List of Famous people born in Sweden

Sofia Helin

First Name Sofia
Born on April 25, 1972 (age 54)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Sofia Margareta Götschenhjelm Helin is a Swedish actress. She was nominated for a Guldbagge Award for her role in Dalecarlians, and stars as Saga Norén in the Danish/Swedish co-produced TV series The Bridge.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Robin Olsen

Robin Patrick Olsen
First Name Robin
Last Name Olsen
Born on January 8, 1990 (age 36)
Height 196 cm | 6'5

Robin Patrick Olsen is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Everton, on loan from Roma, and the Sweden national team.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Marcus Berg

First Name Marcus
Last Name Berg
Born on August 17, 1986 (age 39)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Bengt Erik Marcus Berg is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Krasnodar and the Swedish national team. Beginning his footballing career in Sweden with IFK Göteborg, Berg has gone on to play professionally in the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, the United Arab Emirates, and Russia. A full international since 2008, Berg represented the Sweden national team at UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Andreas Granqvist

First Name Andreas
Last Name Granqvist
Born on April 16, 1985 (age 41)
Height 192 cm | 6'4

Andreas Granqvist is a Swedish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Helsingborgs IF and captains the Sweden national football team.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Max Martin

First Name Max
Last Name Martin
Born on February 26, 1971 (age 55)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Karl Martin Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish songwriter, record producer and singer. He rose to prominence in the late 1990s after making a string of hit singles such as Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time" (1998), the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" (1999), and NSYNC's "It's Gonna Be Me" (2000).

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Tove Lo

Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson
First Name Tove
Last Name Lo
Born on October 29, 1987 (age 38)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson, known professionally as Tove Lo, is a Swedish singer and songwriter, who has been called "Sweden's darkest pop export" by Rolling Stone. She is known for her raw, grunge-influenced take on pop music. Her honest, complex and autobiographical lyrical content has led to her being dubbed "the saddest girl in Sweden."

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Kosovare Asllani

First Name Kosovare
Born on July 29, 1989 (age 36)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Kosovare Asllani is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Spanish Primera División club Real Madrid and the Sweden women's national team. Nicknamed "Kosse", Asllani is a proficient striker, possessing great speed and technique in her game. Her playing abilities and Balkan heritage have drawn comparisons with Zlatan Ibrahimović, who captained the Sweden men's national team.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Per Gessle

Per Håkan Gessle
First Name Per
Born on January 12, 1959 (age 67)

Per Håkan Gessle is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the male half and primary lyricist of the Swedish pop rock duo Roxette, which he formed with Marie Fredriksson in 1986 and which was disbanded after her death in 2019. The duo achieved international success in the late-1980s and early-1990s with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), and topped the charts in the US four times, most notably with "It Must Have Been Love" which was featured in the film Pretty Woman. Prior to the formation of Roxette, he had a successful career in native Sweden as the frontman for Gyllene Tider. The band released three number-one albums during the early 1980s but disbanded shortly after their fourth album, The Heartland Café (1984).

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus
First Name Carl
Last Name Sweden
Born on April 30, 1946 (age 80)

Carl XVI Gustaf is King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, on 15 September 1973.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Lars Lagerbäck

Lars Edvin "Lasse" Lagerbäck is a Swedish football manager and former player. Lagerbäck has managed a number of national teams prior to his current position. He managed the Swedish national team from 1998 until 2009, leading Sweden to five consecutive championships. He resigned as manager in 2009 after Sweden's failure to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. After a short stint as manager of Nigeria, he led Iceland to unprecedented success as they qualified for their first finals competition, Euro 2016, and reached the quarter-finals, beating England in the last 16. Apart from his coaching duties, Lagerbäck has in recent years been a pundit for Premier League and UEFA Champions League broadcasting on Swedish television. He currently holds the record for managing a team in the finals of the European Championships with 4 appearances.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.04749608039856s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.039492130279541s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.039447069168091s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.031919002532959s
t_/blocks/person-card: 10x 0.025871992111206s
router_page: 1x 0.0073370933532715s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.006633996963501s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0047669410705566s
headline: 2x 0.002269983291626s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00043010711669922s
qids: 2x 0.00030207633972168s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00028419494628906s
head-facts: 1x 0.00026082992553711s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 3.9815902709961E-5s
related: 1x 5.0067901611328E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 0s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-06-14 21:56:06)  -----