List of Famous people born in Sweden
Lars Winnerbäck
Lars Mattias Winnerbäck is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He was born in Stockholm but spent his childhood in Vidingsjö, Linköping, where he attended Katedralskolan. He moved back to Stockholm in 1996, the same year he released his first album, Dans med svåra steg. He is now one of Sweden's most popular artists.
Ewa Karlström
Thomas Bodström
Thomas Lennart Bodström is a Swedish former politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.
Peter Jablonski
Peter Jablonski is a Swedish concert pianist.
Anitra Steen
Anitra Linnéa Steen is a Swedish politician, civil servant and the wife of former Prime Minister Göran Persson.
Åsa Romson
Åsa Elisabeth Romson is a Swedish politician who was the Minister for the Environment and ceremonial Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden in the Swedish Government from 2014 to 2016. She is a member of the Green Party and served as one of its spokespersons along with Gustav Fridolin between 2011 and 2016.
Maria Wetterstrand
Ingrid Maria Wetterstrand is a Swedish politician. She was one of the spokespersons of the Green Party alongside Peter Eriksson between 2002 and 2011. Between 2001 and 2011 she was a member of the Riksdag.
Micael Bydén
General Per Micael Bydén is the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, appointed on 11 September 2015. He was earlier senior commander in the Swedish Air Force. Bydén served as the Chief of Air Force between 2012 and 2015.
Bengt I. Samuelsson
Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson is a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances.
Jörgen Persson
Jörgen Persson is a Swedish table tennis player. In two memorable World Table Tennis Championships finals he faced fellow Swede Jan-Ove Waldner in 1989 and 1991, losing the former and winning the latter. He also won four World Championship titles in Team.