# List of people of Gotland

The following is a list of notable related in a significant way with the Swedish island of Gotland. The list is sortable by name, date of birth and death, location on Gotland and notability.

## Gallery

* Erik I av Pommern 1382-1459
* Victor Kullberg 1824-1890
* Gustaf Lindström, 1901
* Anna Maria Gardell-Ericson, 1901
* Hjördis Petterson, 1930's
* Ingmar Bergman and Sven Nykvist in 1961
* Håkan Loob, 2013
* Frida Röhl, 2014
* Theresa Andersson, 2012

## List

| Name | About | Born | Died | Location | Known for |
| Petrus de Dacia | (1235 - 1289 in Visby) A Swedish Dominican friar, may have been born on Gotland and lived on the island around 1261 to 1289. | 1235 | 1289 | Visby | Friar |
| Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburg | (ca.1365 - 1397 in Klintehamn) Heir to the throne of Sweden | 1365 | 1397 | Klintehamn | Heir throne of Sweden |
| Eric of Pomerania | (1381/2–1459) Ruler of the Kalmar Union 1396/1439, Eric lived in Visby for ten years and in 1411 he had the castle of Visborg constructed | 1381/2 | 1459 | Visby | Ruler Kalmar Union |
| Jacob Madsen | (1596 in Visby – 1653) A Danish merchant, shipowner and builder | 1596 | 1653 | Visby | Merchant |
| Christopher Polhem | (1661 in Tingstäde – 1751) Scientist, inventor and industrialist, particularly mining | 1598 | 1653 | Visby | Scientist |
| Greta Donner | (1726 in Visby – 1774) Import and export business person | 1726 | 1774 | Visby | Business |
| Jacob Niclas Ahlström | (1805 in Visby – 1857) Kapellmeister and composer | 1805 | 1857 | Visby | Composer |
| Pehr Arvid Säve | (1811 in Roma – 1887) Historian, linguist and artist, initiated Gotland Museum | 1811 | 1887 | Roma | Historian |
| Ernst von Vegesack | (1820 in Hemse – 1903) Army officer, worked in Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy and the US Union Army | 1820 | 1903 | Hemse | Officer |
| Oscar Malmborg | (1820 in Kräklingbo – 1880) Veteran of the Mexican War, emigrated 1846 | 1820 | 1880 | Kräklingbo | War veteran |
| Victor Kullberg | (1824 in Visby - 1890 in London) Watch and marine chronometer maker in London for navies throughout the world | 1824 | 1890 | Visby | Clockmaker |
| Gustaf Lindström | (1829 in Visby – 1901) Paleontologist | 1829 | 1901 | Visby | Paleontologist |
| Axel Haig | (1835 in Katthamra – 1921) Artist and architect | 1835 | 1921 | Katthamra | Artist |
| Elfrida Andrée | (1841 in Visby – 1929) Organist, composer and conductor | 1841 | 1929 | Visby | Musician |
| Wilhelmina Skogh | (1849 in Rute – 1926 Hotel manager and owner | 1849 | 1926 | Rute | Hotel owner |
| Anna Gardell-Ericson | (1853 in Visby – 1939) Painter and watercolorist of coastal scenes | 1853 | 1939 | Visby | Painter |
| Gabriel Gustafson | (1853–1915) Swedish-Norwegian archaeologist, excavated Oseberg Ship | 1853 | 1915 | | Archaeologist |
| Adolf Appellöf | (1857 in Garde – 1921) Marine zoologist, particularly in cephalopods | 1857 | 1921 | Garde | Zoologist |
| Henrik Munthe | (1860 in När – 1958) Geologist, particularly the Geology of Gotland | 1860 | 1958 | När | Geologist |
| Gustaf Hägg | (1867 in Visby - 1925) Organist and composer | 1867 | 1925 | Visby | Musician |
| Ivar Sandström | (1889 in Visby — 1917) Aviation pioneer | 1889 | 1917 | Visby | Pilot |
| Gustaf Dalstrom | (1893-1971) American artist and muralist, from 1927 president of the Chicago Society of Artists | 1893 | 1971 | | Artist |
| Torsten Sylvan | (1895 in Visby – 1970) Army officer and horse rider, silver medallist in the 1924 Summer Olympics | 1895 | 1970 | Visby | Officer |
| Diana Allen | (1898-1949) Actress and Ziegfeld girl | 1898 | 1949 | | Actress |
| Martin Bodin | (1903–1976) Cinematographer | 1903 | 1976 | | Cinematographer |
| Hjördis Petterson | (1908 in Visby – 1988) Actress | 1908 | 1988 | Visby | Actress |
| Robert Myrsten | (1909 in Slite – 1976) Swedish ship-owner | 1909 | 1976 | Slite | Ship-owner |
| Einar Englund | (1916 – 1999 in Visby) Finnish composer | 1916 | 1999 | Visby | Composer |
| Ingmar Bergman | (1918–2007) Director, writer and producer who worked in film, television, theatre and radio; lived and died on Fårö | 1918 | 2007 | Fårö | Director |
| Carl Bertil Myrsten | (1920 in Slite– 2000) Company director and ship-owner | 1920 | 2000 | Slite | Ship-owner |
| Sonja Åkesson | (1926 in Buttle – 1977) Poet, writer and artist | 1926 | 1977 | Buttle | Artist |
| Lars Gullin | (1928 in Sanda – 1976) Jazz saxophonist | 1928 | 1976 | Sanda | Musician |
| Maj Bylock | (1931 in Visby – 2019) Children's writer, translator, and teacher | 1931 | 2019 | Visby | Writer |
| Guje Sevón | (born 1943 in Sanda) Swedish and Finnish academician in psychology and management | 1943 | | Sanda | Academician |
| Mertil Melin | (born in Stånga 1945) Retired Army general, section head in Gotland 1982/1987 | 1945 | 2023 | Stånga | General |
| Alf Sandqvist | (born in Othem 1945) Retired Army major general, Inspector of the Army | 1945 | | Othem | General |
| Håkan Nesser | (born 1950) Author and teacher, writes crime fiction novels, lives in Furillen | 1950 | | Furillen | Writer |
| Lars Jonsson | (born 1950) Ornithological illustrator and artist living in Hamra. | 1950 | | Hamra | Artist |
| Babben Larsson | (born in Dalhem 1956) actress and comedian | 1956 | | Dalhem | Actress |
| Lennart Eriksson | (born 1956) Bass player in punk rock band Ebba Grön, lives on Gotland | 1956 | | | Musician |
| Anna Jansson | (born in Visby 1958) Crime writer and nurse | 1958 | | Visby | Writer |
| Susanne Alfvengren | (born in Visby 1959) Singer | 1959 | | Visby | Singer |
| Håkan Loob | (born in Visby 1960) Former professional ice hockey player | 1960 | | Visby | Ice hockey |
| Jonas Jonasson | (born 1961) Journalist and writer, lives on Gotland | 1961 | | | Writer |
| Josefin Nilsson | (1969 in När – 2016) Singer and actress | 1969 | 2016 | När | Singer |
| Mattias Sunneborn | (born 1970 in Bunge) Long jumper, finalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics | 1970 | | Bunge | Long jumper |
| Frida Röhl | (born 1971 in Klintehamn) Actress and director | 1971 | | Klintehamn | Actress |
| Theresa Andersson | (born 1971) Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist | 1971 | | | Musician |
| Thomas Löfkvist | (born in Visby 1984) Former professional road bicycle racer | 1984 | | Visby | Bicycle racer |
| Alexander Gerndt | (born 1986 in Visby) Footballer, nearly 300 club caps and 10 for Sweden | 1986 | | Visby | Footballer |
| Linnea Gustafsson | (born 1986 in Fole) Orienteering competitor. | 1986 | | Fole | Orienteering competitor |
| Grave | (formed 1986) Death metal band, features vocalist and guitarist Ola Lindgren | 1986 | | | Musicians |
| Jesper Skalberg Karlsson | (born in Visby 1993) Politician, Member of the Riksdag from 2015/2018, representing Gotland County | 1993 | | Visby | Politician |