This is a great idea.

Some Swedes:
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubbe_Nordstr%C3%B6m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Peterson-Berger

One more european, although not in the EU, from Norway:
Bjørn Bjørnson, Norwegian playwright

Here you may find loads more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1942_deaths
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategori:Avlidna_1942
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1942_deaths