← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in Sweden → 1981 1982 1983
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1980 Timeline of Swedish history

Events from the year 1980 in Sweden

Incumbents

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Thorbjörn Fälldin

Events

• 23 March – Nuclear power referendum
• The Right Livelihood Award established

Popular culture

Literature

• Vredens barn, novel by Sara Lidman

Sport

• The 1980 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Gothenburg
• The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place in Falun

Births

• 5 January – Elin Nordegren, model
• 25 January – Christian Olsson, athlete
• 22 February – Jimmie Ericsson, ice hockey player
• 10 March – Claire Hedenskog, swimmer.^[1]
• 19 March – Johan Olsson, cross country skier
• 3 April – Johan Brunström, tennis player
• 4 April – Björn Wirdheim, professional racing driver
• 4 June – Pontus Farnerud, former professional footballer
• 13 June – Linda Wessberg, golf player
• 30 June – Emil Almén, actor
• 30 June – Rade Prica, footballer
• 19 August – Tove Fraurud, politician
• 20 September – Gustav Larsson, cyclist
• 26 September – Daniel and Henrik Sedin, ice hockey players
• 9 October – Henrik Zetterberg, ice hockey player
• 2 November – Kennedy Bakircioglu, footballer
• 12 November – gustaf Skarsgård, actor
• 14 November – Johanna Thydell, writer
• 22 November – Emma Ejwertz, singer and songwriter
• 2 December – Charlotte Rohlin, former footballer
• 21 December – Stefan Liv, ice hockey player

Deaths

• 17 February – Einar Karlsson, wrestler (born 1908)
• 17 April – Alf Sjöberg, film director (born 1903)
• 20 June – Allan Pettersson, composer and violist (born 1911)
• 26 October – Per-Olof Östrand, swimmer (born 1930)
• 17 November – Hans Wetterström, sprint canoer.^[2]