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Famous Natives
People listed below are either native to Sweden, or of Swedish descent (born elsewhere) who have made a significant contribution to the fame of the country in their individual endeavors. 
ABBA music group
Ace of Base music group
Maud Adams actress
Hans Alfredson author
Hugo Alfvén composer, conductor, violinist
Benny Andersson composer, musician
Bibi Andersson actress
Harriet Andersson actress
Roy Andersson film director
Kurt Atterberg composer
Pernilla August actress
John Bauer artist, illustrator
Ingmar Bergman film director
Ingrid Bergman actress
Baron Jons Jakob Berzelius chemist, author
Elsa Beskow author, illustrator
Jussi Björling opera singer
Björn Borg tennis player
Karin Boye poet, author
Kenny Bräck race car driver
May Britt actress
Hjalmar Branting former prime minister
Arvid CarlssonI scientist, nobel prize laureate
Charles XI king
Charles XII king
Charles XIII king
Charles XIV king
Queen Christina after abdicating her throne, she lived in rome and was an active proponent of religious freedom and a patroness of the arts
Stig Dagerman author
Nils Gustaf Dalén inventor, nobel prize laureate
Amy Diamond singer
Stefan Edberg tennis player
Anita Ekberg actress
Gunnar Ekelöf poet
Britt Ekland film director
Gösta Ekman, Jr. actor
Gösta Ekman, Sr. actor
Hasse Ekman film director, actor
Eric XIV king
John Ericsson inventor
Lars Magnus Ericsson founder ericcson company
Sven Erixson artist
Europe music group
Agnetha Fältskog singer
Nils Ferlin poet
Peter Forsberg hockey player
Gustaf Fröding poet
Greta Garbo actress
Nicolai Gedda opera singer
Gillis Grafström olympic figure skating medalist
Isaac Grünewald artist
Jan Guillou author
Carl XVI Gustaf king
Tomas Gustafson olympic speed skating medalist
Toini Gustafsson olympic skiing medalist
Gustav Vasa first crowned king of sweden
Gustav II (Gustaf Adolf the Great) king
Lasse Hallström film director
Dag Hammarskjöld diplomat, economist, former secretary general of united nations
Lars Hanson actor
Hellacopters music group
Sigrid Hjertén artist
John III king
Eyvind Johnson author, nobel prize laureate
Erland Josephson actor
Ernst Josephson artist
Mattias Lindström-Caliste musician
Ingvar Kamprad founder IKEA
Erik Axel Karfeldt poet, nobel prize laureate
Selma Lagerlöf author, nobel prize laureate
Carl Larsson artist
Gustaf de Laval inventor, engineer
Bruno Liljefors artist
Jenny Lind "swedish nightingale" opera singer
Christian Lindberg trombonist
Viveca Lindfors actress
Astrid Lindgren creator "pippi longstockings"
Carolus Linnaeus botanist, explorer
Oscar A. C. Lund actor, screenwriter, director
Dolph Lundgren actor
Gerda Lundequist actress
Carl Malmsten artist, designer
Henning Mankell author
Sven Markelius architect
Max Martin songwriter, music producer
Harry Martinson author, poet, nobel prize laureate
Bruno Mathsson artist, designer
Carl Milles sculptor
Vilhelm Moberg author
Lucas Moodysson film director
Birgit Nilsson singer
Christina Nilsson opera singer
Alfred Nobel inventor of dynamite, later established the nobel peace prize
Warner Oland actor
Lina Olin actress
Olof of Sweden king
Ann-Margret Olsson actress, singer
Oscar I king
Olof Palme swedish prime minister
Elena Paparizou singer
Jesper Parnevik golfer
Gustav Erik Pasch inventor safety match
Erling Persson founder h & m (hennes & mauritz)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger composer
Lewi Pethrus founder swedish pentecostal movement
Olaus Petri writer, reformer
Play music group
Robyn singer, songwriter
Johan Helmich Roman composer, widely revered as the "father" of swedish music
Alexander Roslin artist
Sahara Hotnights music group
Johan Tobias Sergel sculptor
Stellan Skarsgård actor
Hjalmar Söderberg author, playwright
Nathan Söderblom archbishop, nobel peace prize laureate
Harald V. Sonesson author, artist
Annika Sörenstam wpga golfer
St. Bridgid of Sweden founder Bridgettine order, patron saint of Europe
Wilhelm Stenhammar composer, conductor, pianist
Ingemar Stenmark skier, olympic medalist
Peter Stormare actor
August Strindberg playwright
Mats Sundin hockey player
Bo Svenson actor
Emanuel Swedenborg philosopher, scientist
Gustaf Tenggren illustrator
Nicodemus Tessin (The Elder) architect
The Hives music group
The (International) Noise Conspiracy music group
Ingrid Thulin actress
Jonas Tilly founder Tilly Medical Products
Nils von Dardel artist
Verner von Heidenstam poet, nobel prize laureate
Anne Sofie von Otter opera singer
Max von Sydow actor
Thomas Wassberg olympic skiing medalist
Axel Wenner-Gren founder electrolux
Mats Wilander tennis player
Niklas Zennström co-founder skype, entrepreneur
Henrik Zetterberg hockey player
Mai Zetterling film director, actress
Anders Zorn artist, sculptor
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