1956 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

  Events

• 16 September - Swedish general election
• The Husaby Affair around Florence Stephens.
• The disappearance of Gunnel Gummeson.

  Popular culture

Sport

• Guldpucken established
• 11-17 June - The country stages the Equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Olympics because of problems with quarantine laws affecting the host city of Melbourne

  Theatre

• The Eugene O'Neill Award established

  Film

• 11 June - Seventh Heaven released
• 10 September - The Staffan Stolle Story released

  Births

• 18 March - Ingemar Stenmark, alpine skier.
• 2 May - Kenneth Johansson, politician
• 13 May - Staffan Hellstrand, rock musician, songwriter and record producer
• 23 May - Tomas Norström, actor and film director
• 24 August - Clas Lindberg, film director and screenwriter
• 2 September - Marcus Wallenberg, banker and industrialist
• 8 November - Peter Lindmark, ice hockey player.
• 5 December - Peter Dalle, actor and comedian

  Deaths

• 10 March - Åke Fjästad, football player.
• 21 March - Per Kaufeldt, football player
• 7 April - Sven Linderot, politician
• Elin Engström, politician, trade unionist and women's right activist
• 15 April - Leonard Peterson, gymnast