2026 in Sweden
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Events in the year 2026 in Sweden.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 15 January–1 February – 2026 European Men's Handball Championship in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.[1][2]
- 28 January – Gröna Lund amusement park is fined $590,000 by the Stockholm District Court for negligence over the 2023 Jetline roller coaster accident that left one person dead.[3]
February
- 25 February – The Swedish Armed Forces intercept a suspected Russian drone that was approaching the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in Malmö.[4]
March
- 6 March – The Swedish Coast Guard boards the Guinean-flagged cargo vessel Caffa off Trelleborg on suspicion of transporting stolen Ukrainian grain to Russia and fraudulent registration.[5]
- 13 March – Simona Mohamsson and Jimmie Åkesson, leaders of the Liberals and Sweden Democrats respectively, announced at a press conference that their two parties had come to an agreement which would see the Liberals eliminate any red lines against the Sweden Democrats in a future right-of-centre coalition.[6] The agreement, dubbed "The Sweden Promise", also included other policy goals they would cooperate on, including a national referendum on adopting the Euro as currency, coinciding with the 2030 general election.[6][7][8]
- 18 March – Iran executes a dual Iranian-Swedish national convicted on charges of spying for Israel.[9]
Predicted and scheduled events
- 13 September – 2026 Swedish general election[10][11]
- TBA – 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Sweden and Turkey.[12][13]
Holidays
Source:[14]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 3 April – Good Friday
- 5 April – Easter Sunday
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – International Workers' Day
- 14 May – Ascension Day
- 6 June – National Day of Sweden
- 20 June – Midsummer Day
- 31 October – All Saints' Day
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas
Deaths
- 9 January – Ulf Granberg, 80, comics creator and editor (The Phantom).[15]
- 21 January – Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, 87, royal.[16]
