List of Famous people born in Sweden
Maria Bonnevie
Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie is a Swedish-Norwegian actress. She was born in Västerås, Sweden, but grew up in Oslo, Norway. Her parents are Norwegian actress Jannik Bonnevie and Swedish actor Per Waldvik. Bonnevie was educated at Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting (1997) and had her first film role in Hrafn Gunnlaugsson's Hvíti víkingurinn, at the age of eighteen.
Alexander Kačaniklić
Alexander Kačaniklić is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Hajduk Split in Prva HNL. He normally operates on the left wing but can also play as a central midfielder.
Anastasios Soulis
Anastasios Soulis is a Swedish actor. He was born to a Greek father, Georgios Soulis and a Finnish mother, Katariina Nerg.
Kajsa Ernst
Kajsa Anna-Karin Linnéa Ernst, is a Swedish actress. She started acting at the age of sixteen at Nöjesteatern in Malmö and studied at Teaterhögskolan in Malmö. After graduating she worked for ten years at Helsingborgs stadsteater. There she acted in several plays such as Byggmästare Solness, Spindelkvinnans kyss and Knäckebröd och hovmästarsås. In 1982 she danced balet at plays for Nils Poppe at Fredriksdalsteatern, and in 1990 she played a role in the play Två man och en änka at the same theater. She would appear in the filmatization of the play in 2013.
Amanda Lind
Amanda Sofia Margareta Lind is a politician for the Swedish Green Party. Since 2019, she has been the Minister for Culture and Democracy, with responsibility for sport and national minorities in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.
Nils van der Poel
Nils Göran van der Poel is a Swedish speed skater. He won the 2014 world junior championship in Bjugn, Norway. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Mona Sahlin
Mona Ingeborg Sahlin is a Swedish politician who was leader of the opposition and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 2007 to 2011.
Jakob Johansson
Jakob Valdemar Olsson Johansson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for IFK Göteborg.
Börje Ahlstedt
Nils Börje Ahlstedt is a Swedish actor who has worked extensively with the world-famous director Ingmar Bergman in films like Fanny and Alexander (1982), The Best Intentions (1992), Sunday's Children (1992) and Saraband (2003). Ahlstedt has also worked with the directors Bo Widerberg and Kay Pollak.
Jan Jönsson
Jan Jönsson is a Swedish football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Eliteserien club Stabæk.