Notable Alumni of University of Gothenburg [Sorted List]

1. Dan Hultmark

1949-. (aged 77)

biologist

Dan Hultmark is a Swedish biologist currently Professor Emeritus, whose research focused on the mechanisms of innate immunity, using Drosophila as a model system, at Umeå University and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Hultmark is also a member of the Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium, Tribolium Genome Sequencing Consortium.

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2. Per-Erik Öhrn

1946-. (aged 80)

actor director translator

Per-Erik Lennart Öhrn is a Swedish opera and theatre director, opera singer, actor, professor, translator and artistic director.

3. Ulla Dinger

1955-. (aged 71)

mathematician

Ulla Margarete Dinger is a Swedish mathematician specializing in mathematical analysis. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Gothenburg.

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4. Marianne Andersson

1942-. (aged 84)

politician economist

Marianne Andersson is a Swedish Centre Party politician and economist.

5. Anna Sibinska

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Anna Sibinska is a Swedish politician. From September 2018 to September 2022, she served as Member of the Riksdag representing the constituency of Gothenburg Municipality.

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6. Teresa Lagergård

1946-. (aged 80)

microbiologist

Teresa Lagergård was born 1946 in Sosnowiec, Poland. She is professor emerita at University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

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7. Roger I. Glass

scientist

Roger I. Glass is an American physician-scientist who served as the Director of the John E. Fogarty International Center.

8. Ferdinando Sardella

Indologist

Ferdinando Sardella, born July 16, 1960, in Vicenza, Italy, is an Italian scholar of the history of religions, Hinduism, and religious studies, the former director and coordinator of the Forum for South Asia Studies at Uppsala University.

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9. Sara Widén

1981-2014 (aged 33)

opera singer

Sara Kristina Widén was a Swedish opera singer (soprano). From 2013 until her death, she was starring in productions by the Royal Swedish Opera.

10. Susanna Roxman

1946-2015 (aged 69)

poet writer

Susanna Roxman was an Anglophone writer, poet and critic born in Stockholm; her father’s family is Scottish. She was considered a gifted child. Her first few books were written in Swedish, but she switched over to English as her professional language. After having worked for some years as a secretary, a ballet teacher, and a fashion model, Roxman studied at...

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11. Dilruba Z. Ara

1957-. (aged 69)

writer

Dilruba Z. Ara is a Swedish Bangladeshi writer, novelist, artist, educator and translator.

12. Lars Elinderson

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Lars Elinderson was a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was a member of the Riksdag (Parliament) in 1998–2002, and 2006–2014. He also served as a replacement member of the Riksdag in 2004. Before serving in the Parliament, Elinderson was a County Council Commissioner in Skaraborg County Council 1982-1991 and the Mayor of Falköping municipality from 1991 to 1998....

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13. Carl Anders Dymling

1898-1961 (aged 63)

film producer

Carl-Anders Dymling was a Swedish film producer and director.

14. Bo Rybeck

1935-2019 (aged 84)

military personnel physician

Bo Rybeck was a Swedish physician and researcher. He served as Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces (1981–1985) and as Director-General of the Swedish National Defence Research Institute (1985–1994).

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15. Seyed Javad Miri

1971-. (aged 55)

university teacher sociologist

Seyed Javad Miri Meynagh is a Swedish-Iranian sociologist. He is known for his expertise on social theory and Islamic thinkers.

16. Hannes Sköld

1886-1930 (aged 44)

politician philologist linguist translator poet

Johannes Evelinus "Hannes" Sköld was a Swedish socialist and anti-militarist. Sköld was also a linguist, teacher, writer, poet, and songwriter.

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17. Anita Hansbo

1960-. (aged 66)

university teacher mathematician academic administrator

Anita Hansbo is a Swedish mathematician and academic administrator, the former rector or president of Jönköping University.

18. Jörgen Lehmann

1898-1989 (aged 91)

biochemist physician

Jörgen Erik Lehmann was a Danish-Swedish physician and clinical chemist best known for his discovery in the 1940s that para-amino salicylic acid (PAS) would make an excellent orally-available tuberculosis therapy. PAS was, together with streptomycin, the first efficacious anti-microbial therapy for tuberculosis and remained in clinical use for several decades. The exclusion of him as a Nobel laureate in 1952...

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19. Christina Olofson

1948-. (aged 78)

screenwriter film director director film producer

Anna-Maria Christina Olofson is a Swedish film director, producer and scriptwriter. In 1974, after founding the Hagafilm production company with Göran du Rées, she went on to produce a number of films with him. She has since made a number of documentaries on women's contributions to society, including A Woman Is a Risky Bet: Six Orchestra Conductors (1987) and I...

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20. Lennart Grebelius

1953-. (aged 73)

artist writer investor

Nils Lennart Grebelius is a Swedish businessman and philanthropist.

21. Emma Samuelsson

1988-. (aged 38)

fencer

Emma Katinka Renée Samuelsson is a Swedish épée fencer, silver medallist in the 2007 European Championships.

22. Anna Wåhlin

1970-. (aged 56)

researcher oceanographer

Anna Wåhlin is a Swedish researcher on the Antarctic and the polar seas. She is a professor of physical oceanography at the University of Gothenburg and co-chair of the Southern Ocean Observing System.

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23. Karin Aasma

1926-2012 (aged 86)

historian art historian

Karin Aasma was an Estonian-Swedish art historian.

24. Sten Grillner

1941-. (aged 85)

neuroscientist university teacher

Sten Grillner is a Swedish neurophysiologist and distinguished professor at the Karolinska Institute's Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology in Stockholm where he is the director of that institute. He is considered one of the world's foremost experts in the cellular bases of motor behaviour. His research is focused on understanding the cellular bases of motor behaviour; in particular, he has shown...

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25. Waldemar Sjölander

1906-1988 (aged 82)

university teacher painter sculptor

Gustav Waldemar Sjölander Johnson was a Swedish painter, printmaker and sculptor, who developed most of his career in Mexico. He immigrated to the country just after World War II, after establishing himself as an artist in his native Sweden. His career included individual exhibitions in venues such as the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico and the Konstakademin in Sweden,...

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26. Mats Lidström

1959-. (aged 67)

composer cellist music educator university teacher

Mats Lidström is a Swedish solo cellist, recording artist, chamber musician, composer, teacher and publisher.

27. Bo Berndtsson

1950-. (aged 76)

mathematician

Bo Berndtsson, is a Swedish mathematician. His main contributions concern the theory of several complex variables and complex geometry. He gained in 1971 a BA degree from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and obtained his PhD in 1977 under the direction of Tord Ganelius. Since 1996 he has been a professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. He...

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28. Svenny Kopp

1948-. (aged 78)

scientist

Svenny Kopp is a Swedish psychiatrist at Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, in Gothenburg. Her research is primarily focused on neuropsychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Kopp studied for her doctorate at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. In her thesis, titled the "Girl Project", found that girls with signs of autism...

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29. Thomas Sterner

1952-. (aged 74)

university teacher economist

Thomas Nils Samuel Sterner is a Swedish economist and a professor of environmental economics at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. His research and publications are mostly focused on the design of policy instruments which address environmental problems. Sterner has published more than 125 articles in refereed journals. He has a Google scholar h-index of 50 (2021). He authored or...

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30. Maria Nilsson

1979-. (aged 47)

politician

Maria Nilsson is a Swedish politician from the Liberals. On 13 April 2022, she became party secretary of the Liberals after Juno Blom's resignation.

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31. Tomas Brunegård

1962-. (aged 64)

businessperson

Tomas Brunegård is the Chairman of the Swedish Newspaper Publishers' Association and President of World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). He is also the former CEO of the Swedish media company the Stampen Group.

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32. Jessica Nettelbladt

1972-. (aged 54)

director film director

Jessica Maria Nettelbladt is a Swedish director and documentary filmmaker, specializing in personal interviews.

33. Kerstin Anér

1920-1991 (aged 71)

writer politician

Kerstin Anér was a Swedish politician and Christian writer.

34. Elin Anna Labba

1980-. (aged 46)

author editor-in-chief journalist

Elin Anna Labba is a Sámi author and journalist from Sweden. She has won multiple prizes for her first book The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow: The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi (Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige), which describes the forced migration of the Sámi from Norway to Sweden from 1919 to 1920.

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35. Åke Sellström

1948-. (aged 78)

scientist

Åke Sellström is a Swedish academic and expert in arms, especially in chemical weapons. He has been active at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI).

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36. Maria Ernestam

1959-. (aged 67)

journalist writer

Maria Ernestam is a Swedish author and journalist.

37. Anders Flanking

1957-. (aged 69)

civil servant politician

Per Anders Daniel Flanking is a Swedish politician and civil servant, serving as Governor of Gotland County from 2019 to 2024. He also held office as Secretary of the Centre Party between 2006–2010 and Secretary of State between 2011 and 2014.

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38. Aron Modig

1985-. (aged 41)

politician

Aron Modig is a Swedish politician who was chairman of the Young Christian Democrats, the youth wing of the Christian Democrats from 2011 to 2013.

39. Ingemar Düring

1903-1984 (aged 81)

university teacher classical philologist translator

Ingemar Düring was a Swedish Classical Philologist. From 1945 to 1970 he was a professor at University of Gothenburg. His most notable work is Aristotle in the Ancient Biographical Tradition.

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40. Balsam Karam

1983-. (aged 43)

writer librarian

Balsam Karam is a Swedish writer and librarian of Iranian Kurdish descent.

41. Erik Lönnroth

1910-2002 (aged 92)

historian

Erik Lönnroth was one of the most notable Swedish historians of the 20th century. He was a life member of the Swedish Academy from 1962 and member of various faculties.

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42. Göran K. Hansson

1951-. (aged 75)

physician immunologist

Göran K. Hansson, is a Swedish physician and scientist.

43. Rodrigo Tavares

1978-. (aged 48)

political scientist academic business executive

Rodrigo Marques Tavares is a Portuguese scholar, financial market professional, and public administrator. He is a full professor (adjunct) at the NOVA School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) and the founder and CEO of Granito Group, a financial group dedicated to the advancement of the sustainable economy. In 2017, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World...

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44. Aron Emilsson

1990-. (aged 36)

politician

Robert Aron Emilsson is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party. He represents the Östergötland County constituency. He also serves as the SD's spokesman on foreign policy.

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45. Erling Eidem

1880-1972 (aged 92)

archbishop university teacher theologian translator Lutheran pastor

Erling Eidem was a Swedish theologian who served as archbishop of Uppsala 1931–1950.

46. Bo Ralph

1945-. (aged 81)

university teacher linguist writer

Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph is a Swedish linguist, member of the Swedish Academy, and professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at University of Gothenburg. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 15 April 1999 and admitted on 20 December 1999. Bo Ralph succeeded the philosopher and sociologist Torgny T:son Segerstedt to Seat No.2.

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47. Johan Ullman

1953-. (aged 73)

inventor physician

Johan Ullman is a Swedish medical doctor, scientist, and inventor.

48. Erik Gatenholm

1989-. (aged 37)

businessperson business executive

Erik Gatenholm is a Swedish-American entrepreneur. He is credited with marketing the world's first universal bio-ink.

49. Mikael Mogren

1969-. (aged 57)

Lutheran bishop theologian

Bengt Mikael Mogren is a Swedish bishop, theologian and author.

50. Njuguna Ndung'u

1959-. (aged 67)

banker economist

Njūgūna S. Ndūng'ū is a Kenyan economist who is the ex-Minister of Finance in the cabinet of President William Samoei Ruto from October 2022 to July 2024.

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51. Åsa Westlund

1976-. (aged 50)

blogger politician

Åsa Ingrid Gunilla Westlund is a Swedish politician who has been Member of the Riksdag since 2014, representing Stockholm County. In the Riksdag, she is chairman of the Committee on Finance since 2020.

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52. Carl Wilhelmson

1866-1928 (aged 62)

university teacher painter photographer

Carl Wilhelm Wilhelmson was a Swedish painter, graphic artist, amateur photographer and art teacher.

53. Vicke Lindstrand

1904-1983 (aged 79)

sculptor designer textile artist

Victor Emanuel Lindstrand, known as Vicke Lindstrand was a Swedish glass designer, textile and ceramic designer, and painter. He is considered a pioneer of Swedish glass art. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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54. Göran Marby

1963-. (aged 63)

businessperson

Bo Göran Edward Marby is a Swedish businessman who served as the CEO and President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) from May 2016 to December 2022, a non-profit corporation based in California.

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55. Roland Utbult

1951-. (aged 75)

singer teacher politician

Roland Utbult is a Swedish politician and musician. Prior to entering politics, Utbult had a successful musical career in the Christian genre of Swedish music. He is a politician serving Kristdemokraterna in the Swedish Riksdag using his musical ability in his service as a politician before the parliament. Along with other influential Christian musicians, Utbult appeared on the Swedish version...

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56. Azita Shariati

1968-. (aged 58)

businessperson

Azita Shariaty Khalil Abad is a Swedish business executive. Since 2014, she has headed the Swedish branch of the French catering and support services multinational Sodexo where she oversees operations for the Nordic countries. In February 2015, the Swedish weekly business magazine Veckans Affärer named her the most powerful business woman in Sweden.

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57. K. K. Talwar

1946-. (aged 80)

cardiologist writer

Kewal Kishan Talwar is an Indian cardiologist, medical academic and writer, and a former chairman of the Medical Council of India. He is a former director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and is reported to have performed the first implantation of Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy in South Asia. He is also credited with the...

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58. Nina Björk

1967-. (aged 59)

anti-transgender activist writer journalist

Nina Björk is a Swedish writer and a feminist activist. She is most well known for Under det rosa täcket (Under the Pink Duvet), a feminist book written in 1996.

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59. Malin Byström

1973-. (aged 53)

opera singer

Malin Byström is a Swedish lyric soprano.

60. Sven-Eric Liedman

1939-. (aged 87)

translator philosopher writer historian

Sven-Eric Liedman is a Swedish author and Professor Emeritus of history of ideas at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden.

61. Mats Malm

1964-. (aged 62)

translator literary historian editor university teacher

Mats Ulrik Malm is a Swedish literary writer and translator. On 18 October 2018, Malm was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, on 26 April 2019 he was elected the new Permanent Secretary and Speaker of the Swedish Academy.

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62. Marie Hermanson

1956-. (aged 70)

novelist writer journalist

Marie Hermanson is a Swedish writer and journalist. Many of her novels evoke fairy tales and myths, characterized by her sensually realist style. The Devil's Sanctuary, her first novel to be translated into English, appeared in 2013.

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63. Per Schlingmann

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Per Schlingmann was the party secretary of the Swedish Moderate Party between 28 September 2006 and 1 October 2010 (succeeding Sven Otto Littorin), and a prominent figure in its political reorientation following the 2002 election defeat and leading to its 2006 election success.

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64. Maria Turtschaninoff

1977-. (aged 49)

writer

Maria Turtschaninoff is a Finnish author. She is best known for writing fantasy books including Maresi, the first book in the Red Abbey Chronicles and winner of the 2014 Finlandia Junior Prize.

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65. Adam Cwejman

1985-. (aged 41)

blogger politician

Adam Michael Cwejman is a Swedish politician of Polish-Jewish descent.

66. Hans M. Hirschi

1967-. (aged 59)

writer

Hans Martin Hirschi is an author, writer and training executive and LGBT rights activist based in Sweden. He is also co-founder and president of Yaree, an independent publisher and consultancy firm.

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67. Gustaf Tenggren

1896-1970 (aged 74)

painter concept artist draftsperson illustrator animator

Gustaf Adolf Tenggren was a Swedish illustrator and animator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces. Tenggren was a chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company in the late 1930s, in what has been called the Golden Age of American animation, when animated feature films such as Snow White and...

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68. Lotta Lotass

1964-. (aged 62)

writer

Britt Inger Liselott "Lotta" Lotass Hagström is a Swedish writer. She holds a PhD of Comparative literature from the University of Gothenburg, and lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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69. Sture Allén

1928-2022 (aged 94)

university teacher linguist

Sture Allén was a Swedish professor of computational linguistics at the University of Gothenburg, who was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy between 1986 and 1999. Born in Gothenburg, he was elected to chair 3 of the Swedish Academy in 1980. He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Finnish Society of...

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70. Soraya Post

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Soraya Viola Heléna Post is a Swedish politician who was a member of European Parliament from Sweden. She is a member of the Feminist Initiative, part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

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71. Pål Hollender

1968-. (aged 58)

film producer screenwriter film director

Pål Anders Jörgen Hollender is a Swedish film director and performance artist.

72. Maria Wetterstrand

1973-. (aged 53)

blogger biologist politician lecturer

Maria Wetterstrand is a Swedish politician. She was one of the spokespersons of the Green Party alongside Peter Eriksson between 2002 and 2011. Between 2001 and 2011 she was a member of the Riksdag.

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73. Melker Schörling

1947-2023 (aged 76)

entrepreneur businessperson

Melker Schörling was a Swedish billionaire businessman. His investment company Melker Schörling AB (MSAB) had large interests in Securitas AB, Assa Abloy, Hexagon AB, Loomis and more. Schörling formed a partnership with fellow billionaire Gustaf Douglas, who was also a major shareholder in Securitas and Assa Abloy.

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74. Leif Pagrotsky

1951-. (aged 75)

politician economist

Leif Pagrotsky is a Swedish politician, economist, and diplomat. He served as minister of culture from 2004 to 2006 and minister for industry, employment and communications from 2002 to 2004 under Prime Minister Göran Persson. After this, he held the position of Consul General of Sweden in New York City from 2016 to 2018.

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75. Carl Bennet

1951-. (aged 75)

businessperson

Carl Reinhold Adolf Bennet is a Swedish billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of the medical technology firm Getinge and the printing company Elanders.

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76. Dag Malmberg

1953-. (aged 73)

actor director film director

Dag Åke Sigvard Malmberg is a Swedish actor and director, best known internationally for his role as Hans Petterson in The Bridge.

77. Percy Barnevik

1941-2025 (aged 84)

chief executive officer entrepreneur manager businessperson economist

Percy Nils Barnevik HonFREng was a Swedish business executive, best known as CEO and later chairman of ABB, and for being the centre of a giant pension dispute that shook Sweden in 2002. He was the co-founder of the non-profit organization Hand in Hand.

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78. Agnes Wold

1955-. (aged 71)

university teacher bacteriologist physician

Agnes Wold is a professor of clinical bacteriology specializing in the normal flora of the body, at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. She is a nationally known commentator on television, radio and in newspapers on issues related to infectious disease and women in science.

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79. Gustav Kasselstrand

1987-. (aged 39)

politician economist

Gustav Mattias Anton Kasselstrand is a Swedish politician who co-founded the Alternative for Sweden (AfS) in 2018. He was chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU) from 2011 to 2015 and served as political secretary to the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2011 to 2012. Kasselstrand was expelled from the Sweden Democrats on 27 April 2015 but remained chairman...

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80. Harald Treutiger

1956-. (aged 70)

journalist television presenter

Nils Harald Ossian Treutiger is a Swedish journalist and television host. Born in Gothenburg, he is best known for co-hosting the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest held in Malmö after Carola Häggkvist won in 1991.

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81. Agneta Pleijel

1940-. (aged 86)

novelist university teacher journalist poet literary critic

Agneta Pleijel is a Swedish novelist, poet, playwright, journalist and literary critic. Among her plays are Ordning härskar i Berlin from 1979. Among her novels are Vindspejare from 1987 and Drottningens chirurg from 2006. She has been a professor at Dramatiska Institutet since 1992. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1991 and the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize in 2018.

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82. Frida Boisen

1974-. (aged 52)

journalist

Frida Maria Boisen is a Swedish journalist and author.

83. Christopher Wollter

1972-. (aged 54)

actor film actor

Claes Brian Christopher Wollter is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in the Swedish productions of West Side Story and Miss Saigon. He has also appeared in several television productions.

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84. Annika Strandhäll

1975-. (aged 51)

trade unionist politician

Annika Strandhäll is a Swedish trade unionist and politician of the Social Democrats. She served as Minister for Climate and the Environment from 2021 to 2022. She also served as Minister for Social Security from 2014 until her resignation in 2019, following her partner's death a month earlier. She previously held the office of Minister for Social Affairs from 2017...

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85. Magnus Carlsson

1974-. (aged 52)

singer television presenter

Lars Magnus Carlsson is a Swedish singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados as well as a solo performer.

86. Carina Bergfeldt

1980-. (aged 46)

columnist writer journalist voice actor reporter

Barbro Carina Bergfeldt is a Swedish journalist, reporter, columnist and author. In March 2016 she became SVT's correspondent to Washington, D.C. until 2020 when she got her own talkshow with the same name as herself.

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87. Bianca Kronlöf

1985-. (aged 41)

actor screenwriter

Bianca Alicia Kronlöf is a Swedish actress, comedian and screenwriter.

88. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

1963-. (aged 63)

poet Islamic jurist

Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi is a Syrian Islamic scholar. A descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, al-Yaqoubi is a follower of the Maliki and Hanafi schools of thought.

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89. Arvid Carlsson

1923-2018 (aged 95)

pharmacologist university teacher physician pharmacist neuroscientist

Arvid Carlsson was a Swedish neuropharmacologist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, together with Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard.

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90. Chris Kirubi

1941-2021 (aged 80)

entrepreneur businessperson

Christopher John Kìrubi, born in Murang'a County, was a Kenyan businessman, entrepreneur, and industrialist. He was a director at Centum Investment Company, a business conglomerate, of which he was the largest individual shareholder.

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91. Camilla Läckberg

1974-. (aged 52)

television presenter novelist writer

Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg, also known as Camilla Läckberg Eriksson, is a Swedish crime writer and screenwriter. She is especially known for her series of novels set in Fjällbacka and featuring husband-and-wife duo of writer Erica Falck and police detective Patrik Hedström. The first of these, Isprinsessan, was published in Sweden in 2003. As of April 2025 the latest (11th)...

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92. Nick Bostrom

1973-. (aged 53)

university teacher philosopher

Nick Bostrom is a philosopher known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test. He was the founding director of the later defunct Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford and has become Principal Researcher at the Macrostrategy Research Initiative.

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93. José González

1978-. (aged 48)

songwriter singer-songwriter guitarist singer

José Gabriel González is a Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Gothenburg. He is also a member of the band Junip, along with Tobias Winterkorn.

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94. Håkan Hellström

1974-. (aged 52)

singer songwriter drummer composer recording artist

Håkan Georg Hellström is a Swedish musician. He made his breakthrough in Sweden in 2000 with the song "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg" and the album by the same name. He has released eleven studio albums to date with eight reaching number one on the Swedish Albums Chart, while Ett kolikbarns bekännelser reached number two.

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95. Jonas Jonasson

1961-. (aged 65)

television producer writer journalist

Pär-Ola Jonas Jonasson is a Swedish journalist and writer, best known as the author of the best-seller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.

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96. Lars Adaktusson

1955-. (aged 71)

television presenter politician journalist

Lars Göran Peter Adaktusson is a Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats. He served as a Member of the Riksdag from the 2018 general election until 2022. Prior to that, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

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97. Anna-Karin Hatt

1972-. (aged 54)

businessperson politician

Sara Anna-Karin Hatt is a Swedish politician and corporate executive who was the leader of the Centre Party from May to November 2025.

98. Britta Marakatt-Labba

1951-. (aged 75)

artist textile artist

Britta Margareta Marakatt-Labba is a Swedish Sámi textile artist, painter, graphic artist, and a member of the Máze Group.

99. Chimène van Oosterhout

1964-. (aged 62)

television presenter actor announcer

Chimène van Oosterhout is a Dutch TV personality, actress and singer. Since 1996, she has been presenting programs on Dutch television (TROS, Veronica TV, SBS6, Net5 and RTL 4). She was the winner of several Dutch celebrity TV competitions (including Peking Express VIPS in 2006 and Top Chef in 2009). Van Oosterhout is also an actress. She appeared in the...

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100. Cecilia Malmström

1968-. (aged 58)

diplomat political scientist university teacher politician

Anna Cecilia Malmström is a Swedish politician who served as European Commissioner for Trade from 2014 to 2019. She previously served as European Commissioner for Home Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and Minister for European Union Affairs from 2006 to 2010. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden from 1999 to 2006.

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