2 January – Swedish newspapers Kvällsposten and GT merge to form iDag.
3 January – ANC leader Oliver Tambo arrives in Sweden for treatment at a clinic in Stockholm following a stroke in August 1989 and the imminent closure of the London clinic he was at previously.[1][2]
16 January – The first of five court cases in 1990 for Björn Borg begins, facing an $82 million business lawsuit brought by Lars Skarke former business partner and managing director of Björn Borg Design Group.[6]
22 January – Björn Borg's libel case against Swedish satirical magazine “Z” begins. He sues the publication for $600,000 for alleging he abused drugs.[8]
29 January – After going on a partial strike demanding a 21% pay increase, The Bank Institute Employer's Association (BAO) locked out 62,000 bank workers and closes the banks as part of the ongoing financial crisis.[10]
February
2 February – After South African President F.W. de Klerk announces he is legalising the ANC and other groups, Walter Sisulu in Stockholm with other ANC leaders visiting Oliver Tambo praise the decision but call for further progress including the release of Nelson Mandela.[11]
8 February
Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson states that the economy is “falling apart” and that his minority government will resign unless parliament passes a ban on strikes and impose a two-year freeze on wages.
Finance Minister Kjell-Olof Feldt outlines the government's plan in parliament which includes a two-year freeze on local taxes, rents and stock dividends.[12]
15 February – Failing to gain the needed support of any opposition parties, the government's economic bill is defeated 190–153. Immediately after the defeat Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson goes to the office of parliamentary speaker Thage G. Peterson to give the government's resignation.[13]
16 February
Finance Minister Kjell-Olof Feldt resigns from the day-old caretaker government, telling a news conference he did not have the political backing or personal will to scrap his plans and start over, instead choosing to step aside for “younger and better forces” to take his place. Odd Engström is announced as Feldt's replacement.
The bank employee's union and bankers’ association announce the end of their three week long labour dispute.[14]
Björn Borg and his wife Loredana lose their $40,000 libel lawsuit against Hänt i Vacken after the magazine alleged the latter was unfaithful.[15]
23 February – Speaker Thage G. Peterson informed the Riksdag that he asked Ingvar Carlsson to form another cabinet with a vote to be held on the 26th February.[17]
Vasaloppet is cancelled for the first time since 1934 due to a lack of snow, 12,000 skiers including 1,647 from 27 countries had already arrived in Sälen to take part.[20]
16 March – The Royal Library in Stockholm publishes 42,000 letters left by author Selma Lagerlöf, that she requested in her will should not be made public until 50 years after her death.
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