2006 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

  Events

Publications

• The Girl Who Played with Fire, novel by Stieg Larsson.

  Deaths

• 20 January
• *Sven Fagerberg, writer
• *Dave Lepard, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 5 July - Gert Fredriksson, canoer, Olympic champion.
• 27 July - Göran Printz-Påhlson, writer
• 17 September - Hans Berglund, canoer.
• 4 October - Gunnar Åkerlund, canoer.