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