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Events from the year 1997 in Sweden

Incumbents

1 January
- Skåne County is founded following a merger of the counties of Kristianstad and Malmöhus.^[1]
- Kopparberg County is renamed Dalarna County.^[2]
13 September-13 December - Planet 24 premiered the first season of a critically acclaimed reality game show franchise, Expedition Robinson, formally known as Survivor.^[3] The first series to use the formalized name would not occur until its debut on 31 May 2000. Coincidentally, both seasons were shot in islands of Malaysia.^[4]^[5] The first season was won by police officer Martin Melin.
Date unknown: The inaugural International Science Festival in Gothenburg is held.

Date unknown: April Witch, novel by Majgull Axelsson, winner of the August Prize.^[6]

13 January – Sivar Arnér, novelist and playwright (born 1909).^[7]
25 January – Werner Aspenström, poet (b. 1918)
7 February – Allan Edwall, actor, director, author, composer and singer (b. 1924)
11 March — Lars Ahlin, writer and aesthetician (b. 1915)
11 March – Stefan Fernholm, discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1959)
12 April – Ivar Eriksson, footballer (b. 1909)
1 May – Bo Widerberg, film director, writer, editor and actor (b. 1930)
22 June – Ted Gärdestad, singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
4 July – Bengt Danielsson, anthropologist (b. 1921)
3 October – Jarl Kulle, film and stage actor and director (b. 1927)
14 December – Torsten Nilsson, politician (b. 1905)

^ "Residenset i Kristianstad" (in Swedish). National Property Board of Sweden. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ Mikael Forslund (23 June 2014). "Inledning samt Storfjäten" (in Swedish). Dalademokraten. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ Lindberg, Klas (23 November 2003). "Robinson - så började det..." Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ Burnett, Mark; Martin Dugard (2000). Survivor: The Ultimate Game. New York, New York: TV Books. p. 237.
^ Mark Burnett and Charlie Parsons-Executive Producer, Jeff Probst-Host (2004). Never Before Seen Footage (DVD). Paramount Pictures.
^ "Augustpriset" (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Sivar Arnér". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

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