* 1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Sam Atwell, Australian actor

* 1979 – Christine Smith, American model and actress

* 1979 – Lord Frederick Windsor, British financial analyst

* 1907 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Claire Danes, American actress

* 1979 – Jordan De Jong, American baseball player

* 1979 – Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast

* 1979 – Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer

* 1979 – Jennifer Morrison, American actress and model

* 1979 – Paul Nicholls, English actor

* 1979 – Cristian Ranalli, Italian footballer

* 1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer

* 1979 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British World War II admiral Louis Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland.

* 1886 – Rebecca Clarke, English composer and violist ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Giovanni Capitello, American actor and producer

* 1979 – Tian Liang, Chinese diver

* 1979 – Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist ( Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre )

* 1979 – Aaron Paul, American actor

* 1979 – Rusty Smith, American speed skater

* 1979 – Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist

* 1979 – Megumi Okina, Japanese actress and singer

* 1929 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist ( d. 1979 )

* 1979 – Michael Kingma, Australian basketball player

* 1979 – Tony Stewart, American football player

Robin Miriam Carlsson ( born 12 June 1979 ), better known by her stage name Robyn, is a Swedish recording artist.

* Robyn Kenney ( born 1979 ), field hockey player.

* Robyn Kenney ( born 1979 ), field hockey player.

* Robyn Kenney ( born 1979 ), field hockey player.

Price was married to Robyn Renzi in the 1970s but they divorced in 1979.

* 1979 – Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1899 )

* 1979 – Tobias Linderoth, Swedish footballer

* 1979 – Johan Forssell, Swedish politician

* 1979 – Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer

* 1979 – Sascha Zacharias, Swedish Actress

* 1979 – Markus Persson, Swedish game designer

* 1979 – Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer

In an interview with Richardson in 1979, Danish historian Mikael Venge, author of the article about Christian II in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon said: " I think you ought to protest the next time the Swedish radio claims anything so utterly unfounded that could be understood as if the Danes approved of the Stockholm bloodbath.

Electoral defeats in 1976 and 1979 marked the end of Social Democratic hegemony in Swedish politics, which had seen 40 years of unbroken rule by the party.

In 1979 he joined ASEA, a leading Swedish heavy industrial company based in Västerås.

He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs ( 1978 – 1979 ).

From 1978 to 1979, Blix was the Swedish Foreign Minister.

* Cecilia Nilsson ( athlete ) ( born 1979 ), a Swedish hammer thrower

A 1979 Ford Taunus is a main feature of the Swedish classic television show Ronny & Ragge.

* ATC ( Above The Clouds ), a Swedish heavy metal band ( 1979 – 85 )

Bertil Gotthard Ohlin () ( 23 April 1899 – 3 August 1979 ) was a Swedish economist and politician.

* Aniaro, by Harry Martinson ( from Swedish with Bertil Nilsson, 1979 )

The Swedish language is also one of the main agendas of the Swedish People's Party that has been a minor partner in most Cabinets since Finland's independence, and in all Cabinets since 1979.

After beginning his career with Swedish Telecom, Lundberg had been founding Director General ( later CEO ) of Inmarsat from 1979 to 1995.

Stig Kjell Olof ( Ola ) Ullsten ( born 23 June 1931 ) is a Swedish liberal politician who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1978 to 1979 and leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1978 to 1983.

As the Swedish Act of Succession was changed in 1979, and the throne was inherited regardless of sex, the inheritance right was withdrawn from all the descendants of Charles XIV John ( king 1818-44 ) except the current king Carl XVI Gustaf.

It was created in 1979 by SAS, Braathens and Swedish Railways.