1948
Left bloc · SErlander wins re-election amid Stockholm's Easter Riots and a booming children's literature scene.
1948 infographic: election, Easter Riots, children's literature, and London Games
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Highlights
- 1948 general election: On 19 September, Erlander's Social Democrats won 46.1% of the vote and 112 seats, repelling a fierce People's Party challenge and confirming the SAP's grip on government.
- Easter Riots: During Easter week, up to 10,000 youths clashed with police across Södermalm in Stockholm — the Påskkravallerna — in the largest post-war civil disturbance in Sweden.
- Pippi Longstocking: Astrid Lindgren published Pippi in the South Seas, cementing Pippi Longstocking's status as a global cultural phenomenon.
Events in this year
1948 Sweden's London 1948 Olympic medal year SOK records Sweden finishing second in the nations competition at London 1948, with the success framed against uneven postwar sporting recovery. Sports 1948-09-19 1948 Second-Chamber Election and Liberal Rise In September 1948 Sweden held Tage Erlander's first election as prime minister. The Social Democrats won 46.13 % and 112 of 230 lower-house seats; Folkpartiet under Bertil Ohlin surged to ~22.8 % and replaced the Right as the principal non-socialist opposition, opening a rivalry that shaped pension politics into the 1950s. Election