List of Famous people born in Sweden

Alida Morberg

First Name Alida
Born on January 30, 1985 (age 41)

Alida Indra Jasmin Morberg is a Swedish actress. The daughter of actor Per Morberg, she grew up in Lilla Edet.

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Benjamin Ingrosso

Benjamin Daniele Wahlgren Ingrosso
First Name Benjamin
Last Name Ingrosso
Born on September 14, 1997 (age 28)

Benjamin Daniele Wahlgren Ingrosso is a Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer. As a child, he appeared in the leading role in several musicals, and in 2006 he won Lilla Melodifestivalen with the song "Hej Sofia". He won the celebrity dancing TV-show Let's Dance 2014, and has competed twice in Melodifestivalen in 2017 and 2018 respectively. He won in 2018 and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Dance You Off".

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Kristina Wayborn

Britt-Inger Johansson
First Name Kristina
Born on September 24, 1950 (age 75)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Britt-Inger Johansson, known professionally as Kristina Wayborn, is a Swedish actress who worked mostly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Henrik Lundqvist

First Name Henrik
Born on March 2, 1982 (age 44)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Henrik Lundqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played 15 seasons with the New York Rangers. Before winning the Vezina Trophy in 2012, he was nominated in each of his first three seasons, and is the only goaltender in NHL history to record 11 30-win seasons in his first 12 seasons. He holds the record for most wins by a European-born goaltender in the NHL. His dominating play during his rookie season resulted in the New York media and Rangers fans giving him the nickname "King Henrik". During the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, he led the Swedish men's team to their second Olympic gold medal.

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Dag Hammarskjöld

First Name Dag
Last Name Hammarskjöld
Died on September 18, 1961

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. As of 2021, Hammarskjöld remains the youngest person to have held the Secretary-General post, having been only 47 years old when he was appointed in 1953. His second term was cut short when he died in the crash of his DC-6 airplane in Northern Rhodesia while en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. He is the only person in history to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.

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Erik Karlsson

First Name Erik
Last Name Karlsson
Born on May 31, 1990 (age 36)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Erik Sven Gunnar Karlsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Karlsson was drafted in the first round, 15th overall, by the Ottawa Senators at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, with whom he spent his first nine NHL seasons. Karlsson is a two-time winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defenceman, winning the award in 2012 and 2015.

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Erik Grönwall

First Name Erik
Last Name Grönwall
Born on December 3, 1987 (age 38)

Per Erik Magnus Grönwall is a Swedish hard rock/heavy metal singer-songwriter and actor. In December 2009, he won the Swedish Idol reality television. During several of the shows, he received standing ovations from the jury for his performances. His first single, "Higher", sold gold on digital downloads after only three days. His first album, self-titled "Erik Grönwall", was released just ten days after the finals and debuted at number one on the Swedish albums chart and was certified platinum. In 2012, he joined rock band H.E.A.T as lead singer. Altogether as a solo artist and band member, he has numerous top 40 hits. In 2018 he portrayed Simon Zealotes in the NBC live television concert production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar, in which he received Grammy nomination for in the Best Musical Theater Album category. He left H.E.A.T in 2020 after 4 albums with the band.

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Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson is a Swedish football manager and former player.

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Valon Berisha

First Name Valon
Last Name Berisha
Born on February 7, 1993 (age 33)
Height 176 cm | 5'9

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.

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Elli Avram

First Name Elli
Last Name Avram
Born on July 29, 1990 (age 35)

Elisabet Avramidou Granlund, known professionally as Elli AvrRam, is a Swedish Greek actress and is now based in Mumbai, India. She is known for her Bollywood movie Micky Virus. AvrRam came to prominence after participating in the Indian reality TV show Bigg Boss.

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