2005 in Sweden

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Events from the year 2005 in Sweden

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  • January 1 - The train service between Oslo and Stockholm is closed after 133 years.
  • January 8?9 ? A strong storm, Hurricane Gudrun , hits northern Europe, including southern Sweden. At least 18 people are killed, 300,000 households and 75 million cubic meters of forest are felled.
  • January 18 - The company SIBA's CEO Fabian Bengtsson disappears in central Gothenburg, probably kidnapped.
  • February 3 ? Fabian Bengtsson is found alive in Gothenburg.
  • February 5 - Sweden's Prime Minister Goran Persson is appointed an honorary doctor of medicine at Orebro University . The appointment arouses strong protests, as it is considered a reward for the prime minister's having made Orebro University into a university.
  • March 11 - Nintendo launches its new game console Nintendo DS in Sweden and the rest of Europe.
  • March 21 - An arson attack is carried out against the Communist Party's Roda Stjarnan bookstore in Jonkoping.
  • April 15 -The Swedish political party Feministisk initiative is founded, but the decision to run in the parliamentary elections was made on 9 September 2005.
  • May 16 ? Second day of Pentecost is no longer a public holiday in Sweden, because the national day would be instead.
  • May 29- The commemorative note "Tumba Bruk 250 years" is issued, Sveriges riksbank
  • May 31 ? The Brattas murders.
  • June 1 ? Smoking ban is introduced in restaurants, pubs and cafes in Sweden.
  • Swedish national day becomes a public holiday
    June 6 - Sweden's national day becomes holiday.
  • June 10 ? The new Svinesund Bridge is inaugurated and the older bridge is named the Old Svinesund Bridge.
  • July 1 - A new Swedish copyright law enters into force. The file sharing debate flares up again.
  • September 11 ? The Armed Forces' telecommunications network and ground telecommunications unit (FMTM) is established.
  • September 18 - The swedish church holds a church referendum.
  • November 1 ? The healthcare guarantee starts to apply throughout Sweden.
  • November 25 ? A Swedish vehicle from the Swedish Foreign Forces is exposed to a bomb attack during a reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan. Two of the four people in the vehicle later died in hospital.
  • December 3 ? The yuletide in Gavle is lit by two dressed-up men at 9:08 p.m.
  • December 10 ? The 2005 Nobel Prize (see prize winners below) is awarded as usual in Stockholm's concert hall and in Oslo, with associated ceremonies.

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  • 6 January ? Ivan Lidholm, 94, Swedish track and field athlete and sports journalist.
  • 13 January ? Bengt Janson, 47, Swedish antique dealer, teacher and TV presenter.
  • 8 February – Germund Dahlquist , mathematician (born 1925)
  • 13 February – Sixten Ehrling , conductor (born 1918)
  • 12 May – Monica Zetterlund , singer and actress (born 1937)
  • 28 November – Carl Forssell , fencer (born 1917). [1]

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References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Carl Forssell" . Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 . Retrieved 16 November 2014 .
  2. ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Anna Westberg" . Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon . Retrieved 16 November 2014 .


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