← 1958 1957 1956 1959 in Sweden → 1960 1961 1962
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1959 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1959 in Sweden

Incumbents

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

Events

• The Lycksele Zoo established

Popular culture

Film

• 26 January – Fröken Chic released
• 13 November – Raggare! released

Births

• 8 January – Björn Jilsén, handball player.^[1]
• 9 January – Tommy Holmgren, football player
• 27 January – Göran Hägglund, politician
• 24 April –
  • Ronnie Båthman, tennis player
  • Johan Petri, theatre director, dramatist, and theatre scholar
• 22 May – Lotta Falkenbäck, figure skater.^[2]
• 23 May – Daniel Alfredson, film director
• 14 June – Håkan Södergren, ice hockey player
• 3 July – Jens Nordqvist, sprint canoer.^[3]
• 29 July – Jöran Hägglund, politician
• 16 August – Gunilla Röör, actress
• 23 August – Christina Herrström, screenwriter
• 30 October – Glenn Hysén, football player and manager
• 13 December – Staffan William-Olsson, jazz musician

Deaths

• 1 March – Ragnar Malm, cyclist (born 1893).^[4]
• 8 March – Olle Hjortzberg, painter and illustrator (born 1872)
• 20 March – Einar Svensson, ice hockey player (born 1894)
• 26 March – Frans Lindstrand, wrestler (born 1883).^[5]
• 11 May – Arvid Spångberg, diver (born 1890)
• 20 July – Karl Ansén, football player (born 1887).^[6]
• 19 November – Douglas Håge, actor (born 1898)
• 7 December – Nils Bolander, bishop (born 1902)
• 11 December – Gustaf Weidel, gymnast (born 1890).^[7]