List of people from Gothenburg

This is a list of notable people connected to Gothenburg, Sweden.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A–M

• Davida Afzelius-Bohlin (1866–1955) – mezzo-soprano concert and opera singer
• Daniel Alfredsson  – retired NHL hockey player; long time captain of the Ottawa Senators and forward for the Detroit Red Wings; played from 1991 to 2014
• Helen Alfredsson  – professional golfer; winner, 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore
• Kwame Amoateng  – footballer
• Ingelin Angerborn  – children's author
• Margareta Arvidsson  – Miss Sweden 1966, Miss Universe 1966
• Bjorn Ulvaeus  – singer-songwriter; member of ABBA
• Jenny Berggren  – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
• Jonas Berggren  – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
• Linn Berggren  – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
• Joel Berghult  – commonly known as Roomie; musician and YouTuber
• Olof Bergh - early Swedish-South African explorer (1643 - 1725)
• Torsten Billman (1909–1989) – artist
• Poul Bjerre (1876–1964) – psychoanalyst
• Viktor Blom  – poker player
• Colin Campbell (1686–1757) – Scottish merchant and entrepreneur; co-founder of Swedish East India Company
• Arvid Carlsson (1923–2018) – winner, Nobel Prize in Medicine (2000)
• William Chalmers (1748–1811) – manager of Swedish East India Company; founder of Chalmers University of Technology
• Sir William Chambers (1723–1796) – Scottish architect
• Fredy Clue  – artist and musician ^[1]
• Ulf Dageby  – rock musician
• John Darnielle  – American singer-songwriter; wrote songs about Gothenburg
• Mikkey Dee  – heavy-metal drummer
• Beatrice Dickson (1852–1941) – pioneering temperance activist
• Christian Djoos  – NHL player, Anaheim Ducks
• Karin Dreijer  – singer-songwriter
• Olof Dreijer  – musician
• Gustavo Dudamel  – Venezuelan conductor
• Ulf Ekberg  – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
• Hedda Ekman (1860–1929) – writer and photographer
• Jan Eliasson  – former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Loui Eriksson  – National Hockey League player, Vancouver Canucks
• Louise Falkenberg (1849–1934) – philanthropist
• José González  – musician
• Emma Green  – high jumper, bronze medallist at the 2005 World Athletics Championships
• Lennart Green  – world-class magician
• Gunnar Gren (1920–1991) – footballer; part of the Milan Gre-No-Li and 1958 FIFA World Cup runners-up squad
• Andreas Gustafsson (born 1981) – race walker
• Bengt Hallberg (1932–2013) – jazz pianist
• Victor Hasselblad (1906–1978) – industrialist; creator, Hasselblad cameras
• Anna von Hausswolff  – musician
• Doris Håvik (1924–2009) – politician
• Håkan Hellström  – singer-songwriter
• Mathilda Högberg  – social media influencer
• Zeth Höglund (1884–1956) – founder of the Swedish communist movement
• Glenn Hysén  – former football player, IFK Göteborg; father of Tobias Hysén
• Tobias Hysén  – football player; son of Glenn Hysén
• Ingemar Johansson (1932–2009) – boxer; World Heavyweight Champion, 1959
• Jan Johansson (1931–1968) – jazz pianist; attended Chalmers University of Technology
• Kim Källström  – football player; plays for Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Super League
• Marie Kinnberg (1806–1858) – pioneering female photographer
• Felix Kjellberg  – YouTuber commonly known as PewDiePie; producer of Let's Play (video gaming) and Reaction (reaction videos) videos on YouTube Second channel to reach 100 million subscribers. Husband of Marzia Kjellberg
• Carl Klingberg  – National Hockey League player, Winnipeg Jets; American Hockey League player, St. John's IceCaps
• John Klingberg  – National Hockey League player, Toronto Maple Leafs;
• Jacques Labouchere – singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Rekkles  – professional e-Sport player
• Robin Lehner  – NHL goaltender
• Jens Lekman  – singer-songwriter
• Beatrice Lesslie (1890–1967) – ran the Gothenburg clothing firm Konfektions AB Lesslie
• Christina Lindberg  – exploitation-film actress
• Gunnel Lindblom (1931–2021) – actress and director; cast in Ingmar Bergman's films
• Adam Lindgren  – also known as Armada; professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player; currently ranked #2 in the world
• Mikael Ljungberg (1970–2004) – Greco-Roman wrestler; world champion 1993 and 1995; Olympic gold 2000
• Teddy Lučić  – football player, formerly of the Swedish national team
• Henrik Lundqvist  – NHL goalie
• Ludvig Engsund  – Swedish ice hockey goaltender
• Magnus Mandersson  – Swedish businessman
• Henry Mattson  – painter
• Aleksandra Mir  – visual artist

N–Z

• Torbjörn Nilsson  – former IFK Göteborg football player; part of the 1982 UEFA Cup winning team
• Stefan Olsdal  – bassist in alternative rock band Placebo
• Christian Olsson (born 1980) – triple-jump gold medalist, 2004 Summer Olympics
• Elena Paparizou  – Greek singer; winner, Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• Amanda Peralta (1939–2009), Argentine guerrilla fighter, later historian in Gothenburg University
• Sofia von Porat  – cookbook author
• Laleh Pourkarim  – Persian-Swedish singer-songwriter
• Timo Räisänen  – indie-pop musician
• Mathias Ranégie  – football player for Sweden National Team
• Lucas Raymond  – NHL player for the Detroit Red Wings
• Arie Reich  – Israeli legal scholar
• Niclas Sahlgren (1701–1776) – merchant and philanthropist
• Marcus Samuelsson  – chef
• Torgny Segerstedt (1876–1945) – anti-Nazi newspaper editor-in-chief
• Justus P Sjöberg (JP Seeburg) – automated musical equipment manufacturer
• Jonas Sjöstedt  – leader of Vänsterpartiet and former member of European Parliament
• Stellan Skarsgård  – actor
• Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) – Czech composer; lived in Gothenburg for a time
• Jonatan Söderström  – avant-garde game developer
• Viktor Stalberg  – National Hockey League player, Chicago Blackhawks
• Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927) – composer
• Henrik Stenson  – professional golfer; won FedEx Cup 2013; former world number 2 in official world golf rankings
• Elizabeth Stride ( née Gustafsdotter) (1843–1888) – alleged third victim of serial killer Jack the Ripper
• Glenn Strömberg  – former football player, IFK Göteborg
• Joakim Sundström  – sound editor, sound designer and musician
• Jonas Svensson  – professional tennis player
• Evert Taube (1890–1976) – author, artist, composer and singer
• Reorus Torkillus (1608–1643) – first Lutheran minister in New Sweden
• Ida Törnström (1862–1949) – painter, poet
• Björn Ulvaeus  – singer-songwriter from ABBA
• Karl Valentin (1853–1918) – composer
• Alicia Vikander  – actress
• Ljubomir Vranjes  – former handball player; currently handball coach
• Daniel Wahlgren (Papa Dee)  – musician
• Anna Wåhlin  – Antarctic researcher, oceanography professor
• Hampus Wanne  – handball player; currently plays for SG Flensburg-Handewitt
• Oscar Wendt  – football player; currently plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach
• Hans Wieselgren (born 1952) – Olympic fencer

Musical groups

• Ace of Base  – pop group
• Amaranthe  – dance/electronic power metal group
• Arch Enemy  – melodic-death-metal group
• At the Gates  – melodic-death-metal group
• AVATAR  – melodic-death-metal group
• Dark Tranquillity  – melodic-death-metal group
• Dead by April  – melodic-metalcore group
• Deathstars  – cybergoth industrial-metal group
• Evergrey  – progressive-metal group
• Freak Kitchen  – hard-rock/heavy-metal group
• Graveyard  – retro blues-rock band
• HammerFall  – power-metal group
• The Haunted  – thrash-metal band
• In Flames  – melodic-death-metal group
• The Knife  – electro duo
• Little Dragon  – electronic-pop group
• Nostradameus  – power-metal group
• The Similou  – electronic-music group
• The Soundtrack of Our Lives  – rock group

See also

• Biography portal
• Lists portal
• Sweden portal

• List of Swedish people

References

1. Welin, Matilda (10 January 2023). "The Scandinavian Folk Clothing Right for Now". The Collection. BBC. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024.