List of Famous people born in Kronoberg County, Sweden

Nils Ingemarsson Linnaeus

First Name Nils
Born on July 1, 1674
Died on May 12, 1748 (aged 73)
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Margareta Strömstedt

First Name Margareta
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Mathias Kamprad

First Name Mathias
Last Name Kamprad
Born on June 27, 1969 (age 56)
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Jonas Kamprad

First Name Jonas
Last Name Kamprad
Born on November 30, 1965 (age 60)
Net Worth $1.2B

Jonas Kamprad is a London-based Swedish billionaire, the son of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad.

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Pär Lagerkvist

First Name Pär
Last Name Lagerkvist
Born on May 23, 1891
Died on July 11, 1974 (aged 83)

Pär Fabian Lagerkvist was a Swedish author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951.

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Maria Kulle

Hulda Maria Charlotte Kulle
First Name Maria
Last Name Kulle
Born on April 26, 1960 (age 66)

Hulda Maria Charlotte Kulle is a Swedish actress. The daughter of Jarl Kulle and Louise Hermelin earlier was married to Lars-Erik Berenett.

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Gunnar Fischer

First Name Gunnar
Born on November 18, 1910
Died on June 11, 2011 (aged 100)

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.

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Gry Forssell

First Name Gry
Born on February 16, 1973 (age 53)

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.

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Karl-Birger Blomdahl

First Name Karl-Birger
Born on October 19, 1916
Died on June 14, 1968 (aged 51)

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.

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Håkan Syrén

First Name Håkan
Last Name Syrén
Born on January 31, 1952 (age 74)

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.

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