Famous swedes
What is Sweden famous for?

Swedish names that you might know.

Björn Borg (born 1956) – tennis player
Mats Wilander (born 1964) - tennis player
Stefan Edberg (born 1966) - tennis player
Gunde Svan (born 1962) – cross-country skier, Olympic and World Champion, in 1990's the most be-medalled international cross-country skier ever.
Thomas Wassberg (born 1956) – cross-country skier Olympic and World Champion
Annika Sörenstam (born 1970) – Professional golf player
Björn Waldegård (born 1943) – rally driver, World Champion
Jan-Ove Waldner (born 1965) – table tennis player
Ingemar Stenmark (born 1956) - slalom and giant slalom
Pernilla Wiberg (born 1970) – alpine skier
Magdalena Forsberg (born 1965) – biathlete
Peter Forsberg (born 1973) – ice hockey player
Johan Franzén (born 1979) – ice hockey player

Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954), author
Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), children's author
Karin Boye (1900–1941), poet and author
Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865), author
Gunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968), poet
Nils Ferlin (1898–1961), poet
Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911), poet
Jonas Gardell, author, comedian
Jan Guillou (born 1944), author, journalist
Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940), Nobel Prize laureate
Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931), poet and Nobel Prize laureate
Camilla Läckberg, (1974 - ) author
Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974), author
Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940), author and Nobel Prize laureate
Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), author
Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), children's author
Henning Mankell, novelist
Harry Martinson (1904–1978), poet and Nobel Prize laureate
Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973), novelist
August Strindberg (1849–1912), novelist and playwright
Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846), writer