Sweden-related events during the year of 1974
Events from the year 1974 in Sweden
Events
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- 2 January - Electricity rationing is introduced in Sweden due to the oil crisis
- 29 January - The Swedish petrol rationing ends after three weeks
- 7 March - Electricity rationing in Sweden ends, among other things, the street lights turn on fully again
- 6 April - Sweden wins the 19th Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, United Kingdom. The winning song is "Waterloo", performed by ABBA. The year marks the first time the contest was won by a group.
- 26 April - Sweden's first videographer is inaugurated.
- 18 September - Swedish spy Stig Wennerström, sentenced in 1964 to life imprisonment, is released by decision of the Swedish government