List of Swedes

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This is a list of well known Swedes, ordered alphabetically within categories:

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Actors Architects Artists Clergymen Diplomats Entrepreneurs Film directors Military Music Politicians Scientists Sports Writers

Contents 1 Actors 2 Artists 3 Clergymen 4 Diplomats 5 Entrepreneurs 6 Film directors 7 Military commanders 8 Models 9 Monarchs 10 Music 11 Politicians 12 Science 13 Sports 14 Writers 15 Other notables 16 See also 16.1 Related Links

[edit] Actors

Main article: List of Swedish actors

• Ann-Margret (born 1941), singer and actress
• Pernilla August (born 1958), actress
• Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982), actress
• May Britt (born 1933), actress
• Anita Ekberg, actress
• Britt Ekland (born 1942), actress
• Gösta Ekman (senior) (1920–1971), actor
• Gösta Ekman (born 1939), actor
• Fares Fares (born 1973), actor
• Greta Garbo (1905–1990), actress
• Lars Hanson (1886–1965), actor
• Dolph Lundgren (born 1957), actor
• Gerda Lundequist (1871–1959), actress
• Fredrique Löwen (1760–1813)
• Warner Oland (1879–1938)
• Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828)
• Lena Olin (born 1955), actress
• Inger Stevens (1934-1970), actress
• Peter Stormare, actor
• Stellan Skarsgård, actor
• Max von Sydow (born 1929), actor

[edit] Artists

Main article: List of Swedish artists

• Sofia Adlersparre (1808–1862), painter
• Lea Ahlborn (1829–1897), the first female Royal printmaker in 1855
• John Bauer (1882–1918), painter, illustrator
• Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007), film director
• Nils von Dardel (1888–1940), painter
• Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl (1666–1729), painter
• Sven Erixson (1899–1970), painter
• Anna Maria Hilfeling, (1713–1783), miniaturist
• Isaac Hirsche Grünewald (1889–1946), Expressionist painter
• Sigrid Hjertén (1885–1948), Fauvist painter
• Helena Isberg (1819–1875), sculptor
• Ernst Josephson (1851–1906)
• Carl Larsson (1859–1928), painter
• Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939), painter
• Amalia Lindegren (1814–1891), painter, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts
• Wilhelmina Krafft (1778–1828), neoclassical painter and miniaturist
• Carl Milles (1875–1955), Swedish sculptor
• Ulrika Pasch , (1735–1796), painter
• Alexander Roslin (1718–1798), painter
• Maria Röhl (1801–1875), sketch artist
• Johan Tobias Sergel (1740–1814), sculptor
• Charlotte Slottsberg (1760–1800)
• Gustaf Tenggren (1896–1973), painter, illustrator
• Anna Maria Thelott (1683–1710), engravor, illustrator, woodcut-artist and miniaturist painter
• Anders Zorn (1860–1920), painter

[edit] Clergymen

Main article: List of Swedish clergymen

• Laurentius Petri, archbishop and reformer
• Lewi Pethrus (1884–1974), founder of the Swedish Pentecostal movement
• Olaus Petri, reformer
• Nathan Söderblom, archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• Erik Trolle, bishop and statesman
• Kettil Karlsson Vasa, bishop and statesman
• Saint Birgitta (1303–1373), patron saint of Europe
• Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), writer, mystic and philosopher
• Åsa Waldau, cult leader, the 'Bride of Christ'

[edit] Diplomats

Main article: List of Swedish diplomats

• Folke Bernadotte (1895–1948), count and diplomat
• Hans Blix (born 1928), diplomat
• Rolf Ekéus, diplomat
• Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961), secretary general of the UN
• Raoul Wallenberg (1912–1947), diplomat

[edit] Entrepreneurs

Main article: List of Swedish entrepreneurs

• Gustaf Dalén (1869–1937), inventor and entrepreneur
• Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846–1926), industrialist and founder of Ericsson
• John Ericsson (1803–1889), inventor and engineer
• Nils Ericson (1802–1860), railroad pioneer
• Ingvar Kamprad (born 1926), founder of IKEA
• Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932), industrialist and financier
• Gustav de Laval (1845–1913), industrialist
• Alfred Nobel (1833–1896), industrialist, instituted the Nobel Prizes
• Niklas Zennström (born 1966), founder of the KaZaa peer-to-peer file sharing network and Skype peer-to-peer internet telephony network

[edit] Film directors

Main article: List of Swedish film directors

• Ingmar Bergman
• Lasse Hallström
• Oscar A.C. Lund
• Lukas Moodysson
• Alf Sjöberg
• Vilgot Sjöman
• Victor Sjöström (Victor Seastrom)
• Mauritz Stiller
• Bo Widerberg
• Mikael Håfström

[edit] Military commanders

Main article: List of Swedish military commanders

• Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757–1814), soldier
• Per Brahe (1602–1680), soldier and politician
• Johan Banér (1596–1641), soldier, Field Marshal
• Georg Carl von Döbeln (1758–1820), soldier
• Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten (1727–1786), soldier and politician
• Lennart Torstensson (1603–1651), Field Marshal
• Karl Gustav von Wrangel (1613–1676), Field Marshal
• Ivor Thord-Gray Mercenary commander who fought with Pancho Villa and others

[edit] Models

• Mini Anden
• Malin Andersson
• Charlotte Krona
• Anita Ekberg
• Ulrika Ericsson
• Adina Fohlin
• Lisa Fonssagrives
• Elin Grindemyr
• Faye Hamlin
• Marina Hedman
• Vendela Kirsebom
• Rosie Munter
• Elin Nordegren
• Marcus Schenkenberg
• Victoria Silvstedt
• Emma Sjöberg
• Lena Soderberg
• Anna Sundstrand
• Janna Svenson

[edit] Monarchs

Main article: List of Swedish monarchs

• Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946), current
• Charles XI (1655–1697)
• Charles XII (1682–1718)
• Charles XIII of Sweden (1748–1818)
• Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763–1844)
• Christina (1626–1689), abdicated from the Swedish throne in 1654
• Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (Gustav the Great) (1594–1632)
• Gustav I of Sweden (1496–1560)
• Gustav III of Sweden (1746–1792)
• Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (1778–1837), abdicated from the Swedish throne in 1809
• Gustav V of Sweden (1858–1950)
• Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (1882–1973)
• Eric XIV of Sweden (1533–1577)
• John III of Sweden (1537–1592)
• Oscar I of Sweden (1799–1859)
• Oscar II of Sweden (1829–1907)
• Olof Skötkonung (c. 965 – c. 1020)
• Queen Silvia of Sweden (born 1943), wife of the present king Carl XVI Gustaf
• Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (born 1977), heir apparent

[edit] Music

Main article: List of Swedish Musicians

• ABBA, pop group
• Amy Diamond, singer
• Ace of Base, band
• A-Teens, pop group
• Alcazar, pop, dance group
• Amon Amarth, metal band
• Andreas Johnson, pop musician
• Army Of Lovers, band
• Pandora, eurodance artist
• The Ark (band), glam-rock group
• Play, pop group
• Mikael Åkerfeldt, lead singer of Opeth
• Alice in videoland, electro, pop, punk band
• Stikkan Anderson (1931–1997), producer
• Hugo Alfvén, composer
• Benny Andersson, musician/composer
• Arch Enemy, metal band
• Kurt Atterberg, composer
• Alice Babs, singer, perhaps best known abroad for her work in the band Swedanes, a collaboration between her and the Danish musicians Svend Asmussen and Ulrik Neumann
• Sven-Erik Bäck, composer
• Alexander Bard, musician/composer/singer-songwriter
• Basshunter, musician
• Bathory, metal band
• Franz Berwald, composer
• Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795), singer-songwriter
• Karl-Birger Blomdahl, composer
• Blue Swede and Björn Skifs, band
• The Cardigans, band
• Carola, singer
• Jussi Björling, opera singer
• Blindside, Christian rock band
• BWO, electro, pop, dance band
• Dark Tranquillity, metal band
• Gunnar de Frumerie, composer
• Dethklok, also a cartoon
• Dismember, metal band
• Dissection, metal band
• Draconian, metal band
• Entombed, metal band
• Europe, band
• Agnetha Fältskog (born 1950), lead singer from ABBA
• Marie Fredriksson, singer/songwriter solo and Roxette
• Nicolai Gedda, opera singer
• Per Gessle, musician/composer solo and Roxette
• José González, singer/songwriter
• Hammerfall, metal band
• Opeth, metal band
• Bo Hansson, musician
• Jakob Hellman (born 1974), pop singer
• The Hives, band
• Mando Diao, band
• Håkan Hellström, pop singer
• In Flames, melodic death metal band
• Jonny Jakobsen, singer
• Lake of Tears, metal band
• Kent (band), rock band
• The Knife, rock band
• Lars-Erik Larsson, composer
• Jens Lekman, singer-songwriter
• John Dhani Lennevald, singer
• Ingvar Lidholm, composer
• Jenny Lind, singer
• Bo Linde, composer
• Christian Lindberg, musician
• Sara Helena Lumholdt, singer
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad, lead singer from ABBA
• Petra Marklundaka *September, singer/electro, soul, pop, dance band
• Marduk, metal band
• Hillevi Martinpelto, opera singer
• Max Martin, composer
• Daniel Gildenlöw, guitarist, composer (Pain of Salvation)
• Mattias Eklundh, guitarist (Freak Kitchen)
• Fredrik Thordendal, guitarist (Meshuggah)
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitarist
• Millencolin, punk rock band
• Birgit Nilsson, singer
• Christina Nilsson (1843–1921), singer
• Nocturnal Rites, metal band
• John Norum, guitarist (but originally from Vardo Norway
• Gösta Nystroem, composer
• Anne Sofie von Otter (born 1955), singer
• Per Yngve Ohlin (1969–1991), singer of metal bands Morbid and Mayhem
• Stefan Olsdal, bassist/guitarist in Placebo
• Amit Sebastian Paul, singer
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
• The Perishers (band), rock band
• Allan Pettersson, composer
• Povel Ramel (1922–2007), singer
• Ture Rangström, composer
• Refused, Rock Band
• Karin Rehnqvist, composer
• Patrik Ringborg, conductor
• Robyn, singer-songwriter
• Johan Helmich Roman, the father of Swedish music
• Hilding Rosenberg, composer
• Roxette, duo
• Marie Eleonor Serneholt, singer
• Skwisgaar Skwigelf, musician
• Tim Skold, best known as bassist (Shotgun Messiah, Skold, KMFDM/MDFMK, OhGr, Marilyn Manson)
• The Sounds, rock band
• Wilhelm Stenhammar, composer
• Evert Taube, singer-songwriter
• Therion, metal band
• Joakim Thåström, rock musician
• Tiger Lou, Rock Band
• Björn Ulvaeus, musician/composer
• Unleashed, metal band
• Cornelis Vreeswijk, singer-songwriter, Considered Swedish, although he never received a Swedish citizenship.
• Sabaton, metal band
• Machinae Supremacy, power-metal band

[edit] Politicians

Main article: List of Swedish politicians

• Carl Bildt (born 1949), former prime minister, current minister of foreign affairs
• Gustav Bonde (1620–1667), statesman
• Ingvar Carlsson (born 1934), former prime minister
• Tage Erlander, former prime minister
• Axel von Fersen (1755–1810), statesman
• Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622–1686), statesman
• Louis De Geer (1818–1896), former prime minister
• Arvid Horn (1664–1742), statesman
• Anna Lindh (1957–2003), foreign minister (assassinated)
• Alva Myrdal (1902–1986), politician, agitator
• Axel Oxenstierna (1583–1654), politician
• Olof Palme (1927–1986), former prime minister (assassinated)
• Göran Persson (born 1949), former Prime Minister of Sweden
• Jöran Persson (1530–1568), counsellor to King Erik XIV (executed)
• Fredrik Reinfeldt (born 1965), leader of the Moderate Party and current Prime Minister of Sweden
• Sten Sture the elder (1470-1497 and 1501-1503), statesman

[edit] Science

Main article: List of Swedish scientists

• Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995), physicist
• Johann Arfvedson (1792–1841), chemist
• Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848), chemist
• Arvid Carlsson (born 1923), neuroscientist, winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
• Anders Celsius (1701–1744), astronomer
• Eva Ekeblad (1724–1786), botanist
• Magnus Jaderberg (born 1954), pharmaceutical physician
• Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778), botanist
• Lise Meitner (1878–1968), nuclear physicist
• Christopher Polhem (1661–1751), physicist
• Johannes Rydberg (1854–1919), physicist
• Olaus Rudbeckius (1630–1702), medicine
• Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786), chemist
• Oskar Klein (1894–1977), physicist
• Anders Jonas Ångström (1857–1910), physicist
• Alfred Nobel, chemist

[edit] Sports

Main article: List of Swedes in sports

• Stefan "Lillis" Åkesson - skateboarder
• Daniel Alfredsson (born 1972) - ice hockey player
• Malin Andersson (born 1973) - football player
• Niklas Andersson (born 1971) - ice hockey player
• Magnus Arvedson (born 1971) - ice hockey player
• Per Johan Axelsson (born 1975) - ice hockey player
• Kristin Bengtsson (born 1970) - football player
• Kajsa Bergqvist (born 1976) - High Jump athlete
• Björn Borg (born 1956) - tennis player
• Ali Boulala - skateboarder
• Kenny Bräck (born 1966) - Indy Racing League driver
• Martin Dahlin (born 1968) - football player
• Ulf Dahlén (born 1967) - ice hockey player
• Stefan Edberg (born 1966) - tennis player
• Loui Eriksson (born 1985) - ice hockey player
• Sven-Göran Eriksson (born 1948) - football manager
• Magdalena Forsberg (born 1965) - biathlete
• Peter Forsberg (born 1973) - ice hockey player
• Johan Franzén (born 1979) - ice hockey player
• Gillis Grafström (1893–1938) - figure skating Olympic and World Champion
• Anders Graneheim (born 1962) - bodybuilder
• Tomas Gustafson (born 1959) - speed skater Olympic Gold and Silver medalist
• Toini Gustafsson (born 1938) - cross country skier Olympic Gold and Silver medalist
• Johan Hedberg (born 1973) - ice hockey player
• Stefan Holm (born 1976) - Track and Field athlete
• Johan Holmqvist (born 1978) - ice hockey player
• Tomas Holmström (born 1973) - ice hockey player
• Kristian Huselius (born 1978) - ice hockey player
• Ingemar Johansson (born 1932) - World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• Susanna Kallur (born 1981) - Track and Field athlete
• Jenny Kallur (born 1981) - Track and Field athlete
• Carolina Klüft (born 1983) - Track and Field athlete
• Niklas Kronwall (born 1981) - ice hockey player
• Henrik Larsson (born 1971) - football player
• Nicklas Lidström (born 1970) - ice hockey player
• Andreas Lilja (born 1975) - ice hockey player
• Fredrik Ljungberg (born 1977) - football player
• Hanna Ljungberg (born 1979) - football player
• Mikael Ljungberg (1970–2004) - wrestler
• Håkan Loob (born 1960) - ice hockey player
• Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982) - ice hockey player
• Joel Lundqvist (born 1982) - ice hockey player
• Fredrik Modin (born 1974) - ice hockey player
• Roland Nilsson (born 1963) - football player
• Gunnar Nordahl (1921–1995) - football player
• Magnus Norman (born 1976) - tennis player
• Mattias Norström (born 1972) - ice hockey player
• Michael Nylander (born 1972) - ice hockey player
• Markus Näslund (born 1973) - ice hockey player
• Mats Näslund (born 1959) - ice hockey player
• Mattias Öhlund (born 1976) - ice hockey player
• Jesper Parnevik (born 1965) - golfer
• Samuel Påhlsson (born 1977) - ice hockey player
• Thomas Ravelli (born 1959) - football player
• Tony Rickardsson (born 1970) - speedway motor racer
• Börje Salming (born 1951) - ice hockey player
• Magnus Samuelsson (born 1969) - World's Strongest Man champion
• Mikael Samuelsson (born 1976) - ice hockey player
• Daniel Sedin (born 1980) - ice hockey player
• Henrik Sedin (born 1980) - ice hockey player
• Ingemar Stenmark (born 1956) - alpine skier
• Mats Sundin (born 1971) - ice hockey player
• Ronnie Sundin (born 1970) - ice hockey player
• Niklas Sundström (born 1975) - ice hockey player
• Gunde Svan (born 1962) - cross country skier
• Annika Sörenstam (born 1970) - golfer
• Jan-Ove Waldner (born 1965) - table tennis player
• Thomas Wassberg (born 1956) - Cross country skier Olympic and World Champion
• Per Welinder - skateboarder
• Pernilla Wiberg (born 1970) - alpine skier
• Mats Wilander (born 1964) tennis player
• Magnus Wislander (born 1964) - handball player, voted World Player of the Century 1999
• Johan Wissman (born 1982) - Sprinter 2006 European Athletic Championship 200 m silver medalist
• Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980) - ice hockey player

[edit] Writers

Main article: List of Swedish language writers

• Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954), novelist
• Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), children's author
• Karin Boye (1900–1941), poet and novelist
• Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), writer
• Stig Dagerman (1923–1954), writer
• Gunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968), poet
• Nils Ferlin (1898–1961), poet
• Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911), poet
• Jonas Gardell, writer, comedian
• Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940), famous writer
• Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), poet and Nobel Prize laureate
• Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976), novelist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974), writer
• Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), novelist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817), poet
• Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), children's author
• Vendela Hebbe (1808–1899), reporter and novelist
• Henning Mankell, novelist
• Harry Martinson (1904–1978), poet and Nobel Prize laureate
• Gustavo A. Mellander,(born 1945) noted historian, university administrator, college president
• Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973), novelist
• Per Nilsson (born 1953)
• Peter Pohl (born 1940)
• Birgitta Stenberg, 1932
• August Strindberg (1849–1912), novelist and playwright
• Hjalmar Söderberg (1868–1941),
• Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846), writer

[edit] Other notables

• Elsa Brändström (1888–1948), The Angel of Siberia
• Horace Engdahl (born 1948), secretary of the Swedish Academy
• Axel Hägerström (1868–1939), philosopher, a founder of the Uppsala school of philosophy
• Lars Johan Hierta (1801–1872), publicist
• Sven Hedin (1865–1952), explorer
• Ulrika Jonsson (born 1967), television presenter
• Göran Kropp (1966–2002), adventurer
• Magnus Samuelsson, professional strongman and farmer, winner of World Strongest Man 1998
• Marcus Samuelsson (born 1970), chef
• Svante Stockselius (born 1955), executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest
• Bengt Wedholm, chef, introduced the pizza in Scandinavia
• Axel Munthe (1857–1949), psychiatrist
• Sigvard Eklund (1911–2000), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency security council from 1961 to 1981
• Emil Christensen (beta 1.0-), leading Counter-Strike player for many years, playing for teams such as Ninjas in Pyjamas and Schroet Kommando.

[edit] See also

• List of Finland-Swedes
• List of Swedish Jews
• List of people by nationality
• List of British people of Swedish descent
• List of Swedish Americans

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