87 Notable alumni of Stockholm School of Economics

Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees

Stockholm School of Economics is ranked #1,145 in the world and #13 in Sweden by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 87 notable alumni from Stockholm School of Economics sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Stockholm School of Economics won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Michael Wiedenkeller

1. Michael Wiedenkeller

1963-. (aged 63)
chess player
Michael Wiedenkeller is a Swedish and Luxembourgian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1984.
Axel Gjöres

2. Axel Gjöres

1889-1979 (aged 90)
civil servant politician
Axel Gjöres was a Swedish social democrat politician who served in different government posts. He was the minister of supply between 1941 and 1947 and minister of commerce and industry between 1947 and 1948.
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Kerstin Mogull

3. Kerstin Mogull

Kerstin Mogull is a Swedish business woman and leading figure in the digital media and cultural sectors in the UK. She was the managing director of Tate between 2014 and 2019, leading the Tate teams that delivered the Tate Modern extension, and the Tate St Ives extension (2017). Earlier in her career, she held several senior executive roles at the...
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Daniel Bramme

4. Daniel Bramme

1984-. (aged 42)
film producer businessperson film director
Daniel Bramme is a Swedish film producer and businessman.
Torsten Gårdlund

5. Torsten Gårdlund

1911-2003 (aged 92)
economist
Torsten Waldemar Gårdlund was a Swedish economist, economic historian, essayist and biographical writer. In economic history, he published several significant monographs, but also several works on individual Swedish industries. He was also active as a developing country advisor and wrote three books on development issues. Gårdlund was a professor at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1947 to 1963, and...
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Sven-Erik Svanberg

6. Sven-Erik Svanberg

1914-2004 (aged 90)
business executive
Sven-Erik Svanberg was a Swedish airline chief executive.
Markus Kallifatides

7. Markus Kallifatides

1972-. (aged 54)
academic business undergraduate politician
Markus Kallifatides is a Swedish politician, economist and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Stockholm Municipality since September 2012.
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Gunnar Ericsson

8. Gunnar Ericsson

1919-2013 (aged 94)
businessperson politician
Gunnar Lennart Vilhelm Ericsson was a Swedish businessman, sports official and Liberal Party politician. He was born in Stockholm.
Hans von Rosen

9. Hans von Rosen

1888-1952 (aged 64)
writer dressage rider
Count Hans Robert von Rosen was a Swedish Army captain and horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Joakim Eriksson

10. Joakim Eriksson

1976-. (aged 50)
ice hockey player
Joakim Eriksson is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and general manager. He has previously played for SHL teams Djurgårdens IF, Linköpings HC and Södertälje SK. Eriksson also played in Finland for Espoo Blues and HIFK in the SM-liiga.
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Karin Pilsäter

11. Karin Pilsäter

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Anna Karin Pilsater is a Swedish politician with the Liberal People's Party. She is a former member of the Riksdag since 1991, representing Stockholm County, and was previously the party's spokesperson on economic policy.
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Cecilia Nettelbrandt

12. Cecilia Nettelbrandt

1922-2009 (aged 87)
teacher politician
Cecilia Aina Nettelbrandt, née Bergens was a Swedish politician (Liberals). She was MP of the Second Chamber of the Parliament of Sweden from 1961 to 1976.
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Maria Curman

13. Maria Curman

1950-. (aged 76)
Maria Curman is a Swedish businesswoman. She is the daughter of engineer Joaquin Ruiz de Porras Gay and Rosario Abadal de Solá. She married Carl Curman, an economist, in 1972. She studied at the Handelshögskolan in Stockholm in 1973, and then started to work in the publisher business. She has also been a CFO at Esselte between 1982 and 1985,...
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Bo Becker

14. Bo Becker

1971-. (aged 55)
business theorist economist
Bo Becker is a Swedish economist, and Professor of Financial Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, known for his work on rating, reputation and competition.
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Louise Wachtmeister

15. Louise Wachtmeister

1978-. (aged 48)
businessperson
Countess Louise Wachtmeister is a Swedish entrepreneur, athlete, and political activist. She has held elected positions with the Stockholm City Hall and Stockholm District Court. She is a gold and silver medalist in the Swedish National Track Championships, and in 2004 co-founded the social networking website ASMALLWORLD with her husband Erik Wachtmeister. Dubbed "MySpace for millionaires" by the Wall Street...
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Carl Bonde

16. Carl Bonde

1897-1990 (aged 93)
Count Carl Carlsson Bonde af Björnö, more commonly known as Carl C:son Bonde was a Swedish Army officer. Commissioned in 1917, he rose through the ranks of the General Staff and was military attaché in London before joining the Finnish defense during World War II, first as a company commander in the Swedish Volunteer Corps during the Winter War and...
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Hans Grundberg

17. Hans Grundberg

1977-. (aged 49)
diplomat
Hans Grundberg is a Swedish diplomat and the current UN Special Envoy for Yemen since August 2021.
Max Elger

18. Max Elger

1973-. (aged 53)
economist secretary of state politician
Max Christian Elger is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He served as Minister for Financial Markets in the cabinet of Magdalena Andersson from 2021 to 2022.
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Björn Savén

19. Björn Savén

1950-. (aged 76)
investor
Bjorn Saven, CBE is a Swedish industrialist and investor. He is the founder and former chairman and chief executive of IK Partners (formerly Industri Kapital) a leading European private equity firm focused on acquisitions across the Nordics, Benelux, Germany and France, with funds raised in excess of €20 billion, and invested in over 200 European companies.
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Sydney Onayemi

20. Sydney Onayemi

1937-2016 (aged 79)
musician
Abayomi Sydney Onayemi, also known as Big Brother Sydney, was a Nigerian-born Swedish disc jockey.
Yegor Altman

21. Yegor Altman

1975-. (aged 51)
businessperson
Egor Ilyich Altman (Russian: Георгий Ильич Альтман, Hebrew: גיורא אלטמן, translit. Giora Altman; born 22 April 1975) is a Russian-Israeli entrepreneur, media executive, and gallerist.
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Erik Berglöf

22. Erik Berglöf

1957-. (aged 69)
economist
Erik Berglöf is a Swedish economist, currently the Chief Economist of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Beijing-based multilateral development bank established in 2016 with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia. In March 2019 Erik Berglöf was appointed to the European Council's High Level Group of Wise Persons on the European financial architecture for development...
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Sofia Fölster

23. Sofia Fölster

1991-. (aged 35)
politician
Sofia Catharina Margarita Fölster is a Swedish politician for the Moderate Party, and member of the Riksdag from 2014 to 2018. She was the first vice president of the Moderate Party youth group (MUF) from 2016 to 2018. Her father is author Stefan Fölster.
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Holger Crafoord

24. Holger Crafoord

1908-1982 (aged 74)
entrepreneur engineer
Alf Erik Holger Crafoord was a Swedish industrialist and patron. He founded Gambro, which developed and commercialised the artificial kidney. He also established the Crafoord Foundation, the proceeds of which fund the Crafoord Prize for scientific research.
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Philip Haglund

25. Philip Haglund

1987-. (aged 39)
association football player
Philip Thomas Jesper Haglund is a Swedish former professional footballer. A utility player, he played as a central midfielder and striker, and occasionally as a centre-back, during his career.
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Daniel Sachs

26. Daniel Sachs

1970-. (aged 56)
businessperson
Joen Daniel Sachs, is a Swedish businessperson, entrepreneur and film producer.
Oriol Amat

27. Oriol Amat

1957-. (aged 69)
writer economist university teacher columnist
Oriol Amat is a Catalan economist. He has served as Rector of Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona from 2021 to 2023. He is also Full Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting at the same university since 2001.
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Johanna Nilsson

28. Johanna Nilsson

1973-. (aged 53)
screenwriter writer journalist
Elsa Johanna Nilsson is a Swedish author. She has published books under the pseudonym Amanda Lind. She has been the recipient of a Wahlström & Widstrands litteraturpris in 2004, and a Karin Boyes litterära pris in 2005.
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Marie Ehrling

29. Marie Ehrling

1955-. (aged 71)
businessperson manager
Marie Ehrling is a Swedish business executive.
Laurent Leksell

30. Laurent Leksell

1952-. (aged 74)
businessperson
Laurent Leksell is a Swedish professor of economics, international business leader and entrepreneur.
Agneta Stark

31. Agneta Stark

1946-. (aged 80)
university teacher economist
Agneta Stark, was the vice chancellor of Dalarna University in Sweden from 2004-2010. Previously, Stark served as president of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) (2012-2013) and as vice chair of the Association of Swedish Higher Education.
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Oscar Swartz

32. Oscar Swartz

1959-. (aged 67)
blogger economist journalist businessperson
Per Oscar Swartz is a Swedish entrepreneur, writer and blogger.
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist

33. Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Elisabeth Kristin Thand Ringqvist is a Swedish politician for the Centre Party. She is a member of the Riksdagen since 2022, for Stockholm. On 7 November 2022, Thand Ringqvist was announced as one of the candidates for the leadership role of the Center Party, which she did not win. On 4 November 2025, she was announced as the party's choice...
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Lars Heikensten

34. Lars Heikensten

1950-. (aged 76)
university teacher economist
Lars Johan Heikensten is a former governor of Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) and Doctor of Economics.
Oleksandr Komarov

35. Oleksandr Komarov

1972-. (aged 54)
manager
Oleksandr Komarov is a Ukrainian telecommunications top-level manager, CEO of Kyivstar — No. 1 telecom operator in Ukraine with about 26 million subscribers.
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Emil Källström

36. Emil Källström

1987-. (aged 39)
politician
Emil Källström is a Swedish politician for the Centre Party. He represented the Västernorrland constituency and he was a member of the Riksdag from 2010 to 2021. He has frequently been featured in media because of his political career, for his looks, and also for appearing high on a list of the most influential young Swedes in 2015.
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Åke Ortmark

37. Åke Ortmark

1929-2018 (aged 89)
journalist television presenter
Åke Helge Ortmark was a Swedish journalist, author and radio and television presenter. During a long career he worked for both television and radio; he also authored several books.
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Harry Flam

38. Harry Flam

1948-. (aged 78)
economist
Harry Flam is a professor of international economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University. During the years of 2004 and 2006, he was Dean of the School of Business at Stockholm University. His main area of research is international trade and European economic integration. He is the father of comedian Aron Flam.
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Jessica Rosencrantz

39. Jessica Rosencrantz

1987-. (aged 39)
politician economist
Jessica Emilia Marie Rosencrantz is a Swedish politician (Moderate Party) and a Member of Parliament (Sveriges Riksdag) since 2010. She is the chair of the Parliament's EU Committee and deputy group leader in the Parliament for the Moderates, as well as a member of the Parliamentary Board. Since September 2024 she has been Minister for European Union Affairs and Nordic...
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Kristina Persson

40. Kristina Persson

1945-. (aged 81)
politician economist
Kristina Persson is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. She served as Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Minister for Strategic Development, under Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, from October 2014 to May 2016.
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Mikael Odenberg

41. Mikael Odenberg

1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Mikael Ingemarsson Odenberg is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was a Member of Parliament from 1991 to 2006 and Minister for Defence in the Swedish government from 2006 to 2007. From 1 March 2008 to 28 February 2017 he was the director-general of Svenska kraftnät.
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Anton Abele

42. Anton Abele

1992-. (aged 34)
politician
Anton Amadé Abele is a Swedish activist, debater and politician who was Member of Parliament for Stockholm County, replacing former Minister for Culture and Sports Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, from the 2010 general election until the 2014 general election. At the age of 18, he is the youngest person ever to become a Member of Parliament in Sweden, as well as...
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Kjell A. Nordström

43. Kjell A. Nordström

1958-. (aged 68)
business theorist economist
Kjell Anders Nordström is a Swedish economist, writer and public speaker.
Erik Thedéen

44. Erik Thedéen

1963-. (aged 63)
civil servant businessperson
Erik Hilding Thedéen is a Swedish economist, business leader and civil servant, who served as Director General of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority from 2015 to 2022. Since 1 January 2023 he serves as the Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden.
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Hans Dahlgren

45. Hans Dahlgren

1948-. (aged 78)
journalist politician
Hans Eric Albert Dahlgren is a Swedish politician and former diplomat. A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, he served as Minister for European Union Affairs from January 2019 to 17 October 2022 under Prime Minister Stefan Löfven; he retained the position in the Andersson Cabinet.
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Per Westerberg

46. Per Westerberg

1951-. (aged 75)
businessperson politician
Per Erik Gunnar Westerberg is a Swedish politician who was Speaker of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2014. He was a Member of the Riksdag from 1979 to 2014, its most senior member from 2006 to his resignation (see Father of the House). He was Sweden's Minister for Industry and Trade from 1991 to 1994.
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Olof Johansson

47. Olof Johansson

1937-. (aged 89)
politician
Sten Olof Håkan Johansson is a Swedish politician, who was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1987 to 1998 and Minister for the Environment from 1991 to 1994.
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Ulf Dinkelspiel

48. Ulf Dinkelspiel

1939-2017 (aged 78)
banker businessperson politician
Ulf Adolf Roger Dinkelspiel was a Swedish Moderate Party politician and financier.
Niklas Adalberth

49. Niklas Adalberth

1981-. (aged 45)
entrepreneur
Gustav Erik Niklas Adalberth is a Swedish entrepreneur and philanthropist, known as a co-founder of Klarna and the founder of Norrsken Foundation, a social impact organization founded in 2016.
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Benjamin Dousa

50. Benjamin Dousa

1992-. (aged 34)
politician
Benjamin Arif Dousa is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development Cooperation in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 10 September 2024.
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Assar Gabrielsson

51. Assar Gabrielsson

1891-1962 (aged 71)
entrepreneur
Assar Thorvald Nathanael Gabrielsson was a Swedish industrialist and co-founder of Volvo.
Anders Åslund

52. Anders Åslund

1952-. (aged 74)
diplomat economist university teacher
Per Anders Åslund is a Swedish economist and former Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is also a chairman of the International Advisory Council at the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE).
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Micael Dahlen

53. Micael Dahlen

1973-. (aged 53)
writer business theorist university teacher orator
Micael Dahlen is a Swedish author, public speaker and professor of wellbeing, welfare, and happiness at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. His research focusses on marketing, creativity and consumer behavior and has been published in four books and numerous journal articles. The rights to his books have been sold in the US, UK, Germany, South Korea, Russia and Brazil.
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Erik Åsbrink

54. Erik Åsbrink

1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Erik Åsbrink is a Swedish politician and former minister in two Social Democratic governments led by Ingvar Carlsson and Göran Persson. Later Åsbrink took part in shaping the informal guidelines called the 'business code of ethics'. Since July 2011 Åsbrink has been an international advisor to Goldman Sachs. In this position Åsbrink gives the bank strategic consultancy on growth opportunities...
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Anders Wall

55. Anders Wall

1931-. (aged 95)
patron of the arts businessperson entrepreneur
Karl Anders Wall is a Swedish businessman, the former chairman of Volvo.
Björn Eriksson

56. Björn Eriksson

1945-. (aged 81)
civil servant
Björn Gustaf Eriksson is a Swedish civil servant. A former director of the Swedish Coast Guard, the Swedish Customs Service, the Swedish police, and president of Interpol. He was, from 1996 to 31 August 2009, governor of Östergötland County, residing at the Linköping Castle.
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Ali Esbati

57. Ali Esbati

1976-. (aged 50)
blogger politician
Ali Esbati is an Iranian-Swedish politician of the Left Party who was a member of the Riksdag from 2014 to 2024. An economist, he was the chairman of Young Left from 2001 to 2004. He was also the economic spokesperson for the Left Party from 2022 to 2024. He became famous for his blogging; his blog Esbatis kommentarer was at...
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Inga-Britt Ahlenius

58. Inga-Britt Ahlenius

1939-. (aged 87)
civil servant non-fiction writer
Inga-Britt Monica Stigsdotter Ahlenius is a Swedish auditor, public servant and former Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS).
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Jan Carlzon

59. Jan Carlzon

1941-. (aged 85)
businessperson extra
Jan Gösta Carlzon, né Karlsson is a Swedish businessman. He is most noted for being chief executive officer of SAS Group from 1981 to 1994.
Mårten Palme

60. Mårten Palme

1961-. (aged 65)
economist
Mårten Olof Palme is a Swedish economist focusing on labor economics. He is a professor of economics at Stockholm University.
Johan Forssell

61. Johan Forssell

1979-. (aged 47)
blogger politician
Carl Johan Henrik Forssell is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 10 September 2024, having served as Minister for Foreign Trade and International Development Cooperation prior to that. and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2010 general election, representing Stockholm...
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Marcus Wallenberg

62. Marcus Wallenberg

1899-1982 (aged 83)
banker tennis player
Marcus "Dodde" Wallenberg Jr. RoKKMO, was a Swedish banker, business manager and member of the Swedish Wallenberg family. He was the most influential representative for the Swedish industrial tradition and Swedish business’ during the 20th century. He was the CEO of Stockholms Enskilda Bank 1946–1958 and during half a century – from the early 1930s until his death in 1982...
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Peter Wolodarski

63. Peter Wolodarski

1978-. (aged 48)
television presenter editor-in-chief journalist
Peter Wolodarski is a Swedish journalist and television host. He has been the editor of the Stockholm-based Dagens Nyheter since 10 March 2013.
Tino Sanandaji

64. Tino Sanandaji

1980-. (aged 46)
writer economist
Tino Sanandaji is an Iranian–Swedish economist and author.
Sebastian Siemiatkowski

65. Sebastian Siemiatkowski

1981-. (aged 45)
entrepreneur business executive
Sebastian Siemiatkowski is a Swedish entrepreneur who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of fintech company Klarna. In 2022, his net worth was estimated at $3.2 billion as Klarna's valuation increased although he is (as of 2025) no longer a billionaire.
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Anna Holmlund

66. Anna Holmlund

1987-. (aged 39)
freestyle skier association football player
Anna Ida Holmlund is a Swedish former ski cross athlete.
Stefan Ingves

67. Stefan Ingves

1953-. (aged 73)
banker economist
Stefan Nils Magnus Ingves is a Finnish-born Swedish banker, economist and civil servant who served as the Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden, from 2006 to 2022. He serves as the vice-chairman of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) since November 2021. In June 2022, Ingves announced that he will resign as Governor of Sveriges Riksbank on...
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Kristian Luuk

68. Kristian Luuk

1966-. (aged 60)
television presenter
Ants Robert Kristian Luuk is a Swedish comedian and television presenter. He has presented several shows such as Sen kväll med Luuk, Melodifestivalen and På spåret. He was married to Carina Berg.
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Trita Parsi

69. Trita Parsi

1974-. (aged 52)
writer political scientist
Trita Parsi is an Iranian-born Swedish writer, analyst, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is also the founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council, which lobbies for stances on behalf of, and aligned with, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Amit Sebastian Paul

70. Amit Sebastian Paul

1983-. (aged 43)
singer
Amit Sebastian Paul is a Swedish businessman and singer. He was a member of the Swedish pop band A-Teens from 1998 to 2009, briefly pursued a solo recording career after the band disbanded, and again in 2024. They are currently competing in Melodifestivalen 2026, Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest preselection.
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Ola Håkansson

71. Ola Håkansson

1945-. (aged 81)
singer record producer screenwriter composer lyricist
Ola Håkansson is a Swedish singer, composer and producer. He is the founder and CEO of TEN Music Group, a Swedish independent record label. He also founded Stockholm Records, another record label and a subsidiary of UMG. In 2012 Ola started 100 SONGS, a record label focused on releasing singles.
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Jonas Hassen Khemiri

72. Jonas Hassen Khemiri

1978-. (aged 48)
screenwriter university teacher novelist writer playwright
Jonas Hassen Khemiri is a Swedish writer. He is the author of six novels, seven plays, and a collection of essays, short stories and plays. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages. He has received the August Prize for fiction and a Village Voice Obie Award for best script. In 2017 he became the first Swedish writer...
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Ruben Rausing

73. Ruben Rausing

1895-1983 (aged 88)
entrepreneur
Anders Ruben Rausing was a Swedish industrialist and the founder of the liquid food packaging company Tetra Pak.
Cecilia Hagen

74. Cecilia Hagen

1946-. (aged 80)
journalist writer
Ellen Cecilia Margareta Hagen is a Swedish journalist and writer. She has worked for Expressen newspaper since 1973.
Klas Eklund

75. Klas Eklund

1952-. (aged 74)
economist
Klas Eklund is a Swedish economist and author.
Bertil Ohlin

76. Bertil Ohlin

1899-1979 (aged 80)
university teacher economist politician
Bertil Gotthard Ohlin was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liberal party which at the time was the largest party in opposition to the governing Social Democratic Party, from 1944 to 1967. He served briefly as...
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Viveca Sten

77. Viveca Sten

1959-. (aged 67)
writer advokat jurist businessperson
Viveca Sten is a Swedish writer and lawyer. She has a law degree from Stockholm University and has an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics. Previously, she worked at Scandinavian Airlines, has had a highly successful legal career as a lawyer and held the position as General Counsel at PostNord (the Swedish & Danish mail service), but left in...
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Natalya Sindeyeva

78. Natalya Sindeyeva

1971-. (aged 55)
television presenter journalist publisher media manager editor-in-chief
Natalya Vladimirovna Sindeyeva is a Russian journalist, founder, main owner and chief executive officer of the TV Rain media holding, which includes the TV Rain channel, the Republic.ru online magazine and the Big City magazine. She is the co-founder and former general producer of the Silver Rain radio station, and founder of the Silver Galosh anti-award. She is also a...
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Anna Kinberg Batra

79. Anna Kinberg Batra

1970-. (aged 56)
politician
Anna Maria Kinberg Batra is a Swedish politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and as Leader of the Moderate Party from 2015 to 2017. She was a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County from 2006 to 2018. She also served as parliamentary leader from 2010 to 2015.
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Jacob Wallenberg

80. Jacob Wallenberg

1956-. (aged 70)
banker entrepreneur business executive
Jacob Wallenberg is a Swedish banker and industrialist from the Wallenberg family who currently serves as a board member for multiple companies. He was described by The Guardian as a “prince in Sweden's royal family of finance”.
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Alexander Bard

81. Alexander Bard

1961-. (aged 65)
politician philosopher economist record producer composer
Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard is a Swedish musician, author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, religious and political activist, and one of the founders of the Syntheist religious movement alongside his co-author Jan Söderqvist. Bard is a member of music band Army of Lovers.
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Carl Pei

82. Carl Pei

1989-. (aged 37)
entrepreneur businessperson
Carl Pei Yu is a Swedish entrepreneur. He co-founded OnePlus along with Pete Lau, in 2013 and was the director of OnePlus Global. He left the firm in October 2020 to start a new hardware venture, called Nothing.
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Max Tegmark

83. Max Tegmark

1967-. (aged 59)
cosmologist writer physicist astrophysicist astronomer
Max Tegmark is a Swedish-American physicist, machine learning researcher and author. He is a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He co-founded and leads the Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit focused on reducing global catastrophic risks from advanced technologies.
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Johan Renck

84. Johan Renck

1966-. (aged 60)
singer film director composer record producer music video director
Bo Johan Renck is a Swedish director of music videos, TV and film. He was originally a singer-songwriter from 1991 to 2001, using the moniker Stakka Bo, and had an international hit with his single "Here We Go" in 1993. Renck later became a music-video and television director, winning an Emmy Award in 2019 for his work on the mini-series...
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Ola Källenius

85. Ola Källenius

1969-. (aged 57)
businessperson manager
Sten Ola Källenius is a Swedish-German business executive. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Management and CEO of the Mercedes-Benz Group. Källenius was the first non-German to hold both positions prior to obtaining German citizenship.
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Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten

86. Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten

1906-1947 (aged 41)
military personnel equestrian aristocrat
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne. He was the eldest son of Gustaf VI Adolf, who was crown prince for most of his son's life and ascended the Swedish throne three years after his son's death. The current king,...
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Magdalena Andersson

87. Magdalena Andersson

1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Eva Magdalena Andersson is a Swedish politician and economist who has served as Leader of the Opposition since 2022 and as Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021. She has served as a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County since 2014. She previously served as the first female Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, as...
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