1979 in Sweden

Events from the year 1979 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
 * Prime Minister – Ola Ullsten, Thorbjörn Fälldin

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 (sailing regatta) 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
 * 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 (born 1903).
 * 31 October – Edvin Adolphson, film actor and director (born 1893).
 * 17 November – Anders Ek, actor (born 1916)