1954
Left bloc · SStockholm hosts Ice Hockey Worlds; Astrid Lindgren publishes Mio, My Son.
1954 infographic: hockey worlds, Mio, and Stieg Larsson
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Highlights
- Ice Hockey World Championship: Stockholm hosted the IIHF World Championship from 26 February to 7 March — notably the first championship in which the Soviet Union competed, immediately asserting itself as a major power.
- Mio, My Son: Astrid Lindgren published Mio, min Mio, her first fantasy novel, which won the German Youth Literature Prize in 1956 and cemented her reputation beyond the Pippi franchise.
- Stieg Larsson born: Future crime writer and journalist Stieg Larsson was born on 15 August; his posthumous Millennium trilogy would make Swedish crime fiction a global export.