1979 in Sweden
Incumbents
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.
Births
- 29 January – Andreas Thorstensson, entrepreneur
- 2 April – Mika Hannula, ice hockey player.[2]
- 13 May – Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
- 24 May – Dalibor Doder, handballer.[3]
- 2 October – Maja Ivarsson, singer-songwriter.
Deaths
- 4 August – Ivar Johansson, wrestler (born 1903).[4]
- 31 October – Edvin Adolphson, film actor and director (born 1893).
References
- 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.
- "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.
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