List of Swedes

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

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Actors Main article: List of Swedish actors

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

Artists 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), Swedish sculptor
• Anders Zorn, (1860-1920), Swedish painter

Diplomats Main article: List of Swedish diplomats

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

Military commanders Main article: List of Swedish military commanders

• Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, (1757-1814)
• Per Brahe, (1602-1680), Swedish politician
• Johan Banér, (1596-1641), Swedish soldier
• Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten, (1727-1786), Swedish politician
• Lennart Torstensson, (1603-1651), Swedish Field Marshal
• Karl Gustav von Wrangel, (1613-1676), Field Marshal

Monarchs Main article: List of Swedish monarchs

• Carl XVI Gustaf, (born 1946), current
• Charles XII, (1682-1718), Swedish military commander
• Christina
• Gustavus Adolphus
• Gustavus Vasa, (1496-1560), Swedish politician
• Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, (born 1977), heir apparent

Music Main article: List of Swedes in music

• Hugo Alfvén[?], Swedish musician
• Stikkan Anderson, (1931-1997), Swedish musician
• Benny Andersson, Swedish songwriter
• Carl Michael Bellman, (1740-1795), Swedish musician
• Franz Berwald[?], Swedish musician
• Jussi Björling, Swedish musician
• Robyn, Swedish musician
• Per Gessle, Swedish musician
• Bo Hansson, Swedish musician
• Jenny Lind, Swedish musician
• Christian Lindberg[?], Swedish musician
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitarist
• Max Martin[?], Swedish musician
• Birgit Nilsson[?], Swedish musician
• Christina Nilsson, (1843-1921), Swedish musician
• Ann-Sofie von Otter, (born 1955), Swedish musician
• Wilhelm Peterson Berger[?], Swedish musician
• Alan Pettersson[?], Swedish composer
• Johan Helmich Roman[?], Swedish musician
• Wilhelm Stenhammar[?], Swedish musician
• Evert Taube[?], Swedish musician
• Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish songwriter
• Cornelis Wreeswijk[?], Swedish musician

Politicians Main article: List of Swedish politicians

• Carl Bildt, Swedish politician
• Gustav Bonde, (1620-1667), Swedish politician
• Ingvar Carlsson, (born 1934), Swedish politician
• Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, (1622-1686), Swedish politician
• Louis De Geer, (1818-1896), Swedish politician
• Arvid Horn, (1664-1742), Swedish politician
• Axel von Fersen, (1755-1810), Swedish politician
• Tage Erlander[?], Swedish politician
• Axel Oxenstierna, (1583-1654), Swedish politician
• Olof Palme, (1927-1986), Swedish prime minister
• Göran Persson -- current Prime Minister
• Sten Sture the elder, (1470-1497 and 1501-1503), Swedish politician

Science 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), Swedish botanist
• Christopher Polhem[?], physicist
• Olaus Rudbeckius, (1630-1702), medicine
• Carl Wilhelm Scheele, (1742-1786), chemist
• Anders Jonas Ångström, (1857-1910), physicist

Sports Main article: List of Swedes in sports

• Arne Borg[?] -- swimmer
• Björn Borg, (1956-), tennis player
• Mats Wilander, (1964-), tennis player
• Stefan Edberg[?] -- tennis player
• Ljudmila Engquist[?] -- athlete
• Sven-Göran Eriksson -- football coach
• Magdalena Forsberg[?] -- biathlete
• Peter Forsberg[?] -- ice hockey player
• Tomas Gustafson[?] - speed skater
• Sixten Jernberg[?] - cross country skier
• Ingemar Johansson[?], World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• Nicklas Lidström[?] - ice hockey player
• Jörgen Persson[?] - table tennis player
• Tony Rickardsson[?] - speedway[?] motor racer
• Tommy Salo[?] - ice hockey goalkeeper
• Börje Salming[?] - ice hockey player
• Ragnar Skanåker[?] - pistol shooter
• Ingemar Stenmark[?] - alpine skier
• Mats Sundin[?] - ice hockey player
• Gunde Svan[?] - cross country skier
• Annika Sörenstam - golf player
• Jan-Ove Waldner[?] - table tennis player
• Tomas Wassberg[?] - cross country skier
• Pernilla Wiberg - alpine skier
• Magnus Wislander[?] - handball player

Writers Main article: List of Swedish writers

• Karin Boye[?], Swedish writer
• Fredrika Bremer, (1801-1865), Swedish writer
• Stig Dagerman[?], Swedish writer
• Gunnar Ekelöf[?], Swedish writer
• Gustaf Fröding[?], Swedish writer
• Verner von Heidenstam, (1859-1940), Swedish writer
• Erik Axel Karlfeldt, (1864-1931), Swedish writer
• Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer
• Pär Lagerkvist, (1891-1974), Swedish writer
• Selma Lagerlöf, (1858-1940), Swedish writer
• Astrid Lindgren, (1907-2002), children's author
• Harry Martinson, (1904-1978), Swedish poet
• Vilhelm Moberg, (1898-1973), Swedish writer
• August Strindberg, (1849-1912), Swedish writer
• Esaias Tegnér[?], Swedish writer

Other notables

• Ingmar Bergman, (1918-), film director
• Saint Birgitta, (1303-1373), patron saint of Europe
• Gustaf Dalén, (1869-1937), inventor
• Lars Magnus Ericsson, (1846-1926), industrialist
• Sven Hedin[?] -- explorer
• Horace Engdahl -- permanent secretary, Swedish Academy
• Ingvar Kamprad, (born 1926), entrepreneur
• Ivar Kreuger -- industrialist "The King of World Finances" http://www.ivarkreuger.com
• Alva Myrdal, (1902-1986), – politician, agitator
• Alfred Nobel, (1833-1896), instituted the Nobel prizes
• Nathan Söderblom[?] -- archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate
• Emanuel Swedenborg, (1688-1772), writer, mysticist, philosopher

Finland-Swedes 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
• Edit Södergran[?] -- poet
• Zacharias Topelius, (1818-1898), writer
• Linus Torvalds, (born 1969), entrepreneur
• Edward Westermarck, (1862-1939), – philosopher
• Georg Henrik von Wright, (1916-2003), philosopher

See also: List of people by nationality