List of Famous people born in Dalarna County, Sweden

Sture Bergwall

Sture Ragnar Bergwall
First Name Sture
Last Name Bergwall
Born on April 26, 1950 (age 74)

Sture Ragnar Bergwall, also known as Thomas Quick in 1993–2002, is a Swedish man previously believed to have been a serial killer, having confessed to more than 30 murders while incarcerated in a mental institution for personality disorders. Between 1994 and 2001, Quick was convicted of eight of these murders. However, he withdrew all of his confessions in 2008, as a result of which his murder convictions were quashed, the final one in July 2013, and he was released from hospital. The episode raised issues about how murder convictions could have been obtained on such weak evidence, and has been called the largest miscarriage of justice in Swedish history. Journalists Hannes Råstam and Dan Josefsson published TV documentaries and books about the murder cases; they claimed that bad therapy led to false confessions. Dan Josefsson claims that a "cult"-like group led by psychologist Margit Norell manipulated the police and talked Sture Bergwall into false confessions.

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Lina Hurtig

First Name Lina
Last Name Hurtig
Born on September 5, 1995 (age 29)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Lina Mona Andréa Hurtig is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus and the Sweden national team.

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The Tallest Man on Earth

First Name The
Born on April 30, 1983 (age 41)

Kristian Matsson is a Swedish singer-songwriter who performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth. Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the indie band Montezumas. His music has often drawn comparisons to the music of Bob Dylan.

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Peter Tägtgren

First Name Peter
Last Name Tägtgren
Born on June 3, 1970 (age 54)

Alf Peter Tägtgren is a Swedish musician, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. He is the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of death metal band Hypocrisy as well as the industrial metal band Pain in which he is the only member. He is also the owner of The Abyss recording studio and the co-founder of Lindemann, a music project between Tägtgren and Rammstein vocalist Till Lindemann. Tagtgren left Lindemann in 2020.

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Jonas Buud

First Name Jonas
Last Name Buud
Born on March 28, 1974 (age 50)

Jonas Buud born 28 March 1974, is a Swedish ultra-distance runner who lives in Mora, central Sweden.

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Jon Olsson

First Name Jon
Last Name Olsson
Born on August 17, 1982 (age 42)

Jon Anders Olsson Delér is a professional freeskier and alpine ski racer from Sweden. Born in Mora, Olsson Delér started his career as a ski racer but at age 16 he switched his race skis for twin tips and quit ski racing. Eight years later, after a 50 000 SEK (US$5826.22) bet with fellow skier Jens Byggmark, Olsson Delér started ski racing again with the goal of the bets being to make it to the Olympics in 2014. He now competes in both freestyle and ski racing. Olsson Delér is known for his invention of several new double flips, including a D-spin 720 into a flatspin 540, a switch double rodeo 1080, a double flatspin 900, and a switch cork 720 to flatspin 540.

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Henrik Forsberg

First Name Henrik
Born on February 16, 1967 (age 57)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Henrik Forsberg is a Swedish former cross-country skier and biathlete who competed from 1988 to 2001. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finishes at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville in cross-country skiing with a fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay and ninth in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit.

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Björn Dixgård

Björn Hans-Erik Kihlberg Dixgård
First Name Björn
Born on May 8, 1981 (age 43)

Björn Hans-Erik Dixgård is a Swedish musician. He is the frontman of the Swedish band Mando Diao.

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Joakim Brodén

First Name Joakim
Born on October 5, 1980 (age 44)

Joakim "Jocke" Brodén is a Swedish-Czech singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist, keyboardist, and occasional third guitarist of the Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton. He and bassist Pär Sundström formed the band in 1999.

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Joacim Cans

First Name Joacim
Born on February 19, 1970 (age 54)

Joacim Cans is the lead singer of HammerFall, a Swedish heavy metal band. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums.

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