Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
1953
Dag Hammarskjöld is elected Secretary-General of the UN. Under his guidance, the UN resolves
the 1956 Suez Crisis.
1974
ABBA triumph in the Eurovision Song Contest in England, kick-starting a hugely successful pop
career.
1994
The ferry Estoniasinks during a storm on the Baltic Sea, killing 852 passengers, including 551
Swedes.
1995
Reluctantly, Sweden joins the European Union.
2001
Parliament votes 260 to 48 against abolition of the monarchy, even though the monarch ceased
to have any political power in 1974.
2009
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, marries Daniel Westling, her personal trainer; she is the first
Swedish royal to marry a commoner.
2011
Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, due for extradition to Sweden on sexual-assault charges, takes
refuge in the Ecuador embassy in London.
2014
Umeå is named a European Capital of Culture, with the spotlight falling on northern Sweden and
Sami art and culture.
