List of Famous people born in Kronoberg County, Sweden
Nils Ingemarsson Linnaeus
Margareta Strömstedt
Mathias Kamprad
Jonas Kamprad
Jonas Kamprad is a London-based Swedish billionaire, the son of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad.
Pär Lagerkvist
Pär Fabian Lagerkvist was a Swedish author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951.
Maria Kulle
Hulda Maria Charlotte Kulle is a Swedish actress. The daughter of Jarl Kulle and Louise Hermelin earlier was married to Lars-Erik Berenett.
Gunnar Fischer
Gunnar Fischer was a Swedish cinematographer who worked with director Ingmar Bergman on several of the director's best-known films, including Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) and The Seventh Seal (1957). In addition to his career as cinematographer, Gunnar Fischer directed short films, wrote screenplays (1933–41) and published books for children.
Gry Forssell
Gry Charlotta Forssell is a Swedish television host on TV4 and TV3 and radio talk-show host. She is the daughter of singer Tomas Forssell and niece to actor Johannes Brost.
Karl-Birger Blomdahl
Karl-Birger Blomdahl was a Swedish composer and conductor born in Växjö. He was educated in biochemistry, but was primarily active in music and by his experimental compositions he became one of the big names in Swedish modernism. His teachers included Hilding Rosenberg. He died in Kungsängen, Stockholm.
Håkan Syrén
General Håkan Erik Gunnar Syrén is a retired officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery/Swedish Amphibious Corps and former Chairman of the European Union Military Committee. He was the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1 January 2004 to 25 March 2009, and was the first Supreme Commander to come from the Navy.