* 1955 – Lena T. Hansson, Swedish actor

* 1955 – Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano

* 1955 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress

* 1955 – Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician

The Swedish voters rejected a change to driving on the right in a referendum held in 1955.

American car manufacturers Nash ( in 1949 ) and Ford ( in 1955 ) offered seat belts as options, while Swedish Saab first introduced seat belts as standard in 1958.

However, the first modern three point seat belt ( the so-called CIR-Griswold restraint ) used in most consumer vehicles today was patented in 1955 ( US Patent 2, 710, 649 ) by the Americans Roger W. Griswold and Hugh DeHaven, and developed to its modern form by Nils Bohlin for Swedish manufacturer Volvo — who introduced it in 1959 as standard equipment.

* Stefan Sauk ( born 1955 ), Swedish actor and comedian

From 1955 he was a board member of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League and lectured at the Youth League College Bommersvik.

The Drakens, reconditioned after having served the Swedish Air Force since the early 1960s, were armed, in accordance with the restrictions on missiles in the State Treaty of 1955, only with a cannon.

Svante Pääbo ( born 20 April 1955 ) is a Swedish biologist specializing in evolutionary genetics.

* Rooth, Signe Alice Seeress of the Northland: Fredrika Bremer's American Journey ( American Swedish Historical Foundation, 1955 )

Erik Waller ( 1875 – 1955 ) was a Swedish surgeon and book collector.

As a playwright, Moberg has established himself as the author of 38 works for the stage or for radio ( 1919-1973 ), some of them has become lighter classics of the Swedish stage and TV ( even feature films ) and directed by directors like Ingmar Bergman ( Lea och Rakel / Leah and Rachel ; Malmö City Theatre 1955 ) and Alf Sjöberg ( Domaren / The Judge ; 1960 ).

In 1955, in order to celebrate the Club's 50th anniversary, a triangular tournament was organized against the French Stade Reims and the Swedish IFK Norrköping, being Sevilla FC the champion in this comptetition.

Lena Maria Jonna Olin ( born 22 March 1955 ) is a Swedish actress.

Sjöberg was also a pioneer director for early Swedish TV theatre ( his 1955 TV theatre production of Hamlet is a national milestone ).

In 1955, the team changed its original Swedish name to the Finnish Tappara in order to attract Finnish-speaking players.

Anne Sofie von Otter ( born 9 May 1955 ) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano.

Carl Milles ( 1875, Lagga – 1955 ) was a Swedish sculptor, best known for his fountains.

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* Anne Sofie von Otter ( born 1955 ), Swedish mezzo-soprano

Maud Elisabeth Olofsson ( born Olsson 9 August 1955, Arnäsvall, Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Ångermanland ) is a Swedish politician who was party leader of the Centre Party from 2001 to 2011 and Minister for Enterprise and Energy from 2006 to 2011.

Knut Emil Lundmark ( 14 June 1889 – 23 April 1958 ) was a Swedish astronomer, professor of astronomy and head of the observatory at Lund University 1929 – 1955.

* 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English director

After working as assistant director on Resnais's Night and Fog in 1955, Marker made Sunday in Peking, a short documentary " film essay " that would characterize Marker's unique film style for most of his career.

* 1955 – Milenko Zablaćanski, Serbian actor, director, and playwright ( d. 2008 )

One of the most famous was The Apu Trilogy ( 1955 – 1959 ) from critically acclaimed Bengali film director Satyajit Ray, whose films had a profound influence on world cinema, with directors such as Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, James Ivory, Abbas Kiarostami, Elia Kazan, François Truffaut, Steven Spielberg ,< ref name = unmaderay >

* 1955 – Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director

*: 1955: Allen Kent joined Case Western Reserve University, and eventually became associate director of the Center for Documentation and Communications Research.

He also had a longtime working relationship with director Blake Edwards, starring in My Sister Eileen ( 1955 ), Days of Wine and Roses ( 1962 ), The Great Race ( 1965 ) and That's Life!

* 1955 – Béla Tarr, Hungarian director

* 1955: Orvet, by Jean Renoir, director Jean Renoir, Théâtre de la Renaissance

* 1955 – Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director

* 1955 – Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian film director

* 1955 – Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director

With A Generation ( 1955 ), the first-time director poured out his disillusionment over jingoism, using as his alter ego a young, James Dean-style antihero played by Zbigniew Cybulski, 22-year-old Roman Polanski also featured.

* Ben Dover ( born 1955 ), English pornographic actor and director

* 1955: Jacques-Yves Cousteau and assistant director Louis Malle, a young film maker of 23, shoot The Silent World, one of the first films to use underwater cinematography to show the ocean depths in color.

His first full American tour was in 1955, with Vic Schoen as arranger and musical director.

* Reinhard Münster ( born 1955 ), German film director

* Michael Chekhov ( 1891 – 1955 ), Russian actor, director, and theorist, Anton's nephew and student of Stanislavski

Following a series of conventional westerns and films noirs, including the Marilyn Monroe vehicle River of No Return ( 1954 ), he appeared in Charles Laughton's only film as director, The Night of the Hunter ( 1955 ).

Dr. Rafael José Diaz ( born April 22, 1955 ) is a Puerto Rican television show host born in Manatí, Puerto Rico, where his father, a physician born in the Dominican Republic, was the medical director of the local hospital.

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung (, Cantonese: Lam Ling-tung ), born in 1955 is a Hong Kong film director, producer and scriptwriter.

* 1955: Damn Yankees ( book, director )

David Mirkin ( born September 18, 1955 ) is an American feature film and television director, writer and producer.

* Lonnie Burr, American actor, dancer / choreographer, singer, director and author of Danish, French, Scots-Irish and German descent, best known for having been a star on the original Mickey Mouse Club television show from 1955 to 1959