List of Famous people born in Sweden
Pontus Wernbloom
Pontus Anders Mikael Wernbloom is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club IFK Göteborg.
Frida Karlsson
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.
Tommy Körberg
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.
Jan Myrdal
Jan Myrdal was a Swedish author, filmmaker, cultural figure, and political activist noted for his strident Maoist views.
Pernilla August
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.
Mattias Falck
Mattias Falck is a Swedish table tennis player.
Sebastian Samuelsson
Sebastian Samuelsson is a Swedish biathlete who competes internationally.
Uschi Digard
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.
Lars Söderdahl
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.
Patrik Andersson
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.