Famous Swedes

Famous swedish sportspeople

• Björn Borg (born 1956) – tennis player
• Mats Wilander (born 1964) - tennis player
• Stefan Edberg (born 1966) - tennis player
• Gunde Svan (born 1962) – cross-country skier, Olympic and World Champion, in 1990's the most be-medalled international cross-country skier ever.
• Thomas Wassberg (born 1956) – cross-country skier Olympic and World Champion
• Annika Sörenstam (born 1970) – Professional golf player
• Björn Waldegård (born 1943) – rally driver, World Champion
• Jan-Ove Waldner (born 1965) – table tennis player
• Ingemar Stenmark (born 1956) - slalom and giant slalom
• Pernilla Wiberg (born 1970) – alpine skier
• Magdalena Forsberg (born 1965) – biathlete
• Peter Forsberg (born 1973) – ice hockey player
• Johan Franzén (born 1979) – ice hockey player

Famous swedish mucisians

• ABBA, pop group
• Roxette, duo
• Ace of Base, band
• The Hives, band
• Robyn, singer-songwriter
• The Cardigans, band
• Europe, band
• Blue Swede and Björn Skifs, band
• Christina Nilsson (1843–1921), singer
• Jussi Björling, opera singer
• Basshunter, Eurodance/trance DJ

Famous swedish writers

• Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954), author
• Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), children's author
• Karin Boye (1900–1941), poet and author
• Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), author
• Gunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968), poet
• Nils Ferlin (1898–1961), poet
• Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911), poet
• Jonas Gardell, author, comedian
• Jan Guillou (born 1944), author, journalist
• Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940), Nobel Prize laureate
• Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), poet and Nobel Prize laureate
• Camilla Läckberg, (1974 - ) author
• Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974), author
• Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), author and Nobel Prize laureate
• Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), author
• Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), children's author
• Henning Mankell, novelist
• Harry Martinson (1904–1978), poet and Nobel Prize laureate
• Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973), novelist
• August Strindberg (1849–1912), novelist and playwright
• Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846), writer

Famous swedish scientists

• Anders Celsius (1701–1744), astronomer
• Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), botanist
• Anders Jonas Ångström (1857–1910), physicist
• Alfred Nobel, chemist