List of Famous people born in Skåne County, Sweden
Andreas Granqvist
Andreas Granqvist is a Swedish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Helsingborgs IF and captains the Sweden national football team.
Kosovare Asllani
Kosovare Asllani is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Spanish Primera División club Real Madrid and the Sweden women's national team. Nicknamed "Kosse", Asllani is a proficient striker, possessing great speed and technique in her game. Her playing abilities and Balkan heritage have drawn comparisons with Zlatan Ibrahimović, who captained the Sweden men's national team.
Valon Berisha
Valon Berisha is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Reims and the Kosovo national team. He previously represented Norway at youth and full international level.
Cecilia Lindqvist
Cecilia Lindqvist was a Swedish Sinologist. She was a professor and author of several books on China.
Frans Jeppsson Wall
Frans Jeppsson Wall, better known as Frans, is a Swedish singer-songwriter. He won Melodifestivalen 2016 and represented the host nation, Sweden, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, with the song "If I Were Sorry" finishing in fifth place.
Ulf Nilsson
Ulf Lennart Nilsson was a Swedish writer who published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents. He was also the longtime president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. A number of his works have been translated into English by Gecko Press.
Anita Ekberg
Anita Marianne Ekberg was a Swedish actress active in American and European films. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita (1960). Ekberg worked primarily in Italy, where she became a permanent resident in 1964.
Labinot Harbuzi
Labinot Harbuzi was a Swedish footballer of Kosovar-Albanian descent who played as a midfielder.
Andrea Thorisson
Andrea Celeste Thorisson Díaz is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a forward for IFK Kalmar. She has an Icelandic father and a Peruvian mother.
Markus Rosenberg
Nils Markus Rosenberg is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent the majority of his career with Allsvenskan club Malmö FF, where he also served as club captain from 2015 to 2019. Rosenberg won 33 caps for the Sweden national team, scoring 6 goals, and represented them at the 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008, and Euro 2012.