← 1941 1940 1939 1942 in Sweden → 1943 1944 1945
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1942 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1942 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf V
• Prime Minister – Per Albin Hansson

Events

• April 24 – Hot water is allowed three days a week in Swedish apartment buildings, in Stockholm this requires an extra 12,000 cubic meters of firewood
• RIFA (manufacturer) is founded.
• August 7 – Sven "Svängis" Johansson, Sweden wins the Six-Day Cycle Race in Sweden

Births

• 2 January – Thomas Hammarberg, diplomat and human rights defender
• 14 January – Stig Engström (actor)
• 17 May – Tom Turesson, footballer and manager (died 2004)
• 22 June – Laila Freivalds, Social Democratic politician
• 3 July – Gunilla Bergström, author, journalist, and illustrator (died 2021)
• 4 July – Arne Hegerfors, sports journalist and broadcaster (died 2024)
• 25 July – Krister Kristensson, footballer and manager (died 2023)
• 1 August – Kent Andersson, motorcycle racer (died 2006)
• 27 August – Örjan Persson, footballer
• 6 October – Britt Ekland, actress
• 6 October – Björn Nordqvist, footballer
• 26 December – Jan Halvarsson, cross-country skier (died 2020)

Deaths

• 25 January - Gertrud Adelborg, women's rights activist
• 5 July – Karin Swanström, actress, producer and director
• 26 June - Agda Östlund, suffragist and social democrat
• 20 November – Emma Meissner, soprano and actress
• 21 November – Einar Lönnberg, zoologist and conservationist
• 3 December – Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer