← 1951 1950 1949 1952 in Sweden → 1953 1954 1955
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1952 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1952 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

• June – The Catalina affair
• 21 September – Swedish general election
• 25 October – The Swedish Basketball Federation is founded out of the Swedish Handball Federation's basketball section.^[1]
• unknown date – The paratrooper training school Fallskärmsjägarna (FJS) is established.

Popular culture

Film

• 12 August – The Firebird released

Births

• 23 February – Sören Åkeby, football player
• 25 February – Tomas Ledin, singer and songwriter
• 21 March – Håkan Lindström, sailor.^[2]
• 7 May – Stanley Dickens, racing driver
• 12 May – Christer Garpenborg, athlete.^[3]
• 29 May – Carl-Henric Svanberg, businessman
• 14 June – Suzanne Reuter, actress
• 15 July – Christian Palme, communications expert, journalist and writer
• 10 August – Ulf Weinstock, ice hockey player.^[4]
• 10 September – Gustav Levin, actor

Deaths

• 12 July – Konrad Törnqvist, football player (born 1888).^[5]
• 2 September – Hans von Rosen, horse rider (born 1888)
• 24 December – Anton Johanson, football player and manager (born 1877)
• Anna von Zweigbergk, reporter (born 1865)