List of Famous people born in Örebro County, Sweden
Peter Stormare
Rolf Peter Ingvar Storm, known professionally as Peter Stormare, is a Swedish actor, voice actor, musician, playwright, and theatre director. He is known for his work as Gaear Grimsrud in Fargo (1996) and John Abruzzi on Prison Break (2005–2007). He also appeared in the films The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Playing God (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), Armageddon (1998), 8mm (1999), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Windtalkers (2002), Minority Report (2002), Bad Boys II (2003), Constantine (2005), and 22 Jump Street (2014), and the video games Destiny (2014), Until Dawn (2015), and Destiny 2 (2017).
Jimmy Durmaz
Jakup Jimmy Durmaz, formerly known as Jimmy Touma, is a Swedish footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük on loan from Galatasaray, and the Sweden national team.
Sofia Helin
Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm Helin is a Swedish actress. She was nominated for a Guldbagge Award for her role in Dalecarlians, and stars as Saga Norén in the Danish/Swedish co-produced TV series The Bridge.
Ola Toivonen
Nils Ola Toivonen is a Swedish footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for Malmö FF.
Jan Andersson
Jan Olof "Janne" Andersson is a Swedish football coach and former player. He is manager of the Sweden national team.
Carl Gunnarsson
Carl Gunnarsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, is a member of the Swedish royal family. Prior to his marriage to the heir apparent, Crown Princess Victoria, Daniel was a personal trainer and gym owner and ran a company called Balance Training with three gyms in central Stockholm.
Ronnie Peterson
Bengt Ronnie Peterson was a Swedish racing driver. Known by the nickname 'SuperSwede', he was a two-time runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship.
Isaac Thelin
Isaac Kiese Thelin is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Kasımpaşa, on loan from Anderlecht, and the Sweden national team. A full international since 2014, he represented Sweden at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Johan Gunnar Andersson
Johan Gunnar Andersson was a Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist and geologist, closely associated with the beginnings of Chinese archaeology in the 1920s.