2018 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime minister – Stefan Löfven

  Events

• May–August - 2018 Sweden wildfires
• 14 August - More Than 100 Cars Burned in Mass Arson Attack in Sweden.
• 20 August – 15 years old Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg starts to stay out of school in an attempt to give attention to the climate change issue.
• 9 September -2018 Swedish general election is held.

  Sports

• 21 to 28 April - The 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship ar held in Östersund.

  Births

• 9 March – Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Blekinge

  Deaths

• 4 January – Johannes Brost, actor.
• 23 January – Anders Åberg, painter, cartoonist and sculptor
• 27 January – Ingvar Kamprad, businessman, founder of IKEA
• 1 February – Robert Larsson, ice hockey player
• 3 March – Kenneth Gärdestad, songwriter
• 5 March – Kjerstin Dellert, opera singer
• 20 March – Ann-Charlotte Alverfors, writer
• 21 March – Ulrica Hydman Vallien, artist
• 25 March – Jerry Williams, singer and actor
• 29 March – Sven-Olov Sjödelius, canoeist, Olympic champion in 1960 and 1964
• 3 April – Lill-Babs, singer and actress
• 20 April – Avicii, musician, DJ, remixer and record producer
• 28 May – Ola Ullsten, politician, former Prime Minister
• 6 June – Åke Wärnström, boxer.
• 8 June – Per Ahlmark, politician.