1979 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1979 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 July 1979 at the Karlskoga Motorstadion in Karlskoga, Sweden.

  1979 Swedish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 13 races in the 1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 July 1979
Official name	Grand Prix of Sweden 1979[1][2][3]
Location	Karlskoga Motorstadion
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.400 km (1.491 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Time 1:21.000 Fastest lap Rider Wil Hartog Time 1:21.310 Podium First Barry Sheene Second Jack Middelburg Third Boet van Dulmen
350 cc
Pole position Rider No 350cc race was held Fastest lap Rider No 350cc race was held Podium First No 350cc race was held Second No 350cc race was held Third No 350cc race was held
250 cc
Pole position Rider Gregg Hansford Time 1:23.900 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Graziano Rossi Second Gregg Hansford Third Patrick Fernandez
125 cc
Pole position Rider Bruno Kneubühler Time 1:29.900 Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First Pier Paolo Bianchi Second Jean-Louis Guignabodet Third Thierry Noblesse
50 cc
Pole position Rider No 50cc race was held Fastest lap Rider No 50cc race was held Podium First No 50cc race was held Second No 50cc race was held Third No 50cc race was held