# List of people from Gothenburg

This is a list of notable people connected to Gothenburg, Sweden.

## A–M

* Davida Afzelius-Bohlin (1866–1955) – mezzo-soprano concert and opera singer
* Daniel Alfredsson – retired NHL hockey player; long time captain of the Ottawa Senators and forward for the Detroit Red Wings; played from 1991 to 2014
* Helen Alfredsson – professional golfer; winner, 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore
* Kwame Amoateng – footballer
* Ingelin Angerborn – children's author
* Margareta Arvidsson – Miss Sweden 1966, Miss Universe 1966
* Bjorn Ulvaeus – singer-songwriter; member of ABBA
* Jenny Berggren – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
* Jonas Berggren – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
* Linn Berggren – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
* Joel Berghult – commonly known as Roomie; musician and YouTuber
* Olof Bergh - early Swedish-South African explorer (1643 - 1725)
* Torsten Billman (1909–1989) – artist
* Poul Bjerre (1876–1964) – psychoanalyst
* Viktor Blom – poker player
* Colin Campbell (1686–1757) – Scottish merchant and entrepreneur; co-founder of Swedish East India Company
* Arvid Carlsson (1923–2018) – winner, Nobel Prize in Medicine (2000)
* William Chalmers (1748–1811) – manager of Swedish East India Company; founder of Chalmers University of Technology
* Sir William Chambers (1723–1796) – Scottish architect
* Fredy Clue – artist and musician
* Ulf Dageby – rock musician
* John Darnielle – American singer-songwriter; wrote songs about Gothenburg
* Mikkey Dee – heavy-metal drummer
* Beatrice Dickson (1852–1941) – pioneering temperance activist
* Christian Djoos – NHL player, Anaheim Ducks
* Karin Dreijer – singer-songwriter
* Olof Dreijer – musician
* Gustavo Dudamel – Venezuelan conductor
* Ulf Ekberg – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
* Hedda Ekman (1860–1929) – writer and photographer
* Jan Eliasson – former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Loui Eriksson – National Hockey League player, Vancouver Canucks
* Louise Falkenberg (1849–1934) – philanthropist
* José González – musician
* Emma Green – high jumper, bronze medallist at the 2005 World Athletics Championships
* Lennart Green – world-class magician
* Gunnar Gren (1920–1991) – footballer; part of the Milan Gre-No-Li and 1958 FIFA World Cup runners-up squad
* Andreas Gustafsson (born 1981) – race walker
* Bengt Hallberg (1932–2013) – jazz pianist
* Victor Hasselblad (1906–1978) – industrialist; creator, Hasselblad cameras
* Anna von Hausswolff – musician
* Doris Håvik (1924–2009) – politician
* Håkan Hellström – singer-songwriter
* Mathilda Högberg – social media influencer
* Zeth Höglund (1884–1956) – founder of the Swedish communist movement
* Glenn Hysén – former football player, IFK Göteborg; father of Tobias Hysén
* Tobias Hysén – football player; son of Glenn Hysén
* Ingemar Johansson (1932–2009) – boxer; World Heavyweight Champion, 1959
* Jan Johansson (1931–1968) – jazz pianist; attended Chalmers University of Technology
* Kim Källström – football player; plays for Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Super League
* Marie Kinnberg (1806–1858) – pioneering female photographer
* Felix Kjellberg – YouTuber commonly known as PewDiePie; producer of Let's Play (video gaming) and Reaction (reaction videos) videos on YouTube Second channel to reach 100 million subscribers. Husband of Marzia Kjellberg
* Carl Klingberg – National Hockey League player, Winnipeg Jets; American Hockey League player, St. John's IceCaps
* John Klingberg – National Hockey League player, Toronto Maple Leafs;
* Jacques Labouchere – singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Rekkles – professional e-Sport player
* Robin Lehner – NHL goaltender
* Jens Lekman – singer-songwriter
* Beatrice Lesslie (1890–1967) – ran the Gothenburg clothing firm Konfektions AB Lesslie
* Christina Lindberg – exploitation-film actress
* Gunnel Lindblom (1931–2021) – actress and director; cast in Ingmar Bergman's films
* Adam Lindgren – also known as Armada; professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player; currently ranked #2 in the world
* Mikael Ljungberg (1970–2004) – Greco-Roman wrestler; world champion 1993 and 1995; Olympic gold 2000
* Teddy Lučić – football player, formerly of the Swedish national team
* Henrik Lundqvist – NHL goalie
* Ludvig Engsund – Swedish ice hockey goaltender
* Magnus Mandersson – Swedish businessman
* Aleksandra Mir – visual artist

## N–Z

* Torbjörn Nilsson – former IFK Göteborg football player; part of the 1982 UEFA Cup winning team
* Stefan Olsdal – bassist in alternative rock band Placebo
* Christian Olsson (born 1980) – triple-jump gold medalist, 2004 Summer Olympics
* Elena Paparizou – Greek singer; winner, Eurovision Song Contest 2005
* Amanda Peralta (1939–2009), Argentine guerrilla fighter, later historian in Gothenburg University
* Sofia von Porat – cookbook author
* Laleh Pourkarim – Persian-Swedish singer-songwriter
* Timo Räisänen – indie-pop musician
* Mathias Ranégie – football player for Sweden National Team
* Lucas Raymond – NHL player for the Detroit Red Wings
* Arie Reich – Israeli legal scholar
* Niclas Sahlgren (1701–1776) – merchant and philanthropist
* Marcus Samuelsson – chef
* Torgny Segerstedt (1876–1945) – anti-Nazi newspaper editor-in-chief
* Justus P Sjöberg (JP Seeburg) – automated musical equipment manufacturer
* Jonas Sjöstedt – leader of Vänsterpartiet and former member of European Parliament
* Stellan Skarsgård – actor
* Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) – Czech composer; lived in Gothenburg for a time
* Jonatan Söderström – avant-garde game developer
* Viktor Stalberg – National Hockey League player, Chicago Blackhawks
* Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927) – composer
* Henrik Stenson – professional golfer; won FedEx Cup 2013; former world number 2 in official world golf rankings
* Elizabeth Stride (née Gustafsdotter) (1843–1888) – alleged third victim of serial killer Jack the Ripper
* Glenn Strömberg – former football player, IFK Göteborg
* Joakim Sundström – sound editor, sound designer and musician
* Jonas Svensson – professional tennis player
* Evert Taube (1890–1976) – author, artist, composer and singer
* Reorus Torkillus (1608–1643) – first Lutheran minister in New Sweden
* Ida Törnström (1862–1949) – painter, poet
* Björn Ulvaeus – singer-songwriter from ABBA
* Karl Valentin (1853–1918) – composer
* Alicia Vikander – actress
* Ljubomir Vranjes – former handball player; currently handball coach
* Daniel Wahlgren (Papa Dee) – musician
* Anna Wåhlin – Antarctic researcher, oceanography professor
* Hampus Wanne – handball player; currently plays for SG Flensburg-Handewitt
* Oscar Wendt – football player; currently plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach
* Hans Wieselgren (born 1952) – Olympic fencer

## Musical groups

* Ace of Base – pop group
* Amaranthe – dance/electronic power metal group
* Arch Enemy – melodic-death-metal group
* At the Gates – melodic-death-metal group
* AVATAR – melodic-death-metal group
* Dark Tranquillity – melodic-death-metal group
* Dead by April – melodic-metalcore group
* Deathstars – cybergoth industrial-metal group
* Evergrey – progressive-metal group
* Freak Kitchen – hard-rock/heavy-metal group
* Graveyard – retro blues-rock band
* HammerFall – power-metal group
* The Haunted – thrash-metal band
* In Flames – melodic-death-metal group
* The Knife – electro duo
* Little Dragon – electronic-pop group
* Nostradameus – power-metal group
* The Similou – electronic-music group
* The Soundtrack of Our Lives – rock group