List of Famous people born in Sweden
Kikki Danielsson
Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until the late 1990s. She also gained popularity at the US country stage during the 1980s. In 1986, she had the "Kikki i Nashville" TV show.
Linda Bengtzing
Linda Birgitta Bengtzing is a Swedish pop singer, famous for her participation in the fourth season of Fame Factory in Sweden and for her entries at Melodifestivalen 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2020.
Shellback
Karl Johan Schuster, known professionally as Shellback, is a Swedish record producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Shellback was listed as the No. 1 producer of 2012 on Billboard magazine's year end chart, and he also topped the list of their "Top 10 Songwriters Airplay Chart" the same year; he has won four Grammy Awards.
Lasse Lindh
Lasse Lindh is a Swedish indie pop musician. His debut album, Bra, came out on EMI in 1998, and featured three charting singles in Sweden. Lindh began singing in English for his second album, You Wake Up at Sea Tac, which was released in 2002. Lindh's relationship with South Korea dates back to 2006: his songs "The Stuff" and "C'mon Through" were used in the MBC TV series Soulmate. In 2014, his song "Run to You" was used in the drama by SBS, Angel Eyes and in 2016-2017, his song "Hush" was used in the Korean drama by tvN, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, which was starring by Gong Yoo, Kim Go-eun and others. His most recent album returns to Swedish. Lindh has contributed vocals to the recordings of labelmates Club 8.
Bernt Johansson
Bernt Harry Johansson born is a road bicycle racer from Sweden, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1981. His sporting career began with Mariestadtcyclisten. A competitor at the 1972 Summer Olympics, he represented his native country once again at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he won the men's individual road race. For that performance Johansson was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal the same year, together with track and field athlete Anders Gärderud, who claimed gold in the men's 3000 m steeplechase in Montreal.
Mikael Stanne
Bengt Mikael Stanne is the vocalist and one of the lyricists for the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. Since 2020, Stanne along with drummer Anders Jivarp are the only remaining original members of the band. Stanne is also the vocalist for death metal band Grand Cadaver, which formed in 2020. He was also an ex-vocalist for Swedish power metal band HammerFall.
Niclas Engelin
Niclas Engelin is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist for In Flames, Drömriket, Passenger and Engel. He was the lead guitarist for Gardenian, and has been in and out of In Flames on five occasions.
Mirja Turestedt
Mirja Viveka Turestedt is a Swedish actress.
Johnny Höglin
Hans Johnny Höglin is a Swedish speed skater whose greatest moment was to win a gold medal in the 10000-meter event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Jörgen Lennartsson
Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson is a Swedish football manager and former player. He is currently the head-coach of the Superettan team Helsingborgs IF in Sweden.