1952 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

  Events

• June - The Catalina affair
• 21 September - Swedish general election
• 25 October – The Swedish Basketball Federation is founded out of the Swedish Handball Federation's basketball section.

  Popular culture

Film

• 12 August - The Firebird released

  Births

• 23 February - Sören Åkeby, football player
• 25 February - Tomas Ledin, singer and songwriter
• 21 March - Håkan Lindström, sailor.
• 7 May - Stanley Dickens, racing driver
• 12 May - Christer Garpenborg, athlete.
• 29 May - Carl-Henric Svanberg, businessman
• 14 June - Suzanne Reuter, actress
• 15 July - Christian Palme, communications expert, journalist and writer
• 10 August - Ulf Weinstock, ice hockey player.
• 10 September - Gustav Levin, actor)

  Deaths

• 12 July - Konrad Törnqvist, football player.
• 2 September - Hans von Rosen, horse rider
• 24 December - Anton Johanson, football player and manager
• Anna von Zweigbergk, reporter