Sweden

This page lists 22,691 biographies of swedens, covering lives from 364 to 2025. Featuring Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Anders Celsius and Arne Beurling. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People of this nationality

Tage Jönsson

1920 – 2001

athletics competitor

Bertil Werkström

1928 – 2010

theologian

Gunnar Söderlindh

1896 – 1969

artistic gymnast

Anders Dahlvig

b. 1957

businessperson

Eric Malmberg

b. 2000

organist

Carl Thulin

b. 1999

association football player

Jan Mattsson

b. 1951

association football player

Leif Holmgren

b. 1953

ice hockey player

Fredrik Ohlsson

1931 – 2023

actor

Valentina Lizana

b. 1990

ice hockey player

Tomas Hoszek

b. 1960

volleyball player

Fredrik Hermansson

b. 1976

songwriter

Eric la Fleur

b. 1979

swimmer

Boo Kullberg

1889 – 1962

artistic gymnast

Sten Lundström

b. 1952

politician

Jan Apell

b. 1969

tennis player

Therese Björk

b. 1981

association football player

Björn Thorsell

b. 1964

ice hockey player

Louise Friberg

b. 1980

golfer

Birger Persson

1250 – 1327

knight

Anitha Bondestam

b. 1941

politician

Gerd Almgren

1925 – 2008

journalist

Alex Bjurberg Kessidis

b. 1995

amateur wrestler

Elsie Dahlberg-Sundberg

1916 – 2005

sculptor

Ulrich Salchow

1877 – 1949

figure skater

Marcus Fåglum Karlsson

b. 1994

sport cyclist

Goran Kapetanović

b. 1974

film director

Jacob Wallenberg

b. 1956

entrepreneur

Henning Sundesson

1909 – 1990

athletics competitor

Roland Hedlund

1933 – 2019

actor

Kim Rosdahl

b. 1996

ice hockey player

Katarina Luhr

b. 1973

pharmacist

Bengt Rosenius

1918 – 1979

military personnel

Henrik Zetterberg

b. 1973

researcher

Mona Mårtenson

1902 – 1956

actor

Azra Duliman

b. 1986

beauty pageant contestant

Tommy Tegelgård

b. 1948

athlete

K. G. Hammar

b. 1943

theologian

Oscar Fristrom

1856 – 1918

painter

John Martin

b. 1980

singer

Karin Svingstedt

b. 1964

cross-country skier

Otto Borgström

1895 – 1962

amateur wrestler

Henrik Bellman

b. 1999

association football player

Rizak Dirshe

b. 1972

athletics competitor

Arvid Emanuelsson

1913 – 1980

association football player

Sofia Johansdotter (Gyllenhielm)

1559 – 1583

lady-in-waiting

George Fleetwood

1605 – 1667

warrior

Folke Wassén

1918 – 1969

sailor

Stig Löfgren

1912 – 1998

military personnel

Rasmus Lindgren

b. 1994

association football player

Lars Norén

1944 – 2021

poet

Berta Persson

1893 – 1961

bus driver

Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen

1753 – 1792

lady-in-waiting

Carl Oscar Boije af Gennäs

1849 – 1923

mathematician

Tage Pousette

1921 – 2012

diplomat

Lotta Furebäck

b. 1967

choreographer

Christopher Fish

b. 1993

ice hockey player

Hans Hansson i Stocksäter

1893 – 1978

politician

Alexej Manvelov

b. 1982

actor

Per Gahrton

1943 – 2023

politician

Anna Breman

b. 1976

economist

Pernilla Ribeiro Novais

b. 1971

judoka

Hans Mosesson

1944 – 2023

actor

Sigvard Arne Eklund

1911 – 2000

nuclear physicist

Magnus Arvidsson

b. 1973

association football player

Marcus Danielson

b. 1989

association football player

Ia Genberg

b. 1967

writer

Sarah Bäckman

b. 1991

professional wrestler

Adam Berg

b. 1972

director

Gustav Ludwigson

b. 1993

association football player

Jean Bolinder

1935 – 2020

writer

Joakim Haeggman

b. 1969

golfer

Daniel Glimmenvall

b. 1974

ice hockey player

Nils Hellsten

1886 – 1962

fencer

Sivert Mattsson

1907 – 1999

cross-country skier

Lotta Edholm

b. 1965

politician

Raymond Adjei

b. 2004

association football player

Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1908 – 1972

founder

Martin Erlandsson

b. 1974

golfer

Oloph Granath

b. 1951

speed skater

Anders Lindstedt

1854 – 1939

mathematician

Calle Själin

b. 1999

ice hockey player

Anders Jahan Retzius

1742 – 1821

chemist

Jimmy Jansson

b. 1985

musician

Hanna Olsson

b. 1999

ice hockey player

Klas Torstensson

b. 1951

composer

Nancy Eriksson

1907 – 1984

politician

Tone Sekelius

b. 1997

vlogger

Wilhelmina Gravallius

1809 – 1884

writer

Carl Adelsköld

1830 – 1914

painter

Johan Arneng

b. 1979

association football player

Göran Lindblad

1940 – 2022

physicist

Samrawit Mengsteab

b. 1990

athletics competitor

Folke Bohlin

1906 – 1972

skipper

Leif Strand

b. 1967

association football player

Arne Boman

b. 1931

ice hockey player

Jan Stenbeck

1942 – 2002

economist

Cecilia Wigström

b. 1971

politician

Astrid Bergman Sucksdorff

1927 – 2015

photographer

Camilla Lundén

b. 1967

actor