Famous Swedes

Famous dead Swedes who have no or not much information on Wikitree yet. The lists are updated every other hour.

With few ancestors in Wikitree

These have few entered ancestors in Wikitree (counted up to five generations up) in relation to how famous they seem to be.

WikitreeWikidata
Akseli (Gallen) Gallen-Kallela (0) Akseli Gallen-Kallela
August Strindberg (5) August Strindberg
Allvar Gullstrand (0) Allvar Gullstrand
Manne Siegbahn (1) Manne Siegbahn
Elias Fries (1) Elias Magnus Fries
Svante Arrhenius (5) Svante August Arrhenius
Klas Pontus Arnoldson (0) Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Gustaf Retzius (0) Gustaf Retzius
Michael Nyqvist (0) Michael Nyqvist
Alice (Nilsson) Sjöblom (0) Alice Babs
Axel Munthe (1) Axel Munthe
Oscar Montelius (0) Oscar Montelius
Verner von Heidenstam (4) Verner von Heidenstam
Carl (Andersson) Milles (1) Carl Milles
Anders Ångström (1) Anders Jonas Ångström
Kai Siegbahn (2) Kai Siegbahn
Victor Sjöström (1) Victor Sjöström
Sigfrid Edström (0) Sigfrid Edström
Carl Charlier (0) Carl Charlier
Viktor Rydberg (2) Viktor Rydberg
Bruno Liljefors (2) Bruno Liljefors
Victoria (Bruzelius) Benedictsson (2) Victoria Benedictsson
Hans Rosling (2) Hans Rosling
Moa (Swartz) Martinson (1) Moa Martinson
Anna (Jäderin) Branting (0) Anna Branting
Olof Ullsten (1) Ola Ullsten
Per Wahlöö (2) Per Wahlöö
Sven Hedin (9) Sven Hedin
Ivar Tengbom (0) Ivar Tengbom
Gillis Grafström (0) Gillis Grafström
Anders Zorn (10) Anders Zorn
Siri von Essen (0) Siri von Essen
Nils Kreuger (1) Nils Kreuger
August Palm (0) August Palm
Jenny (Lind) Goldschmidt (8) Jenny Lind
Per Atterbom (4) Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom
Karin Boye (6) Karin Boye
Marie Taglioni (5) Marie Taglioni
Bengt Fries (0) Bengt Fredrik Fries
Carl Boberg (0) Carl Boberg
Gösta Ekman (3) Gösta Ekman
Carl Johan Thyselius (1) Carl Johan Thyselius
Isaac Grünewald (4) Isaac Grünewald
Maja (Hallén) Fjaestad (0) Maja Fjæstad
Salomon Henschen (2) Salomon Eberhard Henschen
Sivar Arnér (1) Sivar Arnér
Victor Hasselblad (1) Victor Hasselblad
Ingrid Bergman (14) Ingrid Bergman
Sture Lagerwall (0) Sture Lagerwall
Agda (Reuterskiöld) Montelius (1) Agda Montelius
Christian Lundeberg (2) Christian Lundeberg
Ragnar Östberg (3) Ragnar Östberg
Gustaf de Laval (4) Gustaf de Laval
Emma (Löwstädt) Chadwick (1) Emma Chadwick
Sven Lidman (2) Sven Lidman
Franz Berwald (8) Franz Berwald
Gunnar Sträng (2) Gunnar Sträng
Per Cleve (6) Per Teodor Cleve
Louis de Geer (5) Louis Gerhard De Geer
Karin (Bergöö) Larsson (4) Karin Bergöö Larsson
Gabriel Gustafson (0) Gabriel Gustafson
Baltzar von Platen (0) Baltzar von Platen
Pehr Edman (0) Pehr Victor Edman
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (11) Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
Anna Nilsson (2) Anna Q. Nilsson
Gustaf Tenggren (3) Gustaf Tenggren
Tor (Johansson) Johnson (2) Tor Johnson
Elsa (Maartman) Beskow (9) Elsa Beskow
Gustaf Dalén (10) Gustaf Dalén
Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (0) Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
Christian Günther (4) Christian Günther
John Lind (0) John Lind
Nils von Kantzow (0) Nils von Kantzow
Erik Carlsson (0) Erik Carlsson
Felix Hamrin (4) Felix Hamrin
Hjalmar Branting (12) Hjalmar Branting
Gerhard de Geer (7) Gerard De Geer
Johan Börjeson (2) John Börjeson
Sara Lidman (9) Sara Lidman
Greta (Gustafsson) Garbo (17) Greta Garbo
Johan Petter Johansson (2) Johan Petter Johansson
Knut Ångström (5) Knut Ångström

Not in Wikitree?

These seem to be missing in Wikitree. It is possible that they exist, but that there is no link to Wikitree in Wikidata. In that case you can fix that by going to the end of the Wikidata page and click add statement. In the box Property write their WikiTree person ID (with completion) and fill in the right value.

It is also possible that they exist, but are private, even though they are deceased, especially if that happened recently. Watch out so you don’t create a duplicate in that case!

Swedes?

Are these really Swedes? No, maybe not all of them. The criteria I use when searching in Wikidata sometimes yield surprising results.