List of Swedes

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

Table of contents

1 Actors 2 Artists 3 Clergymen 4 Diplomats 5 Entrepreneurs 6 Military commanders 7 Monarchs 8 Music 9 Politicians 10 Science 11 Sports 12 Writers 13 Other notables 14 Finland-Swedes

Actors

\nMain article: List of Swedish actors

• Ingrid Bergman, (1915-1982), actress\n*Anita Ekberg, actress\n*Gösta Ekman, (1920-1971), actor\n*Greta Garbo, (1905-1990), actress\n*Peter Stormare, actor\n*Stellan Skarsgård, actor\n*Max von Sydow, (born 1929), actor\n*Ann-Margret, entertainer

Artists

\nMain article: List of Swedish artists

• Ernst Josephson, (1851-1906)\n*Carl Larsson, (1859-1928), painter\n*Bruno Andreas Liljefors, (1860-1939), painter\n*Carl Milles, (1875-1955), Swedish sculptor\n*Alexander Roslin, (1718-1798), painter\n*Johan Tobias Sergel, (1740-1814), sculptor\n*Anders Zorn, (1860-1920), Swedish painter\n*Ingmar Bergman, (born 1918), film director

Clergymen

\nMain article: List of Swedish clergymen

• Ansgar, bishop of Hamburg and missionary to Sweden\n*Mikael Agricola, bishop and reformer\n*Laurentius Petri, archbishop and reformer\n*Olaus Petri, reformer\n*Nathan Söderblom, archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate\n*Erik Trolle, bishop and statesman\n*Kettil Karlsson Vasa, bishop and statesman\n*Saint Birgitta, (1303-1373), patron saint of Europe\n*Emanuel Swedenborg, (1688-1772), writer, mysticist and philosopher

Diplomats

\nMain article: List of Swedish diplomats

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

Entrepreneurs

\nMain article: List of Swedish entrepreneurs

• Gustaf Dalén, (1869-1937), inventor and entrepreneur\n*Lars Magnus Ericsson, (1846-1926), industrialist\n*John Ericsson, (1803-1889), inventor and engineer\n*Nils Ericson, (1802-1860), railroad pioneer\n*Ingvar Kamprad, (born 1926), founder of IKEA\n*Ivar Kreuger, (1880-1932), industrialist and financier\n*Gustav de Laval, industrialist\n*Alfred Nobel, (1833-1896), industrialist, instituted the Nobel Prizes

Military commanders

\nMain article: List of Swedish military commanders

• Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, (1757-1814) soldier\n*Per Brahe, (1602-1680), soldier and politician\n*Johan Banér, (1596-1641), soldier\n*Georg Carl von Döbeln (1758-1820), soldier\n*Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten, (1727-1786), soldier and politician\n*Lennart Torstensson, (1603-1651), Field Marshal\n*Karl Gustav von Wrangel, (1613-1676), Field Marshal

Monarchs

\nMain article: List of Swedish monarchs

• Carl XVI Gustaf, (born 1946), current\n*Charles XI, (1655-1697)\n*Charles XII, (1682-1718)\n*Christina\n*Gustav II Adolph of Sweden (Gustav the Great) (1594-1632)\n*Gustav I of Sweden, (1496-1560)\n*Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, (born 1977), heir apparent

Music

\nMain article: List of Swedes in music

• ABBA, undisputed most famous Swedish music group of all time\n*Stikkan Anderson, (1931-1997), producer\n*Hugo Alfvén, composer\n*Benny Andersson, musician/composer\n*Kurt Atterberg, composer\n*Carl Michael Bellman, (1740-1795), singer/songwriter\n*Wilhelm Peterson Berger, composer\n*Jussi Björling, singer\n*Robyn, singer/songwriter\n*Agnetha Fältskog, (born 1950) lead singer from ABBA\n*Per Gessle, musician/composer solo and Roxette\n*Bo Hansson, musician\n*Jenny Lind, singer\n*Christian Lindberg, musician\n*Max Martin, composer\n*Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitarist\n*Birgit Nilsson, singer\n*Christina Nilsson, (1843-1921), singer\n*Ann-Sofie von Otter, (born 1955), singer\n*Johan Helmich Roman, the father of Swedish music\n*Wilhelm Stenhammar, composer\n*Evert Taube, singer/songwriter\n*Björn Ulvaeus, musician/composer\n*Cornelis Wreeswijk, singer/songwriter

Politicians

\nMain article: List of Swedish politicians

• Carl Bildt, former prime minister\n*Gustav Bonde, (1620-1667), statesman\n*Ingvar Carlsson, (born 1934), former prime minister\n*Tage Erlander, former prime minister\n*Axel von Fersen, (1755-1810), statesman\n*Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, (1622-1686), statesman\n*Louis De Geer, (1818-1896), former prime minister\n*Arvid Horn, (1664-1742), statesman\n*Anna Lindh, (1957-2003), foreign minister\n*Axel Oxenstierna, (1583-1654), politician\n*Olof Palme, (1927-1986), former prime minister (assassinated)\n*Göran Persson -- current Prime Minister\n*Fredrik Reinfeldt, (born 1965), leader of Moderata samlingspartiet\n*Sten Sture the elder, (1470-1497 and 1501-1503), statesman\n*Alva Myrdal, (1902-1986), politician, agitator

Science

\nMain article: List of Swedish scientists \n*Johann Arfvedson, (1792-1841), chemist\n*Jöns Jacob Berzelius, (1779-1848), chemist\n*Anders Celsius, (1701-1744), astronomer\n*Carolus Linnaeus, (1707-1778), botanist\n*Christopher Polhem, physicist\n*Olaus Rudbeckius, (1630-1702), medicine\n*Carl Wilhelm Scheele, (1742-1786), chemist\n*Anders Jonas Ångström, (1857-1910), physicist

Sports

\nMain article: List of Swedes in sports

• Björn Borg (1956-) - tennis player\n*Kenny Bräck - Indy Racing League driver\n*Carolina Klüft - athlete\n*Stefan Edberg (1966-) - tennis player \n*Sven-Göran Eriksson - football coach\n*Magdalena Forsberg - biathlete\n*Peter Forsberg (1973-) - ice hockey player\n*Gillis Grafström (1893-1938) - figure skating Olympic and World Champion\n*Anders Graneheim - bodybuilder\n*Tomas Gustafson - speed skater Olympic Gold and Silver medalist\n*Toini Gustafsson - cross country skier Olympic Gold and Silver medalist\n*Ingemar Johansson - World Heavyweight Boxing Champion\n*Henrik Larsson (1971-) - footballerer\n*Fredrik Ljungberg (1977-) - footballerer\n*Hanna Ljungberg - footballerer\n*Gunnar Nordahl - footballerer\n*Magnus Norman -- tennis player\n*Jesper Parnevik - golfer\n*Tony Rickardsson - speedway motor racer\n*Ingemar Stenmark - alpine skier\n*Mats Sundin - ice hockey player\n*Gunde Svan - cross country skier\n*Annika Sörenstam (1970-) - golfer\n*Jan-Ove Waldner - table tennis player\n*Thomas Wassberg - Cross country skier Olympic and World Champion\n*Pernilla Wiberg - alpine skier\n*Magnus Wislander - Handball player voted World palyer of the Century 1999\n*Zlatan Ibrahimovic - footballerer

Writers

\nMain article: List of Swedish language writers

• Frans G. Bengtsson, (1894-1954), novelist\n*Karin Boye, (1900-1941), poet and novelist\n*Fredrika Bremer, (1801-1865), writer\n*Stig Dagerman, (1923-1954), writer\n*Gunnar Ekelöf, (1907-1968), poet\n*Nils Ferlin, (1898-1961), poet. \n*Gustaf Fröding, (1860-1911), poet\n*Verner von Heidenstam, (1859-1940), writer\n*Erik Axel Karlfeldt, (1864-1931), poet and Nobel Prize laureate\n*Eyvind Johnson, (1900-1976), novelist and Nobel Prize laureate\n*Pär Lagerkvist, (1891-1974), writer\n*Selma Lagerlöf, (1858-1940), novelist and Nobel Prize laureate\n*Astrid Lindgren, (1907-2002), children's author\n*Harry Martinson, (1904-1978), poet and Nobel Prize laureate\n*Vilhelm Moberg, (1898-1973), novelist \n*August Strindberg, (1849-1912), novelist and playwright\n*Hjalmar Söderberg, (1868-1941), novelist and playwright\n*Esaias Tegnér,(1782-1846), writer

Other notables

\n*Elsa Brändström (1888-1948), The Angel of Siberia\n*Horace Engdahl, secretary of the Swedish Academy\n*Lars Johan Hierta (1801-1872), publicist\n*Sven Hedin, explorer

Finland-Swedes

\nSee: List of Finland-Swedes

• Tove Jansson, (1914-2001), writer\n*Elias Lönnrot, (1802-1884), writer\n*Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, (1867-1951), military leader\n*Johan Ludvig Runeberg, (1804-1877), writer\n*Jean Sibelius, (1865-1957), composer\n*Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, (1861-1944), politician\n*Edith Södergran, (1892-1923), poet \n*Zacharias Topelius, (1818-1898), writer\n*Linus Torvalds, (born 1969), programmer and initiator of Linux\n*Edward Westermarck, (1862-1939), philosopher\n*Georg Henrik von Wright, (1916-2003), philosopher

See also: List of people by nationality Category:Lists of people Category:Swedish people\n