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.

• 2007 Hans Rausing, founder of Tetra Pak.
• 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 ABB 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.