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1979 in Sweden 
Summary
Events from the year 1979 in Sweden
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
- 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.[1]
- 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 edit
- Date unknown – Sun Cats Swedish rock & roll band is founded.
Film edit
Births edit
- 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.[2]
- 8 April – Erika Holst, ice hockey player
- 21 April – Tobias Linderoth, Footballer
- 13 May – Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland[3]
- 17 May – Jimmie Åkesson, politician
- 18 May – Jens Bergensten, video game programmer
- 24 May – Dalibor Doder, handballer.[4]
- 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 edit
- 4 August – Ivar Johansson, wrestler (born 1903).[5]
- 31 October – Edvin Adolphson, film actor and director (born 1893).
- 17 November – Anders Ek, actor (born 1916)
References edit
- ^ Lars-Åke Engblom (1998). "Radio- och TV-folket" (PDF) (in Swedish). Sveriges Utbildningsradio. p. 124. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Mika Hannula". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ Paxton, J. (16 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1987-88. Springer. p. 1138. ISBN 978-0-230-27116-6.
- ^ "Dalibor Doder". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "Ivar Johansson". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2014.