Swedish Famous Baby Names

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

A Lebanon-born football player currently playing for IF Elfsborg Sweden. Hassan played two times for

A Lebanon-born football player currently playing for IF Elfsborg Sweden. Hassan played two times for the Swedish U-21s.Manchester City have showed some interest in buying Abbas Hassan from IF Elfsborg, but the bid was rejected

A Swedish football player. An ethnic Aramean-Syriac, he currently plays in midfield for Fredrikstad

A Swedish football player. An ethnic Aramean-Syriac, he currently plays in midfield for Fredrikstad FK.He made his first spell at Djurgårdens IF from 2000 to 2002, after having joined DIF from BK Forward. He was later sold to SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands, but his time at the Abe Lenstra Stadion was no success. Consequently, Barsom returned to Sweden and DIF at the start of the 2004 season. He has won the Swedish championship twice, in 2002 and 2005. After the 2006 season, Barsom announced that he is looking for a new challenge in another club. He signed a six month contract with Greek club Messiniakos in the Greek second division. When he's contract with Messiniakos ran out he signed for Allsvenskan team Örebro SK [1]. After saving the club from degradation and the contract with ÖSK had expired, he joined Norwegian club Fredrikstad FK.

Was a Swedish botanist. Afzelius was born at Larv in Västergötland in 1750. He was appointed teach

Was a Swedish botanist. Afzelius was born at Larv in Västergötland in 1750. He was appointed teacher of oriental languages at Uppsala University in 1777, and in 1785 demonstrator of botany. From 1792 he spent some years on the west coast of Africa, and in 1797-1798 acted as secretary of the Swedish embassy in London. Returning to Sweden, he again took up his position as botanices demonstrator at Uppsala, and was in 1802 elected president of the "Zoophytolithic Society" (later called the Linnaean Institute). In 1812, he became professor of materia medica at the university. He died in Uppsala in 1837. In addition to various botanical writings, he published the autobiography of Carolus Linnaeus in 1823.

Is a Swedish software engineer, researcher and co-founder of the Networked Embedded Systems Group at

Is a Swedish software engineer, researcher and co-founder of the Networked Embedded Systems Group at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science in Kista, Sweden. His research is mainly focused on networking technology and distributed communication for smal

A Swedish football defender.After playing for two local clubs and Västra Frölunda IF, he joined IF

A Swedish football defender.After playing for two local clubs and Västra Frölunda IF, he joined IFK Göteborg in 2005. He has firmly established himself as the club's first-choice right back, starting at that position in 24 out of 26 Allsvenskan matches in 2007.

Is a Swedish model. She was discovered walking down the street in Stockholm when an agent approached

Is a Swedish model. She was discovered walking down the street in Stockholm when an agent approached her after having noticed her unusual features. Emmanuelle Ault, the fashion director of French Vogue, likened Fohlin's presence as a fashion model to a student on the runway for the first time.

Was a Swedish linguist who served as a member of the Swedish Academy from 1919 until his death.Noree

Was a Swedish linguist who served as a member of the Swedish Academy from 1919 until his death.Noreen was born at Värmland. He became a student at Uppsala University in 1871 and went on to complete his doctorate there in 1877; he became a lecturer at the university in the same year. Noreen spent most of 1879 at the University of Leipzig, the home of the Neogrammarian school of linguistics - a school to which Noreen belonged for his entire literary life. Whilst in Leipzig, Noreen was taught Lithuanian by August Leskien, a pioneer of research into sound laws.

Is a Swedish figure skater. He is the first Swedish skater to win a Junior Grand Prix event, which

Is a Swedish figure skater. He is the first Swedish skater to win a Junior Grand Prix event, which he did in 2005.

Is a Swiss ice hockey winger, who currently plays for the ZSC Lions in the Swiss National League A.

Is a Swiss ice hockey winger, who currently plays for the ZSC Lions in the Swiss National League A.

Is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Blues

Is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

A former Swedish footballer. He played for the Sweden national football team, earning 51 caps and sc

A former Swedish footballer. He played for the Sweden national football team, earning 51 caps and scoring 27 goals. He was a participant in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, scoring 4 goals, when Sweden reached the final on home soil, losing the game 5-2 to Brazil. On the club level, he played for Örgryte IS, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad.

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in five Su

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, she won seven medals with three gold (K-1 500 m: 1984, K-2 500 m: 1984, 1996), two silvers (K-4 500 m: 1984, K-2 500 m: 1992), and two bronz

Is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and record producer, most notable for being a member of the popul

Is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and record producer, most notable for being a member of the popular Swedish pop group ABBA.

S a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and record producer, most notable for being a member of the popula

S a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and record producer, most notable for being a member of the popular Swedish pop group ABBA. Agnetha Fältskog was born in Jönköping, Småland, Sweden. She was the first of two daughters of department store manager Knut Ingvar Fältskog (1922 - 1995) and his wife Birgit Margareta Johansson (1923-1994).

Was a Swedish freestyle swimmer. She won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 m freestyle relay at the 1920 Sum

Was a Swedish freestyle swimmer. She won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 m freestyle relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics. The first time with Emily Machnow, Carin Nilsson and Jane Gylling and the second time with Gurli Ewerlund, Wivan

A Swedish footballer, who plays forward for Halmstads BK. He was born in Bijelo Polje, hes family mo

A Swedish footballer, who plays forward for Halmstads BK. He was born in Bijelo Polje, hes family moved to Sweden when he was 6 years old. At the age of 8 he started to play for Klippans BoIF, in 2000 he moved to Landskrona BoIS and was shortly after signd by Dutch club Feyenoord in 2004[1], at the age of 18, however in 2006 he returnd home to Sweden when he signd for Halmstads BK[2].

Was a Swedish ice hockey centre in the 1950s and 1960s. He played 132 international games for Sweden

Was a Swedish ice hockey centre in the 1950s and 1960s. He played 132 international games for Sweden, including seven IIHF World Championships and two Winter Olympics. Andersson played on the famous "Mosquito Line" with Eilert Määttä and Kalle Hedlund.

Was a Swiss ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Was a Swiss ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.

Was a Swedish botanist and geneticist.Albert Levan is best known today for co-authoring the report i

Was a Swedish botanist and geneticist.Albert Levan is best known today for co-authoring the report in 1956 that humans had forty-six chromosomes (instead of forty-eight, as previously believed). This epochal discovery was made by Joe Hin Tjio in Levan's laboratory.Originally specialising in plant cytology, Levan later turned to the similarities in the chromosone structure of cancer cells and errors introduced to plant cells via chemical or radioactive elements. These studies later led to examination of chromosomes in animal cells.

A Swedish attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Juventus.Albin Ekdal started his professional

A Swedish attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Juventus.Albin Ekdal started his professional playing career with IF Brommapojkarna at the beginning of the 2007 Allsvenskan season. He is a young player that is now playing for Juventus first squad for the season 2008/09. On May 23, 2008 he signed an official 4-year contract with Juventus. Ekdal turned down offers from Chelsea F.C. and F.C. Internazionale Milano when he was just 16 and 17 years old because his father said he must first finish high school.[1

Is a Swedish boxer. He was born in Senegal but moved in 1987 with his mother to Farsta, Sweden. They

Is a Swedish boxer. He was born in Senegal but moved in 1987 with his mother to Farsta, Sweden. They moved to Skarpnäck when Aldo was 16 years old. It was there that he started to train for boxing.

Was a Russian ice hockey player, who played in the Soviet Hockey League.

Was a Russian ice hockey player, who played in the Soviet Hockey League.

Is a Swedish figure skater. Majorov made his senior international debut at the 2007 Golden Spin of Z

Is a Swedish figure skater. Majorov made his senior international debut at the 2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb, where he placed 11th, and has since skated in both junior and senior events. He was eighth at the 2010 World Junior Championships. Majorov won his f

Is a Swedish artist, music producer, and philosopher.Bard began his musical career in 1982 with the

Is a Swedish artist, music producer, and philosopher.Bard began his musical career in 1982 with the single "Life in a Goldfish Bowl" released under the name Baard, a synth-punk fusion project he had formed together with two female striptease dancers. He has since claimed that he spent the Baard years living as a male prostitute in Amsterdam.