List of Swedish sportspeople explained

This is a list of Swedish sportspeople.

A

• Ara Abrahamian - wrestler
• Tommy Albelin - ice hockey player
• Daniel Alfredsson - ice hockey player
• Helen Alfredsson - golfer
• Marcus Allbäck - football player
• Therese Alshammar - swimmer
• Agneta Andersson - canoe racer
• Arne Andersson - athlete
• Frank Andersson - wrestler
• Håkan Andersson - ice hockey scout
• H. Johan Andersson - ice hockey player
• Johan Andersson - ice hockey player
• Johan A. Andersson - ice hockey player
• Kennet Andersson - football player
• Patrik Andersson - football player
• Mikael Appelgren - table tennis player
• Emma Asp – football player
• Johan Asplund - ice hockey player
• P. J. Axelsson - ice hockey player

B

• Johan Backlund - ice hockey player
• Johan Bäckö - retired professional ice hockey player
• Christian Bäckman - ice hockey player
• Nicklas Bäckström - ice hockey player
• Bengt Baron - swimmer
• Malin Baryard-Johnsson - show jumper
• Stellan Bengtsson - table tennis
• Kajsa Bergqvist - high jumper
• Jonas Björkman - tennis
• Elias Bjuhr - hockey player
• Jesper Blomqvist - football player
• Jan Boklöv - ski jumper
• Martin Boquist - handball player
• Arne Borg - swimmer
• Björn Borg (1919–2009) - swimmer
• Björn Borg (born 1956) - tennis player
• Kenny Bräck - race car driver
• Tomas Brolin - football player
• Ricky Bruch - discus thrower

C

• Per Carlén - handball player
• Robert Carlsson - ice hockey player

D

• Ulf Dahlén - ice hockey player
• Kjell Dahlin - ice hockey player
• Martin Dahlin - football player
• Alx Danielsson - racing driver
• Sven Davidson - tennis player

E

• Nancy Edberg - swimmer
• Stefan Edberg (born 1966) - tennis player
• Alexander Edler - ice hockey player
• Tzahi Elihen (born 1991) - Israeli footballer
• Per Elofsson - cross-country skier
• Sten Ekberg - track and field athlete
• Nils Ekman - ice hockey player
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson - ice hockey player
• Ludmila Engquist - hurdler
• Pierre Engvall - ice hockey player
• Thomas Enqvist - tennis player
• Marcus Ericsson - Formula One driver
• Anders Eriksson - ice hockey player
• Kenneth Eriksson - rally driver
• Loui Eriksson - ice hockey player
• Sven-Göran Eriksson - football manager
• Conny Evensson - ice hockey manager

F

• Niclas Fasth - golfer
• Magdalena Forsberg - biathlete
• Peter Forsberg - ice hockey player
• Johan Franzén - ice hockey player
• Gert Fredriksson - canoe racer
• Lars Frölander - swimmer
• Ove Fundin - speedway

G

• Anders Gärderud - steeplechase athlete
• Peter Gentzel - handball player
• Thomas Gradin - ice hockey player
• Gillis Grafström - figure skater
• Anders Graneheim - bodybuilder
• Gunnar Gren - football player
• Nicklas Grossmann - ice hockey player
• Susanne Gunnarsson - Canoe racer
• Andreas Gustafsson (born 1981) - race walker
• Anton Gustafsson - ice hockey player
• Bengt-Åke Gustafsson - ice hockey player
• Tomas Gustafson - speed skater
• Alexander Gustafsson - Mixed Martial Artist
• Vitor Gyökeres - football player

H

• Gunder Hägg - middle distance runner
• Joakim Haeggman - golfer
• Linda Haglund - sprinter
• Yared Hagos - ice hockey player
• Peter Hagström - former ice hockey player
• Per Hallin - ice hockey player
• Inge Hammarström - former ice hockey player
• Kurt Hamrin - football player
• Johan Harmenberg - Olympic champion épée fencer
• Niclas Hävelid - ice hockey player
• Johan Hedberg - ice hockey player
• Victor Hedman - ice hockey player
• Jonathan Hedström - ice hockey player
• Ronnie Hellström - football player
• Stefan Holm - high jumper
• Johan Holmqvist - ice hockey player
• Leif "Honken" Holmqvist - ice hockey player
• Michael Holmqvist - ice hockey player
• Tomas Holmström - ice hockey player
• Samuel Hübinette - driver in the Formula D drifting series
• Kristian Huselius - ice hockey player
• Fredrik Hynning - ice hockey player

I

• Zlatan Ibrahimović - football player
• Emma Igelström - swimmer
• Klas Ingesson - football player
• Andreas Isaksson - football player

J

• Jonas Jacobsson - sport shooter
• Anders Järryd - tennis player
• Jonas Jerebko - basketball player
• Sixten Jernberg - cross-country skier
• Bengt Johansson - handball player/coach
• Calle Johansson - ice hockey player
• Ingemar Johansson - boxer
• Joachim Johansson - tennis player
• Jonas Johansson - ice hockey player
• Kjell Johansson - table tennis player
• Per-Johan Johansson - ice hockey player
• Stefan Johansson - Formula One driver
• Thomas Johansson - tennis player
• Kim Johnsson - ice hockey player
• Jörgen Jönsson - ice hockey player
• Kenny Jönsson - ice hockey player
• Lars Jonsson - ice hockey player
• Tomas Jonsson - ice hockey player

K

• Charlotte Kalla - cross-country skier
• Kim Källström - football player
• Anders Kallur - ice hockey player
• Jenny Kallur - 100 metres hurdles runner
• Susanna Kallur - 100 metres hurdles runner
• Anna-Karin Kammerling - swimmer
• Andreas Karlsson - ice hockey player
• Erik Karlsson - ice hockey player
• Nils 'Mora-Nisse' Karlsson - cross-country skier
• Peter Karlsson - table tennis
• Ola Kimrin - American football player
• Ove Kindvall - football player
• Carolina Klüft - heptathlete
• Ulrika Knape - diver
• Carin Koch - golfer
• Armand Krajnc - boxer
• Annichen Kringstad - orienteer
• Niklas Kronwall - ice hockey player
• Staffan Kronwall - ice hockey player
• John Kvist - football player

L

• Carl Martin "Rekkles" Erik Larsson - league of legends
• Gabriel Landeskog - ice hockey player
• Adam Larsson - ice hockey player
• Gunnar Larsson - swimmer
• Henrik Larsson - football player
• Eric Lemming - track and field athlete
• Nimrod Levi - Israeli-Swedish basketball player
• Nicklas Lidström - ice hockey player
• Nils Liedholm - football player
• Andreas Lilja - ice hockey player
• Anna Lindberg - diver
• Ola Lindgren - handball player
• Peja Lindholm - curler
• Peter Lindmark - ice hockey player
• Catarina Lindqvist Ryan - tennis player
• Joakim Lindström - ice hockey player
• Sanny Lindström - ice hockey player
• Willy Lindström - ice hockey player
• Freddie Ljungberg - football player
• Hanna Ljungberg - football player
• Mikael Ljungberg - wrestler
• Håkan Loob - ice hockey player
• Peter Loob - ice hockey player
• Stefan Lövgren - handball player
• Henrik Lundqvist - ice hockey player
• Joel Lundqvist - ice hockey player

M

• Hanna Marklund - football player
• Kim Martin - ice hockey player
• Björn Melin - ice hockey player
• Olof Mellberg - football player
• Fredrik Modin - ice hockey player
• Eric Moe - ice hockey player
• Torgny Mogren - cross-country skier
• Mustafa Mohamed - athlete
• Malin Moström - football player
• Doug Murray - ice hockey player
• Mats Wilander - tennis player

N

• Markus Näslund - ice hockey player
• Mats Näslund - ice hockey player
• Liselotte Neumann - golfer
• Catrin Nilsmark - golfer
• Marcus Nilson - ice hockey player
• Joakim Nilsson (born 1966)
• Joakim Nilsson (born 1985)
• Joakim Nilsson - javelin
• Jonny Nilsson - speed skater
• Kent Nilsson - ice hockey player
• Magnus Nilsson - ice hockey player
• Mats Nilsson - javelin
• Robert Nilsson - ice hockey player
• Roland Nilsson - football player and manager
• Torbjörn Nilsson - football player
• Björn Nittmo - American football kicker
• Joakim Noah - basketball player
• Anette Norberg - curler
• Gunnar Nordahl - football player
• Niklas Nordgren - ice hockey player
• Tina Nordlund - football player
• Magnus Norman - tennis player
• Mattias Norström - ice hockey player
• Fredrik Nyberg - Alpine skier
• Michael Nylander - ice hockey player
• Peter Nylander - ice hockey player
• Stefan Nystrand - swimmer
• Bob Nystrom (born 1952) - Swedish-Canadian ice hockey player

O

• Johnny Oduya - ice hockey player
• Mattias Öhlund - ice hockey player
• Fredrik Olausson - ice hockey player
• Christian Olsson - triple jumper
• Jon Olsson - Skier
• Staffan Olsson - handball player
• Linus Omark - ice hockey player

P

• Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson - ice hockey player
• Samuel Påhlsson - ice hockey player
• Jesper Parnevik - golfer
• Anja Pärson - alpine skier
• Joakim Persson - football player
• Jörgen Persson - table tennis player
• Ronnie Peterson - Formula One driver
• Johan Petersson - handball player
• Annelie Pompe – freediver
• David Printz - ice hockey player

R

• Thomas Ravelli - football player
• Tony Rickardsson - speedway rider
• Paolo Roberto - boxer
• Jonny Rödlund - football player
• Maria Rooth - ice hockey player
• Thomas Rundqvist - ice hockey player
• Johan Ryno - ice hockey player

S

• Henri Saint Cyr - dressage rider
• Ulrich Salchow - figure skater
• Börje Salming - ice hockey player
• Tommy Salo - ice hockey goalkeeper
• Kjell Samuelsson - ice hockey player
• Magnus Samuelsson - World's Strongest Man in 1998
• Mikael Samuelsson - ice hockey player
• Ulf Samuelsson - former ice hockey player
• Lotta Schelin - football player
• Daniel Sedin - ice hockey player
• Henrik Sedin - ice hockey player
• Agne Simonsson - football player
• Patrik Sjöberg - high jumper
• Fredrik Sjöström - ice hockey player
• Sarah Sjöström - swimmer
• Ragnar Skanåker - pistol shooter
• Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund - football player
• Christian Söderström - ice hockey player
• Annika Sörenstam - golfer
• Alexander Steen - ice hockey player
• Anders Steen - ice hockey player
• Thomas Steen - ice hockey player
• Ingemar Stenmark - alpine skier
• Henrik Stenson - golfer
• Ulf Sterner - ice hockey player
• Niklas Stråhlén - windsurfer
• Anton Strålman - ice hockey player
• Staffan Strand - high jumper
• Stig Strand - alpine skier
• Pär Styf - ice hockey player
• Oscar Sundh - ice hockey player
• Mats Sundin - ice hockey player
• Niklas Sundström - ice hockey player
• Patrik Sundström - ice hockey player
• Peter Sundström - ice hockey player
• Gunde Svan - cross-country skier
• Johan Svedberg - ice hockey player
• Lennart Svedberg - ice hockey player
• Björn Svensson - ice hockey player
• Tomas Svensson - handball player
• Victoria Svensson - football player

T

• Henrik Tallinder - ice hockey player
• Dick Tärnström - ice hockey player
• Jeffery Taylor - basketball player
• Mikael Tellqvist - ice hockey player
• Jonas Thern - football player
• Daniel Tjärnqvist - ice hockey player
• Mathias Tjärnqvist - ice hockey player
• Ola Toivonen - football player
• Sven Tumba - ice hockey player

W

• Jan-Ove Waldner - table tennis player
• Niclas Wallin - ice hockey player
• Mats Waltin - ice hockey player
• Fredrik Warg - ice hockey player
• Thomas Wassberg - cross-country skier
• Mattias Weinhandl - ice hockey player
• Mattias Wennerberg - ice hockey player
• Pernilla Wiberg - alpine skier
• Mats Wilander (born 1964) - tennis player
• Björn Wirdheim - Champ Car driver
• Magnus Wislander - handball player

Z

• Erkan Zengin - football player
• Henrik Zetterberg - ice hockey player
• Pär Zetterberg - football player
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic- football player

See also

• List of Swedish Olympic medalists
• Swedish athletes
  • Swedish basketball players Swedish canoeists
• Swedish footballers
• Swedish golfers
• Swedish high jumpers
• Swedish ice hockey players
  • Swedish show jumping riders Swedish sport wrestlers
• Swedish swimmers
• Swedish table tennis players