Barbro Margareta Svensson, known by her stage name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host. 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?".
Barbro Lindgren is a Swedish writer of children's books and books for adult readers. For her lasting contribution as a children's writer, Lindgren was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2004. Ten years later, she won the annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The biggest cash prize in children's and young-adult literature, it rewards a writer, illustrator, oral storyteller, or reading promoter for its entire body of work.
Svante Thuresson was a Swedish jazz musician. He started his career as a drummer before joining the band Gals and Pals in 1963. Svante won the national selection and represented Sweden in the Eurovision song contest in 1966 with Nygammal vals and came in second place; he performed with Lill Lindfors.
Olof Gustaf Hugo Lagercrantz was a Swedish writer, critic, literary scholar and publicist.
Anders Olsson is a Swedish writer, professor of literature at Stockholm University, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy.
Sissela Maria Kyle is a Swedish actress, theater director and comedian.
De första åren is a box set by Swedish pop singer and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, released in 2004.
Kristian Olof Erik Gidlund was a Swedish musician and author. He played drums in the rock band Sugarplum Fairy. He hosted Sommar i P1 on Swedish radio and released one book. In 2011 Gidlund was diagnosed with stomach cancer, and died from the disease in 2013 four days short of his 30th birthday.
Kajsa Ekis Ekman is a Swedish author, journalist, and debater. Her works have sparked debate in subjects regarding prostitution, surrogacy, transgender issues, and capitalism. She identifies as a feminist and has written a book and several articles from a gender-critical perspective,. She participated in the Swedish launch of Women's Declaration International. Until 2022 she wrote for Dagens ETC, departing amid controversy in 2022. Later in 2022 she was hired as editor of Arbetaren, but let go shortly afterwards, which generated extensive debate. Currently, she is the editor-in-chief of Parabol Press and contributes to a number of other Swedish publications. The awards she received include the Robespierre Prize in 2010 and Lenin Award in 2020.
Shima Niavarani is an Iranian-Swedish actress and singer. She has performed in theater, film, television and radio in over 40 productions. Niavarani got her breakthrough at the age of nineteen in the play Autodidakt i enmansakt which she directed and played in. She toured with the play for over a year and her work received several awards. She is perhaps most known for her solo-musical Shima Niavarani är en Übermensch which was broadcast on SVT in 2010, and for her role as "Maiken" in the TV4 series Allt faller which was directed by Henrik Schyffert.
Thor-Erics was a dansband in Hyssna, Sweden. The band was established in 1963 and performed for last time on 27 December 1999. The band appeared at TV in Sweden and Norway several times. Nick Borgen performed with the band by the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Hédi Fried was a Swedish-Romanian-Hungarian author and psychologist. A Holocaust survivor, she passed through Auschwitz as well as Bergen-Belsen, coming to Sweden in July 1945 with the boat M/S Rönnskär.
Ida Carolina Redig, also known as GIRL, is a Swedish singer, actress, music producer and songwriter. She participated in Melodifestivalen 2018 in the second semifinal with the song "Allting som vi sa", where she placed fifth and got eliminated.
Christina Erikson is a Swedish crime writer. She is also an operating room nurse and she has a degree in media and communication science.
Bilan Osman is a Swedish journalist, opinion columnist and anti-racism activist.
Bellman. Biografin is a 2019 biography of the Swedish 18th-century songwriter and performer Carl Michael Bellman by the novelist and biographer Carina Burman. Bellman is a leading figure in Swedish song, known especially for his song collections Fredman's Epistles and Fredman's Songs.
Romina Pourmokhtari is a Swedish politician for the Liberals. She has served as the Minister for the Environment since 2022 in the Kristersson Cabinet. She has also been a member of the Riksdag for Stockholm Municipality since 2022. She is the youngest-ever minister of a cabinet in Sweden, having ascended to her position at the age of 26.
Annika Birgitta Holm is a Swedish author, journalist and dramatist. She was the first chair of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books and received the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 1989.
Maja Ekelöf was a Swedish writer.
Ulla Olin-Nilson was a Swedish author, poet, and folk high school teacher.
