1974 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Olof Palme

  Events

Popular culture

Literature

• Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson are awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The two laureates were members of the Swedish Academy at the time; the decision was criticized by the media, and Martinson committed suicide in 1978.

  Births

• 26 May - Lars Frölander, swimmer.
• 30 July - Josefin Åsberg, film art director.
• 24 October - Joakim Nätterqvist, actor
• 19 December - Minna Telde, horse rider.
• 20 December - Angelica Ljungquist, beach volleyball player

  Deaths

• 7 May - Gustaf Dyrsch, horse rider.
• 29 October - Axel Cadier, wrestler, Olympic champion in 1936.