19 September – The 1982 Swedish general election is held.
8 October – Thorbjörn Fälldin resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden, following a defeat for the Centre Party of Sweden in the Swedish parliamentary election. He is replaced with Olof Palme.
Births
3 January – Lasse Nilsson, footballer
25 January – Patrik Ingelsten, football coach and former player
31 January – Yukimi Nagano, singer-songwriter
6 February – Bojan Djordjic, footballer
2 March – Henrik Lundqvist, ice hockey player
2 March – Joel Lundqvist, ice hockey player
8 March – Erik Ersberg, ice hockey player
9 March – Tobias Hysén, footballer
10 March – Andreas Johansson, footballer
15 March – Daniel Rickardsson, cross-country skier
21 April – Patrik Sandell, rally driver
15 May Stefan Ishizaki, footballer
10 June – Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
23 June – Martin Rolinski, Musical artist
1 July – Joachim Johansson, tennis player
21 July – Miss Li, Musical artist
23 July – Ace Wilder, singer
8 August – Viktor Fasth, ice hockey player
10 August – John Alvbåge, footballer
17 August – Jon Olsson, freestyle skier
21 August – Kim Andersson, handball player
24 August – Kim Källström, footballer
10 September – Staffan Kronwall, ice hockey player
15 September – Sofia Jannok, Musical artist
15 September – Per Nilsson, footballer
27 September – Markus Rosenberg, footballer
2 November – Johan Wissman, sprinter
Deaths
4 January – Konrad Granström, gymnast (born 1900)
30 January – Tora Dahl, writer (born 1886)
10 March – Erik August Larsson, cross country skier (born 1912)
8 June - Solveig Rönn-Christiansson, politician (born 1902)
8 July – Gunnar Eriksson, cross country skier (born 1921)