List of Swedes: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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

This article is part of the List of Swedes series

Actors

Artists

Clergymen

Diplomats

Entrepreneurs

Military

Music

Politicians

Scientists

Sports

Writers

Poets

Actors

Main article: List of Swedish actors

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

Main article: List of Swedish artists

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

Main article: List of Swedish clergymen

• Mikael Agricola, bishop and reformer
• Laurentius Petri, archbishop and reformer
• 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

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-????), diplomat

Main article: List of Swedish entrepreneurs

• Gustaf Dalén, (1869-1937), inventor and entrepreneur
• Lars Magnus Ericsson, (1846-1926), industrialist
• 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

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

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
• 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

Main article: List of Swedish monarchs

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

Main article: List of Swedes in music

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

Main article: List of Swedish politicians

• Carl Bildt, former prime minister
• 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
• Axel Oxenstierna, (1583-1654), politician
• Olof Palme, (1927-1986), former prime minister (assassinated)
• Göran Persson -- current Prime Minister
• Fredrik Reinfeldt, (born 1965), leader of Moderata samlingspartiet
• Sten Sture the elder, (1470-1497 and 1501-1503), statesman
• Alva Myrdal, (1902-1986), politician, agitator

Main article: List of Swedish scientists

• Johann Arfvedson, (1792-1841), chemist
• Jöns Jacob Berzelius, (1779-1848), chemist
• Anders Celsius, (1701-1744), astronomer
• Carolus Linnaeus, (1707-1778), botanist
• Christopher Polhem, physicist
• Olaus Rudbeckius, (1630-1702), medicine
• Carl Wilhelm Scheele, (1742-1786), chemist
• Anders Jonas Ångström, (1857-1910), physicist

Main article: List of Swedes in sports

• Björn Borg (1956-) - tennis player
• Kenny Bräck - Indy Racing League driver
• Carolina Klüft (1983-) - athlete
• Stefan Edberg (1966-) - tennis player
• Sven-Göran Eriksson (1948-) - football coach
• Magdalena Forsberg (1965-) - biathlete
• Peter Forsberg (1973-) - ice hockey player
• Gillis Grafström (1893-1938) - figure skating Olympic and World Champion
• Anders Graneheim (1962-) - bodybuilder
• Tomas Gustafson - speed skater Olympic Gold and Silver medalist
• Toini Gustafsson - cross country skier Olympic Gold and Silver medalist
• Ingemar Johansson (1932-) - World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• Henrik Larsson (1971-) - footballer
• Fredrik Ljungberg (1977-) - footballer
• Hanna Ljungberg (1979-) - footballer
• Gunnar Nordahl - footballer
• Magnus Norman -- tennis player
• Jesper Parnevik - golfer
• Tony Rickardsson - speedway motor racer
• Ingemar Stenmark (1956-) - alpine skier
• Mats Sundin (1971-) - ice hockey player
• Gunde Svan (1962-) - cross country skier
• Annika Sörenstam (1970-) - golfer
• Jan-Ove Waldner (1965-) - table tennis player
• Thomas Wassberg - Cross country skier Olympic and World Champion
• Pernilla Wiberg (1970-) - alpine skier
• Magnus Wislander - Handball player voted World player of the Century 1999
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic (1981-) - footballer

Main article: List of Swedish language writers

• Frans G. Bengtsson, (1894-1954), novelist
• 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
• Verner von Heidenstam, (1859-1940), 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
• Astrid Lindgren, (1907-2002), children's author
• Harry Martinson, (1904-1978), poet and Nobel Prize laureate
• Vilhelm Moberg, (1898-1973), novelist
• August Strindberg, (1849-1912), novelist and playwright
• Hjalmar Söderberg, (1868-1941), novelist and playwright
• Esaias Tegnér,(1782-1846), writer

• Elsa Brändström (1888-1948), The Angel of Siberia
• Horace Engdahl (1948-), secretary of the Swedish Academy
• Lars Johan Hierta (1801-1872), publicist
• Sven Hedin (1865-1952), explorer

See: List of Finland-Swedes

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

See also: List of people by nationality