International Swede of the Year
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International Swede of the Year (Swedish: Årets svensk i världen) is a prize awarded by the Society for expatriate Swedes and the Swedish daily Dagens Industri.
- 2006 Bertil Hult, founder of EF Education
- 2005 Jan-Ove Waldner, table tennis champion
- 2004 Margot Wallström, EU Commissioner
- 2003 Jonas af Jochnick and Robert af Jochnick, entrepreneurs, founders of Oriflame
- 2002 Yngve Bergqvist, entrepreneur, founder of the Ice hotel at Jukkasjärvi
- 2001 Sven-Göran Eriksson, football coach
- 2000 Håkan Lans, inventor
- 1999 Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, composers and musicians
- 1998 Adolf H. Lundin, oil and mining entrepreneur
- 1997 Astrid Lindgren, author
- 1996 Peter Jablonski, pianist
- 1995 Agneta Nilsson, founder of the SWEA
- 1994 Torbjörn Lagerwall, professor
- 1993 Lars Gustafsson, member of the Swedish Academy author and professor
- 1992 Percy Barnevik, CEO of Asea Brown Boveri
- 1991 Lennart Bernadotte and Sonja Bernadotte, founder of the Mainau museum
- 1990 Pontus Hultén, professor
- 1989 Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA
- 1988 Oscar Carlsson, missionary and inventor
