1979 in Sweden
Events from the year '''1979 in Sweden'''
Incumbents
Events
- 23 February - The comedy film Repmånad, directed by Lasse Åberg, was released in Sweden.
- 23 April - the ABBA album Voulez-Vous released.
- 1 July – Sveriges Television is separated from Sveriges Radio.
- 16 September – The 1979 Swedish general election is held.
- 12 October – Ola Ullsten resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden, and is replaced with Thorbjörn Fälldin.
- Date unknown – 1979 Star World Championships are held in Marstrand.
Music
- Date unknown – Sun Cats Swedish rock & roll band is founded.
Births
- 8 January - Hanna Ljungberg, international footballer
- 9 January - Markus Larsson, alpine skier
- 10 January - Henrik Tallinder, ice hockey player
- 18 January - Andreas Tegström, footballer
- 29 January - Andreas Thorstensson, entrepreneur
- 23 February - Sascha Zacharias, actress
- 2 March – Kristina Ohlsson, author
- 5 March – Martin Axenrot, death metal drummer
- 21 March – Fredrik Berglund, footballer
- 2 April - Mika Hannula, ice hockey player.
- 8 April - Erika Holst, ice hockey player
- 21 April - Tobias Linderoth, Footballer
- 13 May – Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
- 17 May – Jimmie Åkesson, politician
- 18 May – Jens Bergensten, video game programmer
- 24 May - Dalibor Doder, handballer.
- 1 June – Markus Persson, video game programmer
- 12 June - Robyn, singer
- 29 June - Erik Lindeberg, sprint canoeist
- 19 September – Mikael Tellqvist, former ice hockey player
- 22 September – MyAnna Buring, actress
- 2 October - Maja Ivarsson, singer-songwriter.
- 2 November - Maria Rooth, ice hockey player
- 25 November - Joel Kinnaman, actor
- 2 December - Joachim Persson, bandy player
- 8 December – Christian Wilhelmsson, footballer
- 21 December – Tuva Novotny, actress
- 23 December – Johan Franzén, ice hockey player
- 28 December – Noomi Rapace, actress
Deaths
- 4 August - Ivar Johansson, wrestler.
- 31 October - Edvin Adolphson, film actor and director.
- 17 November – Anders Ek, actor