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Events from the year 1962 in Sweden
Incumbents
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Events
[edit]- Ewy Rosqvist and co-driver Ursula Wirth win the Gran Premio Argentina, finishing first out of 257 entrants and three hours ahead of their closest rival.[1] Ewy Rosqvist goes on to join Mercedes-Benz.
January
[edit]- 1 January - Sweden's GNP increases by 4.5%.[2]
- 1 January - Unemployment at just 1.2% of the insured workforce in 1961.[citation needed]
- 1 January - Fixed capital formation rises to 22% of GNP, with strong government-backed housing initiatives.[citation needed]
- 1 January - Wages increase by 8.5%, but inflation remains moderate at 2%.[citation needed]
March
[edit]- 31 March - 51st edition of the Davis Cup has Sweden defeating Italy in the Europe Zone final.[3]
December
[edit]- 31 December - Owe Ohlsson ends the year as the top scorer of the Swedish Association Football team, closely followed by Leif Skiöld and Örjan Martinsson.[4]
Births
[edit]- 6 March – Bengt Baron, swimmer.[5]
- 1 June – Mats Fransson, former handball player
- 2 June – Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, show jumper
- 10 June – Peter Nilsson, ice hockey player
- 12 June – Patrik Bergner, actor, film director and playwright
- 29 June – Blossom Tainton-Lindquist, singer
- 5 July – Maria Lantz, academic artist
- 8 July – Jan Erixon, former professional ice hockey player
- 9 July – Jörgen Häggqvist, judoka
- 28 July – Lars Håland, cross-country skier
- 21 September – Peter Åslin, ice hockey player (died 2012).[6]
- 26 September – Jonas Bergqvist, ice hockey player.[7]
Deaths
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- 5 January – Per Thorén, figure skater (born 1885)
- 22 January – Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg, gymnast (born 1889).[8]
- 18 February – Erik Granfelt, gymnast (born 1883).[9]
- 5 April – Boo Kullberg, gymnast (born 1889).[10]
- 11 April – Sven Landberg, gymnast (born 1888).[11]
- 4 July – Carl Hellström, sailor (born 1864).[12]
- 7 August – Gustaf Lewenhaupt, count, military officer and horse rider (born 1879).[13]
- 19 August – Kerstin Hesselgren, politician (born 1872[14]
References
[edit]- ↑ Williams, Richard (28 July 2024). "Ewy Rosqvist obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ↑ OECD (1962), OECD Economic Surveys: Sweden 1962, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/eco_surveys-swe-1962-en
- ↑ "Davis Cup - Draws & Results". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Sweden (1962)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ↑ "Bengt Baron". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Peter Åslin". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Jonas Bergqvist". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Carl Ehrenfried Carlberg". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Erik Granfelt". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Boo Kullberg". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Sven Landberg". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Carl Hellström". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "Gustaf Lewenhaupt". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ Hesselgren, Kerstin (1872–1962)
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