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This is a comprehensive listing of Soilwork's members.
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This is a comprehensive listing of Soilwork's members.
| Image | Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Björn "Speed" Strid [lower-alpha 1] | 1995–present | vocals | All Soilwork releases |
 | Sven Karlsson [lower-alpha 2] | 2001–present | keyboards | All Soilwork releases from Natural Born Chaos (2002) |
 | Sylvain Coudret [lower-alpha 3] | 2008–present | guitars | All Soilwork releases from The Panic Broadcast (2010) |
 | Bastian Thusgaard [lower-alpha 4] | 2016–present | drums | All Soilwork releases from Verkligheten (2019) |
| Rasmus Ehrnborn [lower-alpha 5] | 2022–present | bass | Overgivenheten (2022) | |
| Simon Johansson [lower-alpha 6] | 2023–present | guitars | none to date |
| Image | Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ola Frenning [lower-alpha 7] | 1998–2008 | Guitars | ||
| Peter Wichers [lower-alpha 8] |
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| Ola Flink [lower-alpha 9] | 1998–2015 | Bass | ||
| Dirk Verbeuren [lower-alpha 10] | 2004–2016 | Drums | ||
| Daniel Antonsson [lower-alpha 11] | 2006–2008 | Guitars | ||
| Ludvig Svartz | 1995–1998 | |||
| Jimmy Persson | Drums | |||
| Henry Ranta | 1998–2003 | |||
| Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg | 1998–2001 | Keyboards | ||
| Carl-Gustav Döös [lower-alpha 12] | 1995–1997 | Bass | ||
| Mattias Nilsson [lower-alpha 13] | Guitars | |||
| Markus Wibom [lower-alpha 14] | 2015–2017 | Bass | ||
| Taylor Nordberg | 2017–2022 | Bass | ||
| David Andersson | 2012–2022 (until his death) | Guitars |
| Image | Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Evensand | Drums | 2003–2004 | Filled in on tours between Henry Ranta's departure in 2003 and Dirk Verbeuren's arrival in 2004. He has performed with such bands as Therion, Demonoid and, after filling in on the tours, Chimaira (for a short stint). | |
| Andreas Holma | Guitars | 2006 | Filled in on UK tour '06 after Peter Wichers' departure | |
| Peter Wildoer | Drums | Filled in on for three shows being two in Sweden and one for Festimad | ||
| Morten Løwe Sørensen | 2008 | Filled in on for two shows being one in Tallinn and the other in Riga | ||
| Christofer Malmström | Guitars | 2011 | Filled in on a Helsinki, Finland show for Peter Wichers | |
| Simon Johansson | 2019–2023 | Filled in for David Andersson before and after his death |
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