1949 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

  Events

• The Swedish Building Workers' Union founded

  Popular culture

Film

• 29 August - Flickan från tredje raden released
• 17 October - Thirst released
• 9 December - Pippi Longstocking released

  Sport

• 4 to 10 February - the 1949 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm
• 12 to 20 February - the 1949 World Ice Hockey Championships were held in Stockholm

  Births

• 2 January - Anders Lidén, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations
• 15 February - Thomas Callerud, figure skater
• 6 April - Janet Ågren, actress
• 13 May - Eva Eriksson, illustrator and writer
• 21 May - Björn Ranelid, writer
• 9 July - Jan Brunstedt, auto racing driver
• 19 July - Bo Bernhardsson, politician
• 16 August - Bo Knape, sailor

  Deaths

• 28 January - Gustaf Nordqvist, composer, church musician and professor
• 7 March - David Emanuel Wahlberg, sports writer and editor
• 9 March - Claes Johanson, wrestler
• 19 April - Ulrich Salchow, figure skater
• 22 November - John Ekman, film actor
• Karolina Widerström