List of Famous people born in Kronoberg County, Sweden
Ulla-Britt Söderlund
Ulla-Britt Söderlund was a Swedish costume designer who designed the costumes for some twenty films in Sweden, Denmark, and England. In 1976, she won an Oscar for the costumes of Stanley Kubrick's film Barry Lyndon along with Milena Canonero.
Peter Jonas Bergius
Peter Jonas Bergius was a Swedish medical doctor and botanist.
Carl Wilhelm von Sydow
Lars-Åke Lagrell
Lars-Åke Lagrell was a Swedish sports personality who was the president of the Swedish Football Association between 1991 and 2012. In 2002 Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson appointed him Governor of Kronoberg County. He continued to serve in both positions until 2006, which sparked some criticism because his football engagements were mainly in Solna, outside Stockholm, while as Governor he worked from Växjö. Both are essentially full-time positions.
Charlotte Perrelli
Anna Jenny Charlotte Perrelli is a Swedish singer and occasional television host. She was the winner of the 1999 Melodifestivalen and subsequently that year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven."
Nanne Bergstrand
Kurt Arne "Nanne" René Bergstrand is a Swedish football manager and former football player. He has previously coached Helsingborgs IF, Östers IF, Kalmar FF and Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan.
Jörgen Lennartsson
Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson is a Swedish football manager and former player. He is currently the head-coach of the Superettan team Helsingborgs IF in Sweden.
Göran Rothman
Göran (Georg) Rothman, was a Swedish naturalist, physician and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. The standard author abbreviation Rothman is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Otto Folin
Otto Knut Olof Folin was a Swedish-born American chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work at Harvard University on practical micromethods for the determination of the constituents of protein-free blood filtrates and the discovery of creatine phosphate in muscles.