1998 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Göran Persson

  Events

September

• 20 September – The 1998 Swedish general election.

  Popular culture

Literature

• Berömda män som varit i Sunne, novel by Göran Tunström, winner of the August Prize.

  Music

• 21 October – Blott en dag, music album released by Carola Häggkvist

  Sports

• 99 athletes competed for Sweden at the 1998 Winter Olympics
• The 1998 Allsvenskan was won by AIK

  Births

• 29 May – Matilda Algotsson, figure skater
• 15 November – Emma Larsson, artistic gymnast

  Deaths

• 1 January – Åke Seyffarth, speed skater.
• 6 January – Märta Johansson, diver.
• 21 May – Erik Bladström, canoer, Olympic champion 1936.
• 1 December – Bertil Nordahl, footballer.

  Full date missing

• Birger Sandberg, footballer