Events from the year 2006 in Sweden

Incumbents Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf Prime Minister – Göran Persson, Fredrik Reinfeldt

Events Love and War, an animated short film is released. Swegon Air Academy is founded.Swegon Air Academy's official website

Publications The Girl Who Played with Fire, novel by Stieg Larsson. 26 October – The Swedish Metapedia was founded by Anders Lagerström.

Births 3 January – Tara Babulfath, judoka

Deaths

20 January Sven Fagerberg, writer (born 1918) Dave Lepard, singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1980) 5 July – Gert Fredriksson, canoer, Olympic champion (born 1919). 27 July – Göran Printz-Påhlson, writer (born 1931) 17 September – Hans Berglund, canoer (born 1918). 3 October – Göta Rosén, politician and child welfare inspector (born 1904). 4 October – Gunnar Åkerlund, canoer (born 1923).

See also 2006 in Swedish television

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