List of Famous people born in Sweden
Torsten Nils Wiesel
Torsten Nils Wiesel is a Swedish neurophysiologist. Together with David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.
Anna Lindberg
Anna Lindberg is a former Swedish diver. She won the 1m and 3m Springboard events at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships. She is the daughter of former Swedish divers Ulrika Knape and Mathz Lindberg.
Bengt Westerberg
Bengt Carl Gustaf Westerberg is a Swedish politician. He was leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1983 to 1995, member of the Riksdag from 1984 to 1994 and Minister for Social Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister 1991 to 1994.
Jonatan Johansson
Jonatan Lillebror Johansson is a Finnish football coach and former player.
Karl-Birger Blomdahl
Karl-Birger Blomdahl was a Swedish composer and conductor born in Växjö. He was educated in biochemistry, but was primarily active in music and by his experimental compositions he became one of the big names in Swedish modernism. His teachers included Hilding Rosenberg. He died in Kungsängen, Stockholm.
Birgitta Maria Siefker-Eberle
Rolf Edberg
Rolf Arne "Råttan " Edberg is a retired Swedish ice hockey player.
Björn Engquist
Björn Engquist has been a leading contributor in the areas of multiscale modeling and scientific computing, and a productive educator of applied mathematicians.
Cecilia Nilsson
Birgitta Maria Cecilia Nilsson is a Swedish actress. She has appeared at many theatres. She is married to Krister Henriksson.
Glenn Magnusson
Glenn Magnusson is a former Swedish cyclist. He is most known for winning 3 stages of the Giro d'Italia. He also represented Sweden at the Olympics three times.