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See also:	Other events of 1962 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year1962 inSweden

← 1961 1960 1959 1962 in Sweden → 1963 1964 1965
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1962 Timeline of Swedish history

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

• Ewy Rosqvist and co-driverUrsula Wirth win the Gran Premio Argentina, finishing first out of 257 entrants and three hours ahead of their closest rival.^[1] Ewy Rosqvist goes on to joinMercedes-Benz.

• 1 January - Sweden'sGNP increases by 4.5%.^[2]
• 1 January - Unemployment at just 1.2% of the insured workforce in 1961.^{[citation needed]}
• 1 January - Fixed capital formation rises to 22% of GNP, with strong government-backed housing initiatives.^{[citation needed]}
• 1 January - Wages increase by 8.5%, but inflation remains moderate at 2%.^{[citation needed]}

• 31 March -51st edition of the Davis Cup has Sweden defeating Italy in theEurope Zone final.^[3]

• 31 December -Owe Ohlsson ends the year as the top scorer of theSwedish Association Football team, closely followed byLeif Skiöld andÖrjan Martinsson.^[4]

• 6 March –Bengt Baron, swimmer.^[5]
• 1 June –Mats Fransson, former handball player
• 2 June –Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, show jumper
• 10 June –Peter Nilsson, ice hockey player
• 12 June –Patrik Bergner, actor, film director and playwright
• 29 June –Blossom Tainton-Lindquist, singer
• 5 July –Maria Lantz, academic artist
• 8 July –Jan Erixon, former professional ice hockey player
• 9 July –Jörgen Häggqvist, judoka
• 28 July –Lars Håland, cross-country skier
• 21 September –Peter Åslin, ice hockey player (died 2012).^[6]
• 26 September –Jonas Bergqvist, ice hockey player.^[7]

• 5 January –Per Thorén, figure skater (born1885)
• 22 January –Carl-Ehrenfried Carlberg, gymnast (born1889).^[8]
• 18 February –Erik Granfelt, gymnast (born1883).^[9]
• 5 April –Boo Kullberg, gymnast (born1889).^[10]
• 11 April –Sven Landberg, gymnast (born1888).^[11]
• 4 July –Carl Hellström, sailor (born1864).^[12]
• 7 August –Gustaf Lewenhaupt, count, military officer and horse rider (born1879).^[13]
• 19 August –Kerstin Hesselgren, politician (born1872^[14]

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