2003 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

  Events

• 10 September - Foreign Minister Anna Lindh stabbed whilst shopping at a Stockholm department store.
• 11 September - Foreign Minister Anna Lindh dies of stab injuries.
• 14 September - 2003 Swedish euro referendum

  Popular culture

Film

• 16 September - Evil, a drama film directed by Mikael Håfström, was released in Sweden. The film had earlier been presented at the Cannes film festival.

  Births

• 3 January Greta Thunberg, climate activist.

  Deaths

• 15 January - Arne Palmqvist, bishop.
• 16 March - Lars Passgård, actor.
• 25 August - Hjalmar Pettersson, cyclist.
• 11 September - Anna Lindh, Foreign Minister
• 26 September - Olle Anderberg, sport wrestler, Olympic champion in 1952.
• 30 October - Börje Leander, footballer.