List of Famous people born in Stockholm County, Sweden
Pontus Norgren
Karl Pontus Norgren is the current guitarist of the Swedish power metal band HammerFall and formerly played guitar for The Poodles.
Carin Jämtin
Carin Jämtin is a Swedish civil servant and former politician. She is the Director General of the Swedish International Development Agency since 2017. She served as party secretary of the Social Democrats from March 2011 until her resignation in August 2016 and previously served as Minister for International Development Cooperation in the Swedish Government between 2003 and 2006. She was a Member of the Riksdag from 2014 to 2017, representing Stockholm Municipality.
Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd
Catharina Sabine Maria Laurine Elmsäter-Svärd is a Swedish politician who was Minister for Infrastructure from 2010 to 2014. A member of the Moderate Party, she was an MP of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm County from October to December 2014, having previously been that from 1997 to 2008. On 16 December 2014, she announced that she would leave politics.
Eva Axén
Kari Sylwan
Kari Sylwan is a Swedish actress, dancer, ballet teacher, and choreographer.
Kristian Lundin
Kristian Lundin is a Swedish composer, music producer and songwriter.
Magnus Roosmann
Nils Magnus Roosmann is a Swedish actor.
Per Welinder
Per Nils Welinder is a Swedish entrepreneur and former professional skateboarder. During the 1980s he achieved international fame as a freestyle skater and was a leading member of the Powell-Peralta skate team known as the "Bones Brigade". He had a number of influential video parts with Powell during the 1980s, a series of signature models, and roles in several Hollywood movies. Welinder also has the unique distinction of being the only person to have ever beaten Rodney Mullen in a professional skate contest.
Lena Strömdahl
Lena Marie Strömdahl is a Swedish actress.
Björn Rosengren
Björn Folke Rosengren is a Swedish politician and advisor to the Stenbeck family.