List of Famous people born in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Maria Lundqvist
Annika Maria Lundqvist is a Swedish actress and comedian. Born in Gothenburg, Lundqvist studied acting at the Gothenburg Theatre Academy and has since been acting at various Swedish theatres, including the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.
Marina Hedman
Bellis Marina Hedman, also known as Marina Frajese, Marina Lotar and Marina Lothar is a retired Swedish pornographic and mainstream actress.
Lennart Bodström
Ture Lennart Bodström was a Swedish politician born in Gothenburg, who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Olof Palme's Social Democratic cabinet from 1982-85.
Gertrud Fridh
Gertrud Fridh was a Swedish stage and film actress.
Erik Selin
Erik Selin is a Swedish billionaire property developer, and the CEO and controlling owner of Fastighets AB Balder.
Jacob Ludvig Maclean
Thommy Berggren
Thommy Berggren, né Tommy William Berggren is a Swedish actor. He is known for having starred in several films directed by Bo Widerberg, and was often considered as one of the foremost Swedish film and theatre actors from the early 1960s to the mid-2000s when he retired.
Gunhild Kyle
Gunhild Kyle was a Swedish historian. She was Sweden's first professor of women's history at the University of Gothenburg.
Birgitta Trotzig
Birgitta Trotzig was a Swedish writer who was elected to the Swedish Academy in 1993. She was one of Sweden's most celebrated authors, and wrote prose fiction and non-fiction, as well as prose poetry.
Per von Afzelius
Pehr von Afzelius was a Swedish medical doctor and professor in Uppsala. Afzelius was the brother of botanist Adam Afzelius, chemist Johan Afzelius, and doctoral advisor of Jacob Berzelius.