Events in Sweden

217 notable events in Sweden — murders, wars and shipwrecks. Page 1 of 3.

• Vasa (ship)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Year Without a Summer
  1816 · Natural disaster
• Olof Palme
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Baltic Sea anomaly
  date unknown · Science & concept
• Jon Nödtveidt
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Norrmalmstorg robbery
  Aug 23, 1973–Aug 28, 1973 · Kidnapping & hostage
• Assassination of Olof Palme
  Feb 28, 1986 · Murder & homicide
• Stockholm Bloodbath
  Nov 7, 1520–Nov 9, 1520 · Massacre
• Trollhättan school stabbing
  Oct 22, 2015 · Massacre
• Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751
  Dec 27, 1991 · Aviation accident
• Trustor affair
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• Soviet submarine S-363
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Murder of Lisa Holm
  Jun 7, 2015 · Murder & homicide
• Bofors scandal
  1980s · Scandal & controversy
• 2017 Stockholm truck attack
  Apr 7, 2017 · Attack (other)
• Västberga helicopter robbery
  Sep 23, 2009 · Crime & justice
• Örebro school shooting
  Feb 4, 2025 · Shooting
• West German Embassy siege in Stockholm
  Apr 24, 1975 · Kidnapping & hostage
• Keillers Park murder
  Jul 23, 1997 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Mikael Janicki
  Apr 10, 2024 · Murder & homicide
• Skellefteå assault case
  Jul 7, 2022 · Crime & justice
• Eslöv school stabbing
  Aug 21, 2021 · Massacre
• Murders of Mohammed Ammouri and Anna-Lena Svensson
  Oct 19, 2004 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Adriana Naghei Ostrowska
  Aug 2, 2020 · Murder & homicide
• Killing of Salwan Momika
  Jan 29, 2025 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Catrine da Costa
  Jun 10, 1984 · Murder & homicide
• 2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
  Jan 21, 2023 · Crisis
• Great Northern War plague outbreak
  Jun 1710–Feb 1711 · Epidemic & disease
• The Pirate Bay trial
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Murder of Elin Krantz
  Sep 26, 2010 · Murder & homicide
• Ådalen shootings
  May 14, 1931 · Riot & unrest
• German submarine Hai
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Kristianstad school stabbing
  Jan 10, 2022 · Massacre
• 2010 Stockholm bombings
  Dec 11, 2010 · Terrorism
• 2023 Jetline roller coaster accident
  Jun 25, 2023 · Accident
• SS Suevic
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Kronan (ship)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Atlas Vampire
  May 4, 1932 · Murder & homicide
• 2025 Uppsala shooting
  Apr 29, 2025 · Shooting
• Knutby murder
  Jan 10, 2004 · Murder & homicide
• Porn Murders
  Mar 22, 1989–Dec 2, 1989 · Murder & homicide
• Dacke War
  1542 · War & armed conflict
• Gribshunden
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Malmö school stabbing
  Mar 21, 2022 · Attack (other)
• Telecoms crash
  date unknown
• Swedish warship Mars
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Engelbrekt rebellion
  1434–1436 · War & armed conflict
• Sture murders
  May 24, 1567 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Katarina Jakobsson
  Nov 7, 1979 · Murder & homicide
• 1990–1994 Swedish financial crisis
  date unknown · Crisis
• Storm Babet
  Oct 20, 2023–Oct 21, 2023 · Natural disaster
• We Are Sthlm sexual assaults
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• 1998 Gothenburg discotheque fire
  Oct 29, 1998 · Fire
• German submarine U-235
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Anglo-Swedish war of 1810–1812
  Nov 17, 1810–Jul 18, 1812 · War & armed conflict
• MV Mi Amigo
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Brandbergen murders
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• Øresund drone incident
  Feb 25, 2026 · War & armed conflict
• Death of Kevin Hjalmarsson
  Aug 16, 1998 · Crime & justice
• Murder of Bobby Äikiä
  Jan 14, 2006 · Murder & homicide
• Dahlsjö Case
  Jul 29, 1965 · Disappearance
• 2008 Scania earthquake
  Dec 16, 2008 · Earthquake
• Kungälv school shooting
  Mar 4, 1961 · Shooting
• Uralic–Yukaghir hypothesis
  date unknown · Science & concept
• Collision between a car and a submarine
  Aug 19, 1961 · Maritime disaster
• Trial of Hamid Nouri
  Aug 10, 2021–May 4, 2022 · War & armed conflict
• Haijby scandal
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• Midsummer crisis
  Jun 1941 · Crisis
• Linjeflyg Flight 618
  Jan 15, 1977 · Aviation accident
• May 2013 Stockholm riots
  May 19, 2013–May 28, 2013 · Riot & unrest
• Ship to Gaza (Sweden)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Murder of John Hron
  Aug 17, 1995 · Murder & homicide
• 2022 Furuvik Zoo chimpanzee shootings
  Dec 14, 2022 · Shooting
• Hårsfjärden incident
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• IB affair
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• S-363 submarine incident
  Nov 6, 1981 · War & armed conflict
• Murder of Wilma Andersson
  Nov 14, 2019 · Murder & homicide
• Daniel Lind Lagerlöf
  Oct 6, 2011 · Disappearance
• German minelayer Hansestadt Danzig
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Malexander murders
  May 28, 1999 · Murder & homicide
• Almö Bridge
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130
  Sep 15, 1972–Sep 16, 1972 · Aviation accident
• 2022 Sweden riots
  from Apr 15, 2022 · Attack (other)
• Juha Valjakkala
  Jul 3, 1988 · Murder & homicide
• Västerås IKEA attack
  Aug 10, 2015 · Attack (other)
• Murder of Helén Nilsson
  Mar 1, 1989 · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Tove Tönnies
  Oct 2022 · Murder & homicide
• Trångsund school shooting
  Sep 4, 2024 · Shooting
• Tjörn Bridge
  Jan 18, 1980 · Maritime disaster
• 1970 Stockholm Spantax Convair CV-990 crash
  Jan 5, 1970 · Aviation accident
• 2018 Sweden wildfires
  from May 2018 · Fire
• Malév Flight 731
  Aug 28, 1971 · Aviation accident
• Killing of Eric Torell
  Aug 2, 2018 · Shooting
• Disappearance of Helena Andersson
  Jun 14, 1992 · Disappearance
• SS Westfalen (1905)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Linjeflyg Flight 267V
  Nov 20, 1964 · Aviation accident
• 1971 Yugoslav Embassy shooting
  Apr 7, 1971 · Massacre
• Yngsjö murder
  Mar 28, 1889 · Murder & homicide
• Stureby murder
  date unknown · Murder & homicide
• 2021 Swedish government crisis
  Jun 21, 2021 · Crisis