Stockholm History Timeline

• 1520-11-08 Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.

• 1685-12-03 Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1697-05-07 Stockholm's medieval royal castle is destroyed by fire, the Codex Gigas (world's largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript) survives by being thrown out a window
• 1719-11-20 Sweden & Hannover sign for peace Treaty of Stockholm
• 1720-02-11 Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
• 1720-06-09 Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
• 1751-07-31 Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses

• 1852-09-03 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1855-07-31 Stockholm experiences its hottest July since at least 1756, with an average temperature of 21.4°C

• 1890-03-02 Norwegian speed skater Oskar Fredriksen sets inaugural 5,000m world record of 9:19.8 in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1891-02-15 AIK is founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.
• 1908-01-21 August Strindberg's "Spoksonaten" premieres in Stockholm
• 1909-03-26 August Strindberg's "Bjalb-jarle-ti" premieres in Stockholm
• 1909-08-31 Swedish runner Thure Johansson runs world record marathon (2:40:34.2) in Stockholm
• 1912-07-06 V Summer (Modern) Olympic Games officially open Stockholm, Sweden; events conducted prior to the ceremony dating back to 5 May

• 1912-07-11 There are 6 medallists in the Stockholm Olympic pole vault; American Harry Babcock takes gold (3.95m); countrymen Frank Nelson and Marc Wright dead-heat for silver; 3-man dead-heat for bronze
• 1912-07-15 American athlete Jim Thorpe is placed in top 4 in all 10 events, for an Olympic record 8,413 points to win the Decathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982
• 1912-07-22 V Summer (Modern) Olympic Games close in Stockholm, Sweden

• 1936-12-10 Stockholm: physicist PBJ Debije receives Nobel prize for chemistry

• 1956-06-10 XVI Summer Olympic equestrian events open in Stockholm
• 1956-07-25 46 die in collision of the SS Andrea Doria and the MS Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket

• 1958-08-24 Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR)
• 1958-10-08 Dr Ake Senning installs first pacemaker (Stockholm)
• 1960-01-04 European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
• 1967-05-10 Stockholm Vietnam Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam and Cambodia

• 1972-06-05 UN Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm
• 1972-09-15 An SAS domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm was hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
• 1975-03-22 20th Eurovision Song Contest: Teach-In for Netherlands wins singing "Ding-a-dong" in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1975-04-25 West German embassy blown up in Stockholm, Sweden

• 1978-04-12 Gyorgy Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre" premieres in Stockholm

• 1986-09-22 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm
• 1987-06-30 Patrik Sjöberg of Sweden sets a new men's high jump world record 2.42m (7 ft 11 1⁄4 in) in Stockholm, Sweden

• 1989-07-03 Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3,000m steeplechase world record of 8:05.39 in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1994-07-31 Stockholm averages 21.5°C; the warmest July since 1855
• 1995-06-18 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden: Hege Riise & Marianne Pettersen score within 3 minutes of each other to give Norway a 2-0 win over Germany

• 1997-03-07 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
• 1998-05-13 Chelsea of England win 38th European Cup Winner's Cup against Stuttgart of Germany 1-0 in Stockholm
• 2000-05-13 45th Eurovision Song Contest: Olsen Brothers for Denmark wins singing "Fly on the Wings of Love" in Stockholm

• 2010-12-11 Two explosions occur in a busy shopping district of Stockholm, Sweden, killing one and injuring two others. Officials say the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack.
• 2014-02-27 Chaos erupts after the Swedish Public Employment Service mistakenly invites 61,000 people to a job interview in Stockholm

• 2017-04-01 Bob Dylan receives his Nobel Prize for Literature at a private ceremony in Stockholm
• 2017-04-07 Truck driven into a department store in Stockholm, killing 4 in a terror attack
• 2017-05-24 UEFA Europa League won by Manchester United 2-0 against Ajax in Stockholm
• 2018-08-01 Swedish crown jewels stolen in heist from Strängnäs Cathedral, Stockholm
• 2019-08-14 American rapper ASAP Rocky found guilty of assault in Stockholm and given a suspended sentence

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 154

• 1533-12-13 Erik XIV, King of Sweden (1560-69), born in Stockholm (d. 1577)
• 1550-10-04 Charles IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), born in Stockholm Castle, Sweden (d. 1611)
• 1550-11-06 Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1612)
• 1622-05-08 Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1698)
• 1626-12-08 Christina, Queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic (1644-54), born in Tre Kronor Castle, Stockholm (d. 1689)
• 1668-04-14 Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1741)
• 1681-06-26 Hedvig Sophia, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, born in Three Crowns Castle, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1708)

• 1688-01-23 Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1741)
• 1694-10-26 Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer, conductor and violinist, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1758)
• 1695-09-05 Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1770)
• 1719-09-03 Ferdinand Zellbell the younger, Swedish composer and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1780)
• 1740-09-07 Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1814)

• 1752-09-08 Carl Stenborg, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1813)
• 1755-09-04 Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1810)

• 1789-09-03 Edmund Passy, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1870)
• 1789-11-13 Jean Martin de Ron, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1817)
• 1793-11-28 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1866)
• 1796-07-23 Franz Berwald, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1868)
• 1799-11-09 Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1877)
• 1804-06-06 Petter Conrad Boman, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1861)
• 1806-05-12 Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish journalist, statesman and nationalist, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1881)
• 1812-12-15 Isidor Dannström, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1897)
• 1818-03-27 Jacob Axel Josephson, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1880)
• 1820-10-06 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano known as the 'Swedish Nightingale', born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1887)
• 1826-05-03 Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1859-72), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1872)
• 1826-06-05 Ivar Hallström, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1901)
• 1831-08-28 Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1885)
• 1832-07-17 (Johan) August Söderman, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1876)

• 1843-03-08 Vilhelm Svedbom, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1904)
• 1851-04-16 Ernst Josephson, Swedish painter, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1906)
• 1851-10-31 Lovisa of Sweden, Queen of Denmark, born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1926)
• 1853-05-28 Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (Midwinter Sacrifice - Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1919)
• 1859-04-05 Wilhelm Harteveld, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm (d. 1927)
• 1866-09-10 Tor Aulin, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1914)
• 1871-02-07 (Carl) Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish composer considered the finest Swedish pianist of his time, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1927)
• 1871-02-14 Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (The Saga of Gösta Berling), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1959)
• 1874-03-09 Richard Ohlsson, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1940)
• 1874-05-03 V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1954)
• 1879-02-09 [Carl] Natanael Berg, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1957)
• 1879-06-28 Sigurd von Koch, Swedish composer, born in Ägnö, Stockholm archipelago, Sweden (d. 1919)
• 1880-07-24 Kristian Hellström, Swedish athlete (Olympic bronze 1,500m 1906) and executive (first Secretary-General International Association of Athletics Federations 1913-14), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1946)
• 1881-10-28 Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (Olympic silver pole vault & bronze javelin 1906; bronze pole vault 1908; popularized bowling in Sweden), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1969)
• 1882-11-11 Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-73), born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1973)
• 1886-02-12 Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, Swedish organist and composer, born in Stockholm (d. 1949)
• 1888-05-09 Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director, born in Stockholm (d. 1964)
• 1891-11-22 Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Theory of Money & Capital), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1960)
• 1893-06-07 Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater (Olympic gold 1920, 24, 28), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1938)
• 1893-06-28 Nils Björkander, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1972)
• 1897-11-02 Jacob Bjerknes, Norwegian-American meteorologist (USAF in London), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1975)
• 1901-03-27 Albert Henneberg, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1991)
• 1905-02-07 Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist famous for his work on neurotransmitters (Nobel 1970), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1983)

• 1905-11-17 Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians, first wife of King Leopold III (1934-35), born in Arvfurstens Palace, Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (d. 1935)
• 1906-04-22 Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Swedish prince second in line to the Swedish throne, born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1947)
• 1909-11-13 Gunnar Bjornstrand, Swedish actor (Shame, Dreams), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1986)
• 1910-03-28 Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark, Wife of King Frederik IX, ruler of Denmark (1947-72), born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2000)
• 1910-04-26 Erland von Koch, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2009)
• 1910-08-15 Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (Johnny Angel; A Double Life), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2002)
• 1912-09-05 Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2001)
• 1914-03-13 Carl-Olof Anderberg, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1972)

• 1916-01-10 Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and Nobel laureate, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2004)
• 1916-10-31 Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden, born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2012)
• 1918-04-03 Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2005)
• 1918-04-25 Astrid Varnay, Swedish soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1941-56), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2006)
• 1919-01-15 Åke Seyffarth, Swedish speed skater (Olympic gold 10,000m 1948; WR 3,000 & 5,000m), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1998)
• 1920-03-08 Eva Dahlbeck, Swedish actress (Brink of Life, Dreams, A Lesson in Love), born in Saltsjö-Duvnäs, Stockholms län, Sweden (d. 2008)
• 1923-06-15 Erland Josephson, Swedish actor, dramatist and author (The Sacrifice, Utflykt), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2012)
• 1925-07-11 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish opera tenor (Opera Two to Six), born in Stockholm (d. 2017)

• 1927-07-19 Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer and journalist (Albania Defiant), born in Bromma, Stockholm (d. 2020)
• 1928-01-29 Bengt Hambraeus, Swedish Canadian composer and organist, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2000)
• 1929-01-28 Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American pop artist (Clothespin; Alphabet; Good Humor), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2022) [1]
• 1929-11-05 Lennart Johansson, Swedish soccer administrator (President Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) 1990–2007), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2019)
• 1931-04-15 Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet (Nobel Prize for Literature - 2011), born in Stockholm (d. 2015)
• 1931-08-27 Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey center, football winger, golfer, course designer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2011)
• 1932-01-14 Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress (Cries & Whispers), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1932-03-28 Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer (Exterminate All the Brutes), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2019)
• 1933-08-30 Arne Mellnäs, Swedish contemporary classical composer (Aura; Capricorn Flakes; Rolando furioso), and educator (Royal College of Music, 1963-83), born in Stockholm (d. 2002)
• 1934-06-04 Carl Fredrik Reutersward, Swedish artist (knotted-gun sculpture), born in Stockholm (d. 2016)
• 1934-10-18 Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1934-11-14 Kurt Hamrin, Swedish soccer winger (31 caps; AIK, AC Milan, Fiorentina 289 games), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2024)
• 1935-07-25 Lars Werner, Swedish communist leader, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2013)
• 1935-09-25 Maj Sjowall, Swedish writer (Martin Beck crime novels), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2020)
• 1935-10-28 Folke Rabe, Swedish avant-garde composer (What??), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2017)
• 1935-11-11 Birgitta "Bibi" Andersson, Swedish actress (Persona, Wild Strawberries), born in Kungsholmen, Stockholms län, Sweden (d. 2019)
• 1937-04-25 Bo Brundin, Swedish actor (The Rhinemann Exchange; A Baltic Tragedy), born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 2022)
• 1938-09-20 Pia Lindström, Swedish-American broadcast journalist and arts critic (WNBC-TV; Rusar i hans famn), and first child of Ingrid Bergman, born in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1941-09-17 William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (Olympic gold 1948), born in Stockholm (d. 2012)
• 1942-10-06 Britt Ekland, actress (Wicker Man, Asylum), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1943-12-30 Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2002)
• 1944-08-23 Lena Tabori, Swedish actress model and daughter of Viveca Lindfors, born in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1945-05-04 Georg Wadenius, Swedish rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1945-11-26 Björn von Sydow, Swedish politician (Minister for Defence), born in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1946-06-02 Lasse Hallström, Swedish screenwriter and film director (Cider House Rules; My Life As A Dog; ABBA music videos), born in Stockholm, Sweden

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