Swedish Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently with the Linköpings HC team in the Swedish El

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently with the Linköpings HC team in the Swedish Elitserien league.

Is a professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently playing for HV 71 in Elitserien.

Is a professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently playing for HV 71 in Elitserien.

Is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 4×100 m freestyle team in the 19

Is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 4×100 m freestyle team in the 1988 Summer Olympics finishing 5th.

A Swedish former footballer.He played for Landskrona BoIS, Malmö FF and Sporting de Gijón.

A Swedish former footballer.He played for Landskrona BoIS, Malmö FF and Sporting de Gijón.

Is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden, who won thirteen singles titles during his pro

Is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden, who won thirteen singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on March 31, 1986, when he became the number seven of the world and was also ranked as high as four in doubles that same year.

A Swedish footballer currently playing for Landskrona in the Superettan, the second tier of Swedish

A Swedish footballer currently playing for Landskrona in the Superettan, the second tier of Swedish football.Persson began his career as a youth-team player with Högaborgs before moving to Malmö in 1992. He made his professional debut in a Swedish Cup game against Landskrona in 1994.[2]Persson moved to the Italian Serie A club Atalanta in 1996. He returned to Sweden after less than two seasons in Italy, having very rarely played for Atalanta's first-team, joining IFK Göteborg in January, 1998. Things went little better for him in Sweden. He was often singled out by the media as the main cause of his team's poor performances throughout his two seasons with Göteborg.

A Swedish footballer who's currently playing for the Swedish club Elfsborg. He is on loan from SK Br

A Swedish footballer who's currently playing for the Swedish club Elfsborg. He is on loan from SK Brann.Sjöhage started his career in the Swedish club IF Elfsborg where he won the Swedish Premier League in 2006 and Supercupen in 2007. He was a regular on the team that won the Premiership-gold, but in the 2007, Elfsborg bought in new strikers and went over to using a one-striker-formation, thus making it hard for Sjöhage to retain a spot on the team.

Born in the Baltic city of Gävle in the north east of Sweden and brought up in Buchanan, Liberia on

Born in the Baltic city of Gävle in the north east of Sweden and brought up in Buchanan, Liberia on the West African Atlantic coast. He currently lives and works in London, England where he is married to British painter Dee Ferris. He collaborates regular

A Swedish football player, who plays as a Winger or Forward for Halmstads BK.Starting his career in

A Swedish football player, who plays as a Winger or Forward for Halmstads BK.Starting his career in Snöstorp Nyhem FF, a minor club in Halmstad, he took the step up in to the senior team in 2004 at the age of 15. In the spring of 2008 he went on loan to IFK Värnamo as he finished his studies on the local football gymnasium and durring the summer transfer window he signd for local rival club Halmstads BK[1][2].

A Swedish football player, who played defender for Halmstads BK. Joel started his playing career in

A Swedish football player, who played defender for Halmstads BK. Joel started his playing career in Halmstads BK in 1991, at the age of 20, he had earlier played his way up through the clubs youth system. He made is debut in 1992 against BK Häcken, (1-0), and in 1994 he was an ordinary in the team. However he's career have been full of injuries witch have stopt him from playing. In 1995 he was with the team that won the cup, however due to few games played in 1997 and 2000, according to Swedish football rules, he was not awarded a medal when the club won Allsvenskan

A football player at Helsingborgs IF. He is a central defender who can also play on the right back.H

A football player at Helsingborgs IF. He is a central defender who can also play on the right back.He made an unexpected first team debut for Helsingborgs IF in the first leg of the UEFA Cup Round of 32 against PSV Eindhoven at Philips Stadium, thus sliding in front of rivals Samir Beloufa and Leandro Castan in the competition for the open spot next to Oskar Rönningberg in the HIF central defense following Andreas Jakobssons retirement. Following an, after circumstances, excellent debut he retained his spot in the starting eleven for the second leg, where he once again had a good match until he had to go off at half time following a light injury.

Is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.

Is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.

Was a Swedish chess master.He took 2nd, behind Jorgen Moeller, at Gothenburg 1901 (the 3rd Nordic Ch

Was a Swedish chess master.He took 2nd, behind Jorgen Moeller, at Gothenburg 1901 (the 3rd Nordic Chess Championship), won ahead of Gustaf Nyholm at Gothenburg 1909 (B tournament),[2] and tied for 7-9th but won a game against Alexander Alekhine at Stockholm 1912 (the 8th Nordic-ch).

Footballer who plays forward for Falkenbergs FF.Starting his career for Knäreds IK, he moved at the

Footballer who plays forward for Falkenbergs FF.Starting his career for Knäreds IK, he moved at the age of 14 to Halmstads BK, he played for the youth team until 2004 and in 2005 he played his first game for the senior team. Du to hard competion for a spot in the senior team he chose to leave for Falkenbergs FF in 2007. In late 2007, after scoring 15 goals in 23 matches, he was signd by IF Elfsborg and was set to join them in 2009[1][2].

Is a retired former professional ice hockey player. Savage was drafted in the first round, 13th over

Is a retired former professional ice hockey player. Savage was drafted in the first round, 13th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. Despite his high draft status, Savage played just three NHL games, which came during the 1990–1991

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the Natio

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Is a professional Swedish ice hockey player, currently with HC Lugano in the Swiss National League A

Is a professional Swedish ice hockey player, currently with HC Lugano in the Swiss National League A.

Is a Swedish ice hockey player currently playing with the Rögle BK in the Elitserien. He was drafte

Is a Swedish ice hockey player currently playing with the Rögle BK in the Elitserien. He was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the seventh round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, 195th overall.

Was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known for the small roles he played

Was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films such as Fanny and Alexander (1982). He also appeared in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children's stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholm's Royal Daramatic Theatre School from 1949-1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. In his songs

A Swedish football midfielder at Aalesunds FK.Previously he has represented many clubs, including Sv

A Swedish football midfielder at Aalesunds FK.Previously he has represented many clubs, including Svane IF, IFK Sunne, Degerfors IF, Empoli FC, Raufoss IL and Vålerenga IF. He won the championship title and the Swedish Cup title with Djurgården in both 2003 and 2005. He has played for the Sweden national football team.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a crew member of the Swedish b

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a crew member of the Swedish boat R. S. Y. C., which finished fifth in the 8 metre class competition.

Was a Swedish chemist who discovered the chemical element lithium in 1817 by isolating it as a salt.

Was a Swedish chemist who discovered the chemical element lithium in 1817 by isolating it as a salt.Arfvedson belonged to a wealthy bourgeois family, the son of the wholesale merchant and factory owner Jacob Arfvedson and his spouse, Anna Elisabeth Holtermann. The younger Arfwedson matriculated as a student at the University of Uppsala in 1803 (at the time, matriculating at a young age was common for aristocratic and wealthy students), completed a degree in Law in 1809 and a second degree in mineralogy in 1812. In the latter year, he received an unpaid position in the Royal Board of Mines, where he advanced to the position of notary (still without a salary) in 1814.

Was a Swedish playwright and writer. He is arguably the most influential and most important of all S

Was a Swedish playwright and writer. He is arguably the most influential and most important of all Swedish authors, and one of the most influential Scandinavian authors, along with Knut Hamsun, with whom he fraternized while in Paris in the mid 1890s, Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard and Hans Christian Andersen. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theatre. His work falls into two major literary movements, Naturalism and Expressionism.[1]

Was a Swedish naturalist and explorer.Wahlberg started studying chemistry at the university of Uppsa

Was a Swedish naturalist and explorer.Wahlberg started studying chemistry at the university of Uppsala in 1829, and later forestry, agronomy and natural science, graduating from the Institute of Forestry in 1834. In 1832 he joined Professor Carl Henrik Boheman, a famous entomologist, on a collecting trip to Norway.

Was a Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War.Johan Banér was born at Djursholm Castle in Up

Was a Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War.Johan Banér was born at Djursholm Castle in Uppland. As a four year old he was forced to witness how his father, the Privy Councillour Gustaf Banér, and uncle, Sten Axelsson Banér (also a Privy Councillour), were executed at the Linköping Bloodbath in 1600. They were accused of high treason by King Charles IX because of their support of King Sigismund.