1983 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Olof Palme

  Events

• 1 January - the Name Act of 1982, replacing the Name Act of 1963, comes into full and legal effect.
• The Tiveden National Park was established

  Popular culture

Film

• 16 September - Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain released

  Births

• 21 February - Emilie O'Konor, ice hockey player
• 28 February - Sara Nordenstam, Swedish-born Norwegian swimmer
• 9 May - Petter Stymne, swimmer
• 7 July - Nanna Jansson, ice hockey player
• 6 September - Johanna Wiberg, handball player.
• 9 September - Frej Larsson, musician
• 17 October - Åsa Persson, figure skater
• 15 December - Jonas Persson, swimmer.

  Exact date missing

• Anna Maria Nilsson, biathlete

  Deaths

• 22 February - Georg Rydeberg, film actor