Swedish Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a Swedish-American economic geologist. He attended the Freiberg Mining Academy, Germany from 187

Was a Swedish-American economic geologist. He attended the Freiberg Mining Academy, Germany from 1878-82, graduating as a mining engineer. In 1884 he began a 31-year career with the U.S. Geological Survey, working on ore deposits in the Rocky Mountains. In 1905 he helped found the journal Economic Geology. In 1912, he was appointed head of the Department of Geology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

A Swedish footballer of Eritrean descent, currently playing for AIK. He came to the club in the begi

A Swedish footballer of Eritrean descent, currently playing for AIK. He came to the club in the beginning of 2008 from Väsby United.[1] He made his first match for his new club on 10 April 2008 against GIF Sundsvall at Råsunda when he played the whole match as a right-back.[2] During 2008 Atta also became a member of the Swedish U-21 team, making his debut in a friendly against Ukraine on 5 February 2008 in a game that was played in Alcanena, Portugal.[3]

Swedish journalist, publicist and author, is regarded as having been the first professional female j

Swedish journalist, publicist and author, is regarded as having been the first professional female journalist in Sweden.Hebbe married the lawyer Clemens Hebbe in 1832, but he abandoned her in 1839 when he went bankrupt and fled the country, and she was left to support herself and her daughters alone. She first worked as a governess and a music-teacher in Jönköping.

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. At the 1948 Summer Ol

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he finished sixth both in the C-2 1000 m and C-2 10000 m events. Eight years later, Wettersten also finished sixth both in the C-1 1000 m

Was a Swedish zoologist. He is particularly known for his work on the Cladocera of Sweden, and on th

Was a Swedish zoologist. He is particularly known for his work on the Cladocera of Sweden, and on the Balaenoptera.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish painter and portrait miniaturist, child of the painter Per Krafft the Elder and sister

Was a Swedish painter and portrait miniaturist, child of the painter Per Krafft the Elder and sister of the artist Per Krafft the Younger.Wilhelmina Krafft and her brother acted as models for their father's children-portraits, a genre for which he was famous; one of these paintings portraits Per drawing and Wilhelmina at his feet in admiration (1783) and one other Wilhelmina alone praying (1782).

Was a Swedish mechanic and inventor of the Odhner arithmometer, a mechanical calculator.Odhner was b

Was a Swedish mechanic and inventor of the Odhner arithmometer, a mechanical calculator.Odhner was born in Dalby, Värmland, Sweden and in 1864 – 1867 he studied at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm but never graduated. In 1868 he moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he remained until his death in 1905. Odhner developed the first version of the mechanical calculator that bears his name in 1875 and it was patented in several countries in 1878 – 1879. The serial production of the improved version of the arithmometer began in 1890. After Odhner's death his sons Alexander and Georg and son-in-law Karl Siewert continued the production and about 23,000 calculators were made until the factory was forced to close down in 1918.

Was a Swedish freestyle swimmer.

Was a Swedish freestyle swimmer.

Was a diplomat and tennis player from Sweden. He won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in L

Was a diplomat and tennis player from Sweden. He won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London in the men's indoor doubles tournament, alongside Gunnar Setterwall. From 1925 till 1945 he was the Swedish minister in Washington.