| Country: | Åland |
| Previous Election: | 1975 |
| Next Election: | 1983 |
| Election Date: | 20 October 1979 |
| Seats For Election: | All 30 seats in the Parliament of Åland |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| Turnout: | 60.01% (2.85 pp) |
| Party1: | Åland Centre |
| Leader1: | Folke Woivalin |
| Last Election1: | 9 |
| Percentage1: | 42.34 |
| Seats1: | 14 |
| Party2: | Liberals for Åland |
| Last Election2: | 10 |
| Percentage2: | 29.59 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Party3: | Freeminded Co-operation |
| Last Election3: | 3 |
| Percentage3: | 13.87 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Party4: | Åland Social Democrats |
| Last Election4: | 5 |
| Percentage4: | 12.05 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Lantråd | |
| Before Election: | Folke Woivalin |
| Before Party: | Åland Centre |
| After Election: | Folke Woivalin |
| After Party: | Åland Centre |
Legislative elections were held in Åland on 20 October 1979 to elect members of the Landstinget. The 30 members were elected for a four-year term by proportional representation.
The 1979 elections saw the first participation of the Åland Centre, which had formed from a loose electoral organisation known as Landsbygdens och skärgårdens valförbund (LOS); the Liberals for Åland, which had been formed by a merger of LOS-Liberalerna (itself a break-away organisation from LOS) and Mittenliberalerna; and the Ålandic Left.