List of Famous people born in Skåne County, Sweden
Ulf Kristersson
Ulf Hjalmar Ed Kristersson is a Swedish Moderate Party politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Moderate Party since October 2017. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (MP) for Södermanland County since 2014 and previously from 1991 to 2000 for Stockholm County. He previously served as Minister for Social Security from 2010 to 2014 and Chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 1988 to 1992.
Christian Wilhelmsson
Christian Ulf Wilhelmsson, nicknamed Chippen, is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Beginning his career with Mjällby AIF in the late 1990s, he went on to represent clubs in Norway, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, England, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Qatar before retiring at Mjällby in 2015. Wilhelmsson won 79 caps for the Sweden national team between 2001 and 2012, and represented his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and in three European Championships.
Siw Malmkvist
Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist is a Swedish singer and actress popular in Scandinavia and West Germany. She had a number one hit in West Germany in 1964 with "Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht", and on 18 July 1964 she became the first Swede to have a hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, when "Sole Sole Sole", a duet with Italian singer Umberto Marcato, entered the chart, peaking at No. 58.
Frans Gustaf Emanuel Walberg
Alexander Roslin
Alexander Roslin was a Swedish portrait painter who worked in Scania, Bayreuth, Paris, Italy, Warsaw and St. Petersburg, primarily for members of aristocratic families. He combined insightful psychological portrayal with a skillful representation of fabrics and jewels.
Eric Saade
Eric Khaled Saade, is a Swedish singer and songwriter.
Sture Lindgren
Anders Jahan Retzius
Anders Jahan Retzius was a Swedish chemist, botanist and entomologist.
Anders Linderoth
Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth is a Swedish football coach and former player.