1979 in Sweden explained

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.^[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

• 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.^[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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Radio- och TV-folket. Sveriges Utbildningsradio. Lars-Åke Engblom. Swedish. 124. 1998. 6 April 2021.
2. Web site: Mika Hannula . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204319/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/mika-hannula-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 9 November 2014.
3. Book: Paxton . J. . The Statesman's Year-Book 1987-88 . 16 December 2016 . Springer . 978-0-230-27116-6 . 1138 . en.
4. Web site: Dalibor Doder . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204713/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/do/dalibor-doder-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 9 November 2014.
5. Web site: Ivar Johansson . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204757/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/ivar-johansson-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference LLC . 9 November 2014.