List of people from Malmö
(Redirected from List of people connected to Malmoe)
This is a list of people from Malmö, Sweden, filed by occupation and listed in alphabetical order by surname.
Academia
[edit]- Gunilla Florby (1943-2011), professor of English literature
Actors and filmmakers
[edit]- Anita Ekberg (1931–2015), model and actress
- Lukas Moodysson (born 1969), film director
- Eva Rydberg (born 1943), singer, actress, comedian, revue-artist and dancer
- Jan Troell (born 1931), film director
- Bo Widerberg (1930–1997), film director
Art and design
[edit]- Monika Larsen Dennis (born 1963), sculptor, filmmaker, photographer
- Anna Friberger (born 1944), illustrator and set designer
- Sofia Helin (born 1972), actress, played Saga Norén on The Bridge
Medical
[edit]- Caspar Bartholin (1585–1629), medical scholar
- Elina Berglund (born 1984), physicist
Music
[edit]- Björn Afzelius (1947–1999), musician
- Hasse Andersson (born 1948), country singer and songwriter
- The Cardigans, since 1994, pop-rock-punk musical band
- Nina Persson (born 1974), singer and lyricist, The Cardigans
- Adrian Erlandsson (born 1970), musician
- Håkan Hardenberger (born 1961), trumpet player
- Maja Ivarsson (born 1979), lead singer of The Sounds
- Jonny Jakobsen (born 1963), musician
- Arash Labaf (born 1977), singer
- Magnus Martensson (born 1966), musician and comedian
- Amplitude Problem (born 1974), birth name Juan Irming; Swedish-American musician and producer
- Promoe (born 1976), rapper and member of LoopTroop Rockers
- May Qwinten (born 1983), pop and rock singer
- Mats Söderlund (born 1969), singer, club manager, and model
- Timbuktu (born 1975), rapper and reggae artist
- Lilly Walleni (1875–1920), opera singer
- Svea Nordblad Welander (1898–1985), musician and composer
- Jacques Werup (1945–2016), poet, author, jazz musician
Politicians
[edit]- Per Engdahl (1909–1994), pro-Nazi politician
- Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946), politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (1932–1946)
- August Palm (1849–1922), politician, founder of the Swedish Social Democratic Party
Sports
[edit]- Rasmus Andersson (born 1996), ice hockey player
- André Burakovsky (born 1995), NHL hockey player
- Gustav Freij (1922–1973), wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
- Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 1981), football player
- Ilir Latifi (born 1983), mixed martial arts fighter
- Pontus Jansson (born 1991), football player
- Kim Johnsson (born 1976), ice hockey player
- Fredrik Jonsson (born 1977), tennis player
- Yksel Osmanovski (born 1977), football player
- Mikael Pernfors (born 1963), tennis player
- Christian Wilhelmsson (born 1979), football player
- Anthony Elanga (born 2002), football player, currently representing Nottingham Forest in the Premier League and the Swedish National Football Team
Writers
[edit]- Börje Dorch (1929–2004), draughtsman and writer
- Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961), poet, member of the Swedish Academy
- Björn Ranelid (born 1949), author
Others
[edit]- Beata Losman (born 1938), Swedish archivist
- Felix von Luckner (1881–1966), sailor
- Henrik Reuterdahl (1795–1870), Archbishop of Uppsala (1856–1870)
- Frans Suell (1744–1818), businessman who built the Malmö harbour