The Hootenanny Singers were a popular folk group from Sweden, founded in 1961. The group included Björn Ulvaeus, who later was a member of ABBA. Other bandmembers were Johan Karlberg, Tony Rooth and Hansi Schwarz. The group was named "The Northern Lights" for an American-released LP in 1966.
Axel Evert Taube was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th century.
Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actor.
Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman was a Swedish actor, comedian, and director.
Eva Charlotte Dahlgren is a Swedish pop musician and singer-songwriter.
Barbro Margareta Svensson, better known as Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television presenter. From the early 1950s until her death in 2018, she was one of Sweden's best known and popular singers. She represented Sweden in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest in Cannes with the song "April, april". She was also well-known for the song "Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran?".
Jonsson is a surname of Nordic, mostly Swedish, origin, meaning son of Jon. In Iceland the name is a part of the Patronymic name system. Notable people with the surname include:
Helge Skoog is a Swedish actor and comedian, who became well known during the 1980s appearing on the TV series Teatersport. During the 2000s (decade), he took part in the TV program Parlamentet.
Peter Arne Jöback is a Swedish singer, actor and musical artist.
Veronica Sandra Karin Maggio is a Swedish singer and songwriter.
Naima Wifstrand was a Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer. In her later years, she was cast in several supporting roles in Ingmar Bergman films.
Brita Kerstin Gunvor Borg was a Swedish singer, actress, and variety show artist. Her variety show career spanned from 1943 into the 1970s, while her singing career trailed away at the end of the 1960s. However, she was still an active actress in the 1980s. Borg represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 in Cannes.
Kerstin Kristina Birgitta "Kim" Anderzon was a Swedish actress active in film and theatre.
Gabriel Jönsson was a Swedish author and poet. He is best known for his works inspired by Öresund and farming. He was one of the first members of the Scanian Academy in Sweden.
Isa Quensel was a Swedish actress and operatic soprano who appeared in over 50 films, plays, operas, TV and radio shows. In 1939 she created the title role in the world premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Die Kathrin at the Royal Swedish Opera.
Kerstin Thorvall was an influential Swedish novelist.
Margaretha Knutsdotter Krook was a Swedish stage and film actress. She won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1974. In 1976, she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress for the film Release the Prisoners to Spring.
Margit is a feminine given name, a version of Margaret. People bearing the name include:
Per Malte Lennart "Plura" Jonsson, born on 10 August 1951 in Norrköping, Sweden is a Swedish singer, songwriter, guitar player and WordWriter. He has been a long-time member of the Swedish rock band Eldkvarn in addition to his solo materials. In 2014, he also released an album jointly with Mauro Scocco as Mauro & Plura. Jonsson has also written several books during his career.
Gustaf Adolf och Ebba Brahe is a 1788 Swedish-language opera by Abbé Georg Joseph Vogler. to a libretto by Johan Henric Kellgren.
