2003
Left bloc · SAnna Lindh assassinated; Sweden rejects the euro.
2003 infographic: Anna Lindh assassinated; Sweden rejects the euro.
AI-generated infographic using the page's 2003 anchors.
Highlights
- Assassination of Anna Lindh: Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was stabbed at the NK department store in Stockholm on 10 September and died the next morning. The attacker, Mijailo Mijailović, was sentenced to life imprisonment. It was Sweden's second political assassination since Olof Palme in 1986.
- Euro referendum: On 14 September — four days after the attack on Lindh — Swedes voted 55.9% against adopting the euro, with 82.6% turnout. Sweden retained the krona and its independent monetary policy; this remains the country's most recent referendum.
- The Pirate Bay founded: On 21 September, the anti-copyright organisation Piratbyrån launched The Pirate Bay torrent tracker, which grew into the world's largest BitTorrent index and ignited a global debate on intellectual property and internet freedom.
Events in this year
2003-09-10 Assassination of Anna Lindh 2003 Assassination of Anna Lindh: Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was stabbed at the NK department store in Stockholm on 10 September and died the next morning. The attacker, Mijailo Mijailović, was sentenced to life imprisonment. It was Sweden's second political assassination since Olof Palme in 1986. Crisis 2003-09-14 Euro referendum 2003 Euro referendum: On 14 September — four days after the attack on Lindh — Swedes voted 55.9% against adopting the euro, with 82.6% turnout. Sweden retained the krona and its independent monetary policy; this remains the country's most recent referendum. Referendum