List of Famous people born in Sweden

Pontus Wernbloom

First Name Pontus
Last Name Wernbloom
Born on June 25, 1986 (age 39)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Pontus Anders Mikael Wernbloom is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club IFK Göteborg.

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Frida Karlsson

First Name Frida
Last Name Karlsson
Born on August 10, 1999 (age 26)

Frida Karlsson is a Swedish female cross-country skier. She won a silver medal in the women's 10 kilometres classical, bronze medal in the women's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start, and gold as a member of the women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay during the 2019 FIS World Championships in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria. With this win, she became the youngest cross-country skiing World Cup gold medalist in history. In April 2018, she received a 50,000 Swedish kronor prize for promising new skiers from former skier Johan Olsson and a bank. The award also gave her the opportunity to use Olsson as a mentor. Karlsson is the daughter of former cross-country skier Ann-Marie Karlsson.

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Tommy Körberg

First Name Tommy
Last Name Körberg
Born on July 4, 1948 (age 77)

Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg is a Swedish singer, actor, and musician. English-speaking audiences know him best for his role as Anatoly/"The Russian" in the musical Chess. He played the role on the 1984 concept album, and on stage in the 1986 world première West End production in London, as well as several times since.

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Jan Myrdal

First Name Jan
Last Name Myrdal
Born on July 19, 1927
Died on October 30, 2020 (aged 93)

Jan Myrdal was a Swedish author, filmmaker, cultural figure, and political activist noted for his strident Maoist views.

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Pernilla August

First Name Pernilla
Born on February 13, 1958 (age 68)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Pernilla August is a Swedish actress, director and screenwriter. Being one of Sweden's leading actresses and a longtime collaborator with director Ingmar Bergman, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival for her role in his The Best Intentions. She is best known internationally for portraying Shmi Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

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Mattias Falck

First Name Mattias
Born on September 7, 1991 (age 34)

Mattias Falck is a Swedish table tennis player.

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Sebastian Samuelsson

First Name Sebastian
Last Name Samuelsson
Born on March 28, 1997 (age 29)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Sebastian Samuelsson is a Swedish biathlete who competes internationally.

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Uschi Digard

First Name Uschi
Born on August 15, 1948 (age 77)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Uschi Digard is a former softcore porn star and model mostly known for her roles in Russ Meyer films. She was born in Sweden of Swiss-French heritage.

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Lars Söderdahl

First Name Lars
Born on July 26, 1964 (age 61)

Lars Rune Söderdahl is a Swedish former actor, best known for his roles as Skorpan in The Brothers Lionheart and as Lillebror in Karlsson-on-the-Roof, both works are written by Astrid Lindgren. He left the actor career in 1990 and is since then missionary of South America. He has worked at Livets Ord. Now he lives in Malmö and worked at Posten AB in 2005.

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Patrik Andersson

First Name Patrik
Born on August 18, 1971 (age 54)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Patrik Jonas Andersson is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the late 1980s, he went on to play abroad in England, Germany, and Spain, winning the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League with FC Bayern Munich. He returned to Malmö FF in 2004 before retiring the following season. A full international between 1992 and 2002, he won 96 caps for the Sweden national team and was a part of the Sweden team that finished third at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He also played at the 1992 Summer Olympics, UEFA Euro 1992, UEFA Euro 2000, and was a squad player at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

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