacks in Swedish cities". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ "Send us your questions for climate activist Greta Thunberg". Guardian. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
^ "Johannes Brost död – skådespelaren blev 71 år". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ "Avicii, top electronic dance music artist, found dead at 28". BBC News. BBC. 20 April 2018.
^ Åke Wärnström - Familjesidan (in Swedish)
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Åke Wärnström". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Per Ahlmark är död – tidigare FP-ledaren blev 79". dn.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 June 2018.

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