This is a list of people connected to Stockholm, Sweden.
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Pontus Åberg (born 1993) ice hockey Vilma Abrahamsson (born 1999) football Per Ahlmark (1939–2018) politician Anna Ahlström (1863–1943) teacher Knut Ahnlund (1923–2012) historian Mikael Åkerfeldt (born 1974) musician Jonas Åkerlund (born 1965) films Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960) musician Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866) author, poet and composer Lars Amble (1939–2015) actor Ellen Ammann (1870–1932) politician Bo Ancker (1926–1997) writer, journalist, radio personality Bella Andersson (born 2006) footballer for the Sweden national team Benny Andersson (born 1946) ABBA Bibi Andersson (1935–2019) actress Harriet Andersson (born 1932) actress Leif Erland Andersson (1943–1979) astronomer Max Andersson (born 1962) comics Björn Andrésen (1955–2025) actor and musician Johan Jacob Anckarström (1762–1792) military officer and royal assassin Mikael Appelgren (born 1961) table tennis Ellen Arkbro (born 1990) composer Maria Aspman (1865–1944) educator Rozita Auer (born 1952) belly dancer Tor Aulin (1866–1914) violinist
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Amanda Zahui B. (born 1993) professional basketball player Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994) composer Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795) songwriter, composer, musician and poet Natanael Berg (1879–1957) composer Tim Bergling (1989–2018), known professionally as Avicii, DJ, remixer, and music producer Bo Bergman (1869–1967) writer Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) actress Hanna Bergstrøm (1885–1948) politician Sune Bergström (1916–2004) biochemist Folke Bernadotte (1895–1948) diplomacy Lennart Bernadotte (1909–2004) landscaper, filmmaker and photographer Jenny Berthelius (1923–2019) writer Astrid Berwald (1886–1982) pianist Franz Berwald (1796–1868) composer Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787–1861) violinist, conductor and composer Elsa Beskow (1874–1953) author Ivan Betskoy (1704–1795) education Carl Bildt (born 1949) diplomacy Hugo Birger) (1854–1887) painter Bladee (born 1994) rapper August Blanche (1811–1868) novelist Joakim Bonnier (1930–1972) Formula One driver Björn Borg (born 1956) tennis player Ali Boulala (born 1979) skateboarder Jesper Bratt (born 1998) ice hockey player Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730) poet Oscar Byström (1821–1909) composer
C
Bernt Carlsson (1938–1988) diplomat Sir William Chambers (1726–1796) Charles IX of Sweden (1550–1611) Charles XI of Sweden (1655–1697) Charles XII of Sweden (1682–1718) Charles XIII of Sweden (1748–1818) Charles XV of Sweden (1826–1872) Charles XVI of Sweden (born 1946) Eagle-Eye Cherry (born 1968) singer Neneh Cherry (born 1964) singer Queen Christina (1626–1689)
D
Michael Dahl (1659–1743) painter Count Erik Dahlbergh (1625–1703) military engineer and field marshal Birger Dahlerus (1891–1957) diplomacy Carl Dahlström (born 1995) ice hockey Tommy Denander (born 1968) guitarist Ernst Didring (1868–1931) author
E
Britt Ekland (born 1942) actress Pelle Eklund (born 1963) ice hockey Tzahi Elihen (born 1991) Israeli footballer Norman Ellis (born 1943) British trade union leader Tove Enblom (born 1994) footballer Erik XIV of Sweden (1533–1577) Magdalena Eriksson (born 1993) footballer Ulf von Euler (1905–1983) physiologist and pharmacologist
F
Rebecca Ferguson (born 1983) actress Axel von Fersen the Elder (1719–1794) statesman and soldier Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755–1810) diplomat and statesman Aron Flam (born 1978), comedian, podcaster, and writer, and actor Forsen (born 1990) video streamer Ruth Forsling (1923–1985) teacher and politician Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866–1927) maths
G
Greta Garbo (1905–1990) actress Anders Gärderud (born 1946) athlete Magnus Hedman (born 1973) footballer Nicolai Gedda (1925–2017) tenor Mikael Gerdén (born 1973) retired professional ice hockey player Elina Gravin (born 2007), Swedish gymnast Gustav II Adolf (1594–1632) Gustav III of Sweden (1746–1792) Gustav IV Adolf (1778–1837) Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882–1973) Allan Gutheim (born 1962) composer
H
Ivar Hallström (1826–1901) composer Lasse Hallström (born 1946) film director Kurt Hamrin (1934–2024) footballer Johan Harmenberg (born 1954) Olympic champion fencer Lee Hazlewood (1929–2007) singer Eli Heckscher (1879–1952) economist Sven Hedin (1865–1952) explorer Anders Hillborg (born 1954) composer Smilla Holmberg (born 1958) footballer for the Sweden national team Anna Höglund (born 1958) illustrator Hans Holmér (1930–2002) civil servant Count Anders Johan von Höpken (1712–1789) statesman Carola Häggkvist (born 1966) singer Elsa Hosk (born 1987) model and former Victoria's Secret Angel
I
Sebastian Ingrosso (born 1983) DJ
J
Mattias Janmark (born 1992) ice hockey player Agnes Janson (1861–1947) opera singer Lennart Johansson (1929–2019) UEFA Erland Josephson (1923–2012) actor
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Mary Karadja (1868–1943) writer and spiritualist J F Karlsson (born 1996) ice hockey Oskar Klein (1894–1977) physicist Erland von Koch (1910–2009) composer Helge von Koch (1870–1924) mathematician Christian von Koenigsegg (born 1972) automotive mogul Vendela Kirsebom (born 1967) model Marcus Kruger (born 1970) ice hockey player Oliver Kylington (born 1997) ice hockey player
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La Godiva (born 1992) DJ, producer, singer and songwriter (Teresa Nova) Lucie Lagerbielke (1865–1931), writer and painter Gabriel Landeskog (born 1992) ice hockey Carl Larsson (1853–1919) painter Zara Larsson (born 1997) singer Yung Lean (born 1996) rapper Jonna Lee (born 1981) singer Jenny Lind (1820–1887) singer Erik Lindahl (1891–1960) economist Christian Lindberg (born 1958) trombone player Alessandro Lindblad (born 1991) DJ Barbro Lindgren (born 1937) writer Carl Lindhagen (1860–1946) politician Paula Lizell (1873–1962) soprano Tove Lo (born 1987) singer and actress Anna-Lena Löfgren (1944–2010) singer Giovanni di Lorenzo (born 1959) editor Dolph Lundgren (born 1957) actor Fredrica Löf (1760–1813) actress Hedvig Lovén (1867–1943) botanist Ulf Lundell (born 1949) musician
M
Yngwie Malmsteen (born 1963) guitar Jenny Mannerheim (born 1977) arts Max Martin (born 1971) singer Mijailo Mijailović (born 1978) murderer Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846–1927) maths
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Alfred Nobel (1833–1896) chemist, engineer and inventor Michael Nobel (born 1940) entrepreneur H. C. Nordenflycht (1718–1763) poet Elsa-Brita Nordlund (1903–1987) child psychiatrist Lars Norén (1944–2021) playwright Ludvig Norman (1831–1885) composer Mattias Norström (born 1972) ice hockey Michael Nylander (born 1972) ice hockey Bobby Nystrom (born 1952) ice hockey
O
Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022) sculptor Lena Olin (born 1955) actress Sigrid Onegin (1889–1943) opera singer Oscar II (1829–1907) king Anne Sofie von Otter (born 1955) singer Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1623–1702) statesman Johan Oxenstierna (1611–1657) count
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Anna Palm de Rosa (1859–1924) artist Olof Palme (1927–1986) politician Jesper Parnevik (born 1965) golfer Ulrika Pasch (1735–1796) painter Johann Patkul (1660–1707) Livonian nobleman and politician Carl Fredrik Pechlin (1720–1796) politician and demagogue Markus Persson (born 1979) programmer Torsten Persson (born 1954) economist Count Carl Piper (1647–1716) diplomat and statesman Hedvig Posse (1861–1927) missionary in South Africa, linguist and hymn writer
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Nino Ramsby (born 1972) musician Eddie Razaz (born 1988) singer Jonas Renkse (born 1975) musician Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758) Baroque composer Robyn (born 1979) singer Keke Rosberg (born 1948) racing driver Karl Asmund Rudolphi (1771–1832) German naturalist Nina Rung (born 1981), feminist and criminologist Emilia Rydberg (born 1978) singer Edvin Ryding (born 2003) actor
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Signe Salén (1871–1963) doctor Ilya Salmanzadeh (born 1986) singer Signe Schmidt-Nielsen (1878–1959) scientist Johan Tobias Sergel (1740–1814) sculptor Emma Sjöberg (born 1968) fashion model Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020) crime novelist Alexander Skarsgård (born 1976) actor Bill Skarsgård (born 1990) actor Gustaf Skarsgård (born 1980) actor Valter Skarsgård (born 1995) actor Lennart Skoglund (1929–1975) footballer Count Carl Snoilsky (1841–1903) poet Kristina Söderbaum (1912–2001) actress Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941) novelist Annika Sörenstam (born 1970) golfer Art Spiegelman (born 1948) cartoonist Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927) composer, conductor and pianist Elisabet Strid (born 1976), opera singer August Strindberg (1849–1912) playwright, poet and painter Ulla Strömstedt (1939–1986) actress Mats Sundin (born 1971) ice hockey Anna Sundstrand (born 1989) singer Magna Sunnerdahl (1863–1935) philanthropist Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) theologian, scientist and philosopher Annika Sörenstam (born 1970) golfer
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Marie Taglioni (1804–1884) ballet dancer Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695–1770) count and politician Joakim Thåström (born 1957) singer Thora Thersner (1818–1867) artist Greta Thunberg (born 2003) activist Arne Tiselius (1902–1971) biochemist Sara Torsslow (1795–1859) actress
V
Astrid Varnay (1918–2006) soprano
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Jan-Ove Waldner (born 1965) table tennis Gerda Wallander (1860–1926) painter Anna Warburg (1881–1967) educator Per Wästberg (born 1933) writer Alexander Wennberg (born 1994) hockey Knut Wicksell (1851–1926) economist Beppe Wolgers (1928–1986) poet and actor
Z
Sophie Zelmani (born 1972) singer
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