2017 in Sweden

Decades:	1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s; ;
See also:	Other events of 2017; Timeline of Swedish history;

Events in the year 2017 in Sweden.

Incumbents

20 February – Rinkeby riots
7 April – 2017 Stockholm truck attack
1 July – The new Name Act of 2017 takes legal effect, replacing the Name Act of 1982

24 January – 5 February – The 2017 Bandy World Championship was held in Sweden. The Swedish team won gold medals, while Russia placed second and Finland placed third.

8 January – Nicolai Gedda, operatic tenor (b. 1925).
9 January – Ulf Dinkelspiel, politician (b. 1939).^[3]
23 January – Katja of Sweden, fashion designer (b. 1920).^[4]
25 January – Siewert Öholm, journalist, television presenter (b. 1939).^[5]
7 February – Hans Rosling, medical doctor, academic, statistician, and public speaker (b. 1948).^[6]
16 February – Bengt Gustavsson, footballer and manager (b. 1928).
1 June – Rosa Taikon, silversmith (b. 1926).
13 June – Ulf Stark, author (b. 1944).
15 June – Stina Haage, gymnast (b. 1924).^[7]
27 June – Michael Nyqvist, actor (b. 1960).
10 September – Hans Alfredson, actor (b. 1931).
17 November – Rikard Wolff, actor and singer (b. 1958).