Events from the year 1979 in Sweden

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Ola Ullsten, Thorbjörn Fälldin

• 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.

• 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

• 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)