List of Famous people born in Sweden
Ingvar Carlsson
Gösta Ingvar Carlsson is a Swedish politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Sweden, first from 1986 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1996. He was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1986 to 1996. He is best known for leading Sweden into the European Union.
Lena Sommestad
Lena Sommestad is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and economic historian. She was Minister for the Environment in the Ministry of Sustainable Development in the Cabinet of Göran Persson from 2002 to 2006.
Uffe Persson
David Ekholm
David Ekholm is a Swedish biathlete. He competed in three events at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Tobias Ludvigsson
Tobias Ludvigsson is a Swedish cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.
Niklas Zennström
Niklas Zennström is a Swedish billionaire entrepreneur known for founding several high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis including Skype and Kazaa. He also founded the technology investment firm Atomico and has become a significant figurehead for entrepreneurs in the tech sector. Zennström is also the co-founder of the charity organization Zennström Philanthropies.
Elisabet Gustafson
Karin Elisabet Gustafson is a retired Swedish curler, world champion and Olympic medalist. She has won four World Championships, more World Championships than any other women's curler.
Thomas Wassberg
Thomas Lars Wassberg is a Swedish former cross-country skier. A fast skating style – push for every leg – is still called "Wassberg" after him in several countries. Wassberg's skiing idols when growing up were Sixten Jernberg and Oddvar Brå. He has described his mental strength and physical fitness as his greatest abilities as a skier, with his main weakness being a lack of sprinting ability.
Martin Lorentzon
Sven Hans Martin Lorentzon is a Swedish entrepreneur and co-founder of Tradedoubler and Spotify. From 2013 to 2018 he was on the board of Telia Company. Since April 2019 he has been an expert on Sweden's immigrants' integration issues for Moderate Party commission New Swedish Model.
Christer Fant
Christer Michael Fant is a Swedish actor. He is son to the actor George Fant. He played the valet Melker in the 2011 "Sveriges Radios julkalender" Allt du önskar. In the 80s he hosted the TV program Guldslipsen.