Swedish Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Was a Swedish canoer who competed in the late 1930s. He finished second originally in the K-2 1000 m

Was a Swedish canoer who competed in the late 1930s. He finished second originally in the K-2 1000 m final at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but was disqualified for bumping into the German boat of Ewald Tilker and Fritz Bondroit.

Is a Swedish heavy metal musician (primarily a drummer), based in the port city of Gothenburg in the

Is a Swedish heavy metal musician (primarily a drummer), based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori. He is currently working solo, after a split from Dream Evil in January 2006. He will be drumming for Deathstars on the January/February 2008 European tour with Korn.

Was a Swedish artist, a painter.She was born the daughter of a nobleman, Axel Adlersparre, governor

Was a Swedish artist, a painter.She was born the daughter of a nobleman, Axel Adlersparre, governor of Öland, and Carolina von Arbin, and displayed a talent for painting in childhood. When the artist C.F. Pedersen became shipwrecked near her home, she was taught by him, and when her family moved to Stockholm in 1830, she was educated by the artists Carl Gustaf Qvarnström, Johan Gustaf Sandberg and O.J. Södermark.

Is a Swedish tennis player.Sofia Arvidsson is a Swedish Tennis player who competes at professional l

Is a Swedish tennis player.Sofia Arvidsson is a Swedish Tennis player who competes at professional level on both the ITF Women's Circuit and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Circuit. Sofia says her favourite shot is her backhand and she looks up to former world number one, Lindsay Davenport. Arvidsson is Swedish number one in both singles and doubles, and has been Sweden's best player consistently on the women's circuit for the last 3/4 years.

A Swedish singer from Gällivare, Sweden. She mainly sings in Sami and does yoiking.

A Swedish singer from Gällivare, Sweden. She mainly sings in Sami and does yoiking.

Is a female goalkeeper for Linköpings FC and the Swedish national team.She have formerly played for

Is a female goalkeeper for Linköpings FC and the Swedish national team.She have formerly played for Swedish top-team such as Umeå IK and AIK before signing a two-year contract with LFC in autumnn of 2008.

Is a Swedish wrestler. At the age of 18 years old, she is already one of the greatest female wrestle

Is a Swedish wrestler. At the age of 18 years old, she is already one of the greatest female wrestlers in Europe. She wrestles in the 48 kilo division for the Gällivare SK Wrestling club, coached by Håkan Johansson and Kalle Taivalsaari. From 2001 to this

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. Paldanius also competed in two Summ

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. Paldanius also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of eighth in the K-2 500 m event at Athens in 2004.

A Swedish musician and singer/songwriter.Talvik's debut album Blue Moon was released in 2005. Blue M

A Swedish musician and singer/songwriter.Talvik's debut album Blue Moon was released in 2005. Blue Moon was recorded and produced entirely by Sofia Talvik herself and took 40 hours to record.It's Just Love, the first single to be released from her second album Street of Dreams (2007), features Bernard Butler, guitarist in former British band Suede. Talvik contacted Butler via MySpace while working on the album, looking for a partner with whom to duet on the single.Her third album Jonestown was released at the end of August 2008 and is the second album released on her own record label Makaki Music. The title on the album refers to the sanctuary built by the cult Peoples Temple that was founded by pastor Jim Jones, where over 900 people committed suicide.

is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She finished 6th in the long distance at the same championshi

is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She finished 6th in the long distance at the same championship. Sofie lives in Uppsala and competes for OK Linné orienteering club.

Was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 she was part of th

Was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 she was part of the Swedish team which finished fourth in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay event. In the 100 metre freestyle competition she was eliminated in the first rou

(born on December 27, 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer.

(born on December 27, 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer.

A Swedish electronica artist. Born in Lund, Sweden, she began making music as a child and moved into

A Swedish electronica artist. Born in Lund, Sweden, she began making music as a child and moved into electronic music at age 13. She has stated she is heavily influenced by Madonna.Rimheden released her first album Underneath The Floor in 1999 under the name Hayce. She collaborated with various guest musicians. Over the next few years she contributed songs to various compilation albums, including "Don't Follow" (2001) on Electric Ladyland (as Sophie Rimheden), "Cadillac" (as Hayce, 2002) for Circle o and "Food" (as Ban Ham, 2003) on Nattskift. In 2003, she released her first album under her own name, Hi-Fi on Mitek. A mixture of glitch pop, distorted disco, and electro-bleep-funk, the album was a critical success in her homeland

A defender, currently part of the Djurgårdens IF squad.He joined the club from the junior squad at

A defender, currently part of the Djurgårdens IF squad.He joined the club from the junior squad at the start of the 2007 season, but is still to make his Allsvenskan debut for DIF. He is of Serbian origin.

A former footballer from Sweden.Playing for Malmö FF, his career there was successful, becoming Swe

A former footballer from Sweden.Playing for Malmö FF, his career there was successful, becoming Swedish champion as well as runner-up in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. He represented the Swedish national team at the 1974 and 1978 World Cups as well as on a number of other occasions. However, many remember him for missing a penalty kick against Poland at the 1974 World Cup.

A Swedish football midfielder/striker of Serbian descent.After playing for Varbergs GIF, he joined H

A Swedish football midfielder/striker of Serbian descent.After playing for Varbergs GIF, he joined Halmstads BK and won Allsvenskan in 2000 and was the top scorer in Allsvenskan in 2001. He then joined Dutch club SC Heerenveen. He wasn't able to continue to play as well as he had done in Sweden, and in 2005 he decided to move back to Sweden. Instead of his earlier club Halmstads BK he chose to play for IFK Göteborg and signed a contract in 2005.

A Swedish with Assyrian origin football player, currently playing at Assyriska Föreningen on loan f

A Swedish with Assyrian origin football player, currently playing at Assyriska Föreningen on loan from Djurgårdens IF.Batan began his career at Assyriska Föreningen. He made his first appearance in the first-team squad in Superettan during the 2003 season. Assyriska was promoted to Allsvenskan in 2004, and Batan made his Allsvenskan debut against Hammarby IF on April 11, 2005. After the 2005 season, Batan received several offers from a number of clubs and was involved in some controversy on leaving Assyriska.[1] AIK had announced to media that Batan had signed for them, claiming they had an oral agreement, but had to see themselves fooled as he signed for their archrivals Djurgårdens IF only a few days later.[1] Batan claimed it was a childhood dream to play for Djurgården, whereas fans of AIK found his "treachery" very hard to accept.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently with the Södertälje SK team in the Swedish E

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently with the Södertälje SK team in the Swedish Elitserien league.

A former World No. 1 professional tennis player (in both singles and doubles play) from Sweden. Duri

A former World No. 1 professional tennis player (in both singles and doubles play) from Sweden. During his career, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles.

A former Swedish footballer, who began his career in the Swedish Allsvenskan with the club IFK Norrk

A former Swedish footballer, who began his career in the Swedish Allsvenskan with the club IFK Norrköping, before leaving for IFK Göteborg during the 1984 season. The following four years he helped Göteborg win the league twice, become runners-up once, and to one UEFA Cup victory.In 1988 he was bought by Dutch club AFC Ajax. In the six seasons he spent with Ajax he won the league twice and the Dutch Cup once. In 1992 he won the UEFA Cup again. He returned to IFK Göteborg in 1994 and won three more league titles. The latter part of his career he had recurring knee problems, which forced him to retire in 1999.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the first round, twenty-sixth ove

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the first round, twenty-sixth overall, of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins and played seven games in the NHL with them.

He has won an Olympic gold medal, four gold and a silver medal in the World Championships, and a gol

He has won an Olympic gold medal, four gold and a silver medal in the World Championships, and a gold, two silver medals and a bronze medal in the European Championships. His personal record in high jump is 2.40 m (indoors 2005) and 2.37 m (outdoors 2008). He is the only jumper to have cleared 2.40 m indoors since Javier Sotomayor - outdoors this has also been achieved by Vyacheslav Voronin.Holm's big breakthrough onto the world athletics scene came in 2000, when he finished 4th at the Sydney Olympics with a leap of 2.32 m. Although only 24 years old at the time, Holm had been high jumping for over half of his life.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently with Rögle BK in the Swedish Elitserien.

Is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman, currently with Rögle BK in the Swedish Elitserien.

A Swedish football player. His current club is Elfsborg, a Swedish team located in Borås.His former

A Swedish football player. His current club is Elfsborg, a Swedish team located in Borås.His former clubs are Djurgårdens IF (youth), Rågsveds IF (youth) AIK (1999-2004), Genoa 1893 (2004) and Vålerenga (2004-2005). He is also capped, having played some games for the Swedish national team. Stefan's father is Japanese and his mother is Swedish.

A Swedish footballer, currently playing for Kalmar FF. He normally plays the position of fullback, b

A Swedish footballer, currently playing for Kalmar FF. He normally plays the position of fullback, but has more recently been used in a forward role.