Swedish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

A Swedish football player who plays for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. Jönsson made his first

A Swedish football player who plays for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. Jönsson made his first team debut in IFK Hässleholm aged 15, and his talent was recognised by Tottenham Hotspur who brought him to London. In return IFK Hässleholm received roughly £ 70,000 and two players to play one season on loan, one of whom was Peter Crouch.

Is a Sweden-born freeskier and alpine ski racer currently living in Monaco. Olsson made his debut in

Is a Sweden-born freeskier and alpine ski racer currently living in Monaco. Olsson made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Val d'Isère in December 2010, as part of a plan to make the Swedish alpine ski team at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Hans Olsso

Is a Swedish metal-singer who stood out as one of the eleven finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish ve

Is a Swedish metal-singer who stood out as one of the eleven finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish version of Idol.

Is a Swedish ice hockey player.He played in Brynäs IF 2005-2007, but moved to play with the Edmonto

Is a Swedish ice hockey player.He played in Brynäs IF 2005-2007, but moved to play with the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL before the 2007/2008 season. He never got to play any games with the Oilers though; he only played in the AHL and ECHL. Before the 2008

Is a professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for Dinamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey L

Is a professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for Dinamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey League.Andersson played the majority of his North American professional career with the Predators' minor league affiliate the Milwaukee Admirals, but played

A Swedish former professional footballer. He played for U.S. Foggia, before moving to Ipswich Town,

A Swedish former professional footballer. He played for U.S. Foggia, before moving to Ipswich Town, and then to Cambridge United where he retired.

And continues to write for the Swedish band Ace of Base, as well as other bands.As the founding memb

And continues to write for the Swedish band Ace of Base, as well as other bands.As the founding member of Ace of Base, Berggren has written all of their biggest hits, including "All That She Wants", "The Sign", and "Beautiful Life". He also plays the guit

Is a retired Swedish ice hockey right winger, who twice won an Olympic medal in his career.

Is a retired Swedish ice hockey right winger, who twice won an Olympic medal in his career.

Is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Blixt was born in Nässj

Is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Blixt was born in Nässjö, Sweden. He played golf at Florida State University during which time he was a second-team All-American selection in 2007 and a first-team All-American in

Is a Swedish swimmer from Stockholm, representing SK Neptun from Stockholm.Swam for Sweden at the 20

Is a Swedish swimmer from Stockholm, representing SK Neptun from Stockholm.Swam for Sweden at the 2008 Olympics narrowly missing his personal best while placing third in his heat with a time of 1:01.78 and maintaining his top 50 in the world status.

Was a Swedish botanist.He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University. He arrived in Londo

Was a Swedish botanist.He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University. He arrived in London on 10 July 1777. He was botanist/librarian to Sir Joseph Banks from 1782 (following the death of Daniel Solander), librarian of the Royal Society and Vice-President of the Linnean Society.Dryander's publications included Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Joseph Banksi (1796-1800).

Is a professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Sparta Warriors. He has won two Swe

Is a professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Sparta Warriors. He has won two Swedish Championship with Färjestads BK in 1997 and 1998 . He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, as the 94th pick overall but nev

Better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter and DJ. Basshunter describe

Better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter and DJ. Basshunter describes his own music as Eurodance, while others may also interpret it as club, and other electronic music genres.

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Fager also competed

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Fager also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the K-4 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Toronto Marlies of the America

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian.Gardell's first novel, Passionsspelet,

Is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian.Gardell's first novel, Passionsspelet, was published in 1985. Since then, he has written some ten novels, including En Komikers Uppväxt, which became a TV series. He has also written several other books, nine plays and two screenplays that were made into movies, including Livet är en Schlager. His novels are not yet available in English.

Is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the Nationa

Is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the Ducks' starting goaltender in the 2009 NHL Playoffs. He has also been named a goalie for Switzerland in the 2010 Winter O

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for Södertälje SK.He was drafted b

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He currently plays for Södertälje SK.He was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft in the 10th round as the 222nd pick overall. He then also played Färjestads BK and played with them until 19

Is a Swedish professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) tall in shoes and he weighs 2

Is a Swedish professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) tall in shoes and he weighs 232 pounds (105 kg). He plays at the power forward position. He was selected in the second round of the 2009 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons, becoming the

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Oly

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 m freestyle. He was affiliated with the Karlskrona SS.

Is a Swedish professional male tennis player and former World No. 4 in singles and World No. 1 in do

Is a Swedish professional male tennis player and former World No. 4 in singles and World No. 1 in doubles.On November 20, 2006, he replaced Dick Norman as the oldest player in the ATP Top 100 (singles) when Norman dropped out of the Top 100 for the last time. On June 9, 2008, aged 36 years and 2 months, Björkman was himself succeeded in this honour by Fabrice Santoro after dropping out of the Top 100 in his turn.

Is an Olympic swimmer from Sweden. He swam for his homeland at the 2008 Olympics. Persson also parti

Is an Olympic swimmer from Sweden. He swam for his homeland at the 2008 Olympics. Persson also participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics for Sweden in the 100 m freestyle, 4×100 m freestyle relay and the 4×100 medley relay. He finished 13th in the 100 m fr

Jonas Lundén is a Swedish Footballer currently playing for Gais in the Swedish Top Division. He has

Jonas Lundén is a Swedish Footballer currently playing for Gais in the Swedish Top Division. He has notably also played for IF Elfsborg and IFK Göteborg. He is also made famous from being one of the star buys in the Championship Manager series. He has played for the Sweden national football team.

Is a Swedish former alpine skier. He raced in the Alpine Skiing World Cup from 1983 to 1992, obtaini

Is a Swedish former alpine skier. He raced in the Alpine Skiing World Cup from 1983 to 1992, obtaining two victories, both in slalom.

A Swedish footballer who currently plays for West Bromwich Albion.Olsson is a defender who was born

A Swedish footballer who currently plays for West Bromwich Albion.Olsson is a defender who was born in Landskrona and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Landskrona BoIS squad in the 2003 season. Olsson is considered to be a very tough defender. He plays as central or left defender. He considers fellow Swedish defender Olof Mellberg to be an inspiration.