List of Famous people born in Sweden
Sofia Helin
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.
Robin Olsen
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.
Marcus Berg
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.
Andreas Granqvist
Andreas Granqvist is a Swedish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Helsingborgs IF and captains the Sweden national football team.
Max Martin
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).
Tove Lo
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."
Kosovare Asllani
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.
Per Gessle
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).
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Carl XVI Gustaf is King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, on 15 September 1973.
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.