← 1950 1949 1948 1951 in Sweden → 1952 1953 1954
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1951 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1951 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Gustaf VI Adolf
• Prime Minister – Tage Erlander

Events

• 22 January – 11 people die when a rail bus and a train collide in Kinstaby, Sweden.
• 9 May – In order to reduce purchasing power and counteract the rapid inflation in Sweden, the Swedish parliament decides on a series of new taxes.
• 2 June – The first Colorado beetle is discovered in Sweden.

Births

• 23 February – Ulla Skoog, actress and comedian
• 17 April – Börje Salming, ice hockey player (died 2022).^[1]
• 12 May – Gunnar Larsson, swimmer.^[2]
• 14 May – Anders Paulrud, writer (died 2008).^[3]
• 13 June – Stellan Skarsgård, actor.^[4]
• 27 June – Ulf Andersson, chess player
• 2 August – Per Westerberg, politician
• 2 August – Freddie Wadling (died 2016).
• 4 September – Marita Ulvskog, politician and former MEP
• 17 October – Roger Pontare, musician
• 19 December – Ulf Olsson, convicted murderer (died 2010).

Deaths

• 12 January – Gustaf Boivie, sport shooter (born 1864).^[5]
• 26 October – Herbert Lindström, tug-of-war competitor, Olympic champion from 2012 (born 1886).^[6]
• 25 December – Filip Ericsson, sailor (born 1882).^[7]