List of Swedish People - Music

Music

• Elena Paparizou, singer, Winner ESC 2005.
• ABBA, pop group
• Mikael Wikström, better known as Mike Wead, producer and guitarist for the bands King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Hexenhaus, Memento Mori, Candlemass
• Tommie Helgesson a.k.a. Snowy Shaw, singer and drummer, has been in bands such as King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Memento Mori, Therion, Triple X
• Charlotte Perrelli, singer, Winner ESC 1999.
• Amy Diamond, singer
• Agnes Carlsson, Swedish idol, singer
• Ace of Base, band
• A-Teens, pop group
• Alcázar, pop, dance group
• Amon Amarth, metal band
• Andreas Johnson, pop musician
• Army of Lovers, band
• bob hund, pop group
• Pandora, eurodance artist
• The Ark (band), glam-rock group
• Play, pop group
• Mikael Åkerfeldt, lead singer of Opeth
• Alice in Videoland, electro, pop, punk band
• Stikkan Anderson (1931–1997), producer
• Hugo Alfvén, composer
• Benny Andersson, musician/composer
• Karin Dreijer Andersson, singer-songwriter (The Knife, Fever Ray, Honey Is Cool)
• Arch Enemy, metal band
• Kurt Atterberg, composer
• Avicii stage name for Tim Bergling, electronic dance music DJ
• Alice Babs, singer, perhaps best known abroad for her work in the band Swedanes, a collaboration between her and the Danish musicians Svend Asmussen and Ulrik Neumann
• Sven-Erik Bäck, composer
• Alexander Bard, musician/composer/singer-songwriter
• Malena Ernman, Swedish opera singer
• Basshunter, Eurodance/trance DJ
• Bathory, metal band
• Frank Bakken, Singer and songwriter
• Franz Berwald, composer
• Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795), singer-songwriter
• Karl-Birger Blomdahl, composer
• Blue Swede and Björn Skifs, band
• Jussi Björling, opera singer

• Set Svanholm, opera singer
• Blindside, Christian rock band
• BWO, electro, pop, dance band
• The Cardigans, band
• Carola, singer
• Covenant (band), electopop band
• Dark Tranquillity, metal band
• Danny Saucedo, Swedish Idol 2006, singer
• Darin, Swedish Idol 2004, singer
• Gunnar de Frumerie, composer
• Dethklok, also a cartoon
• Dismember, metal band
• Dissection, metal band
• Draconian, metal band
• E-Type, Eurodance DJ
• Eagle-Eye Cherry, singer
• Eggstone, band
• Entombed, metal band
• Europe, band
• Eric Saade, pop singer
• Esbjörn Svensson Trio (or e.s.t.), jazz piano trio
• John Fernström, composer
• Agnetha Fältskog (born 1950), lead singer from ABBA
• Marie Fredriksson, singer/songwriter solo and Roxette
• Nicolai Gedda, opera singer
• Per Gessle, musician/composer solo and Roxette
• José González, singer-songwriter
• HammerFall, metal band
• Opeth, metal band
• Bo Hansson, musician
• Jakob Hellman (born 1974), pop singer
• The Hives, band
• Mando Diao, band
• Håkan Hellström, pop singer
• Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet-soloist
• In Flames, melodic death metal band
• Jonny Jakobsen, singer
• Kent, rock band
• Kleerup, singer-songwriter and producer
• The Knife, electronic duo
• Lake of Tears, metal band
• The Tough Alliance, pop duo
• Lars-Erik Larsson, composer
• Jens Lekman, singer-songwriter
• John Dhani Lennevald, singer
• Lykke Li, singer-songwriter
• Ingvar Lidholm, composer
• Jenny Lind, singer
• Bo Linde, composer
• Christian Lindberg, musician
• Sara Helena Lumholdt, singer
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad, lead singer from ABBA
• Marduk, metal band
• Hillevi Martinpelto, opera singer
• Mikkey Dee, Drummer in Motörhead
• Minnah Karlsson, singer-songwriter
• Max Martin, composer
• Måns Zelmerlöw, singer
• Daniel Gildenlöw, guitarist, composer (Pain of Salvation)
• Mattias Eklundh, guitarist (Freak Kitchen)
• Fredrik Thordendal, guitarist (Meshuggah)
• Yngwie J. Malmsteen, legendary guitarist and father of neo-classical metal. Paradigm-shifter of rock guitar.
• Millencolin, punk rock band
• Lisa Miskovsky, singer
• Birgit Nilsson, singer
• Christina Nilsson (1843–1921), singer
• Nocturnal Rites, metal band
• John Norum, guitarist (but originally from Vardo Norway
• Gösta Nystroem, composer
• Anne Sofie von Otter (born 1955), singer
• Per Yngve Ohlin (1969–1991), singer of metal bands Morbid and Mayhem
• Stefan Olsdal, bassist/guitarist in Placebo
• Amit Sebastian Paul, singer
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
• The Perishers (band), rock band
• Allan Pettersson, composer
• Povel Ramel (1922–2007), singer
• Ture Rangström, composer
• Refused, Rock Band
• The Wild Shore, Rock band
• Karin Rehnqvist, composer
• Patrik Ringborg, conductor
• Robin Carlsson (Robyn), singer-songwriter
• Johan Helmich Roman, the father of Swedish music
• Hilding Rosenberg, composer
• Roxette, duo
• September, singer-songwriter
• Marie Eleonor Serneholt, singer
• Skwisgaar Skwigelf, musician
• Tim Skold, best known as bassist (Shotgun Messiah, Skold, KMFDM/MDFMK, OhGr, Marilyn Manson)
• The Sounds, rock band
• Tove Styrke, singer-songwriter
• Wilhelm Stenhammar, composer
• Ola Svensson, singer-songwriter
• Evert Taube, singer-songwriter
• Therion, metal band
• Joakim Thåström, rock musician
• Tiger Lou, Rock Band
• Björn Ulvaeus, musician/composer
• Unleashed, metal band
• Cornelis Vreeswijk, singer-songwriter, Considered Swedish, although he never received a Swedish citizenship.
• Sabaton, metal band
• Machinae Supremacy, power-metal band
• Axwell, Swedish House Mafia
• Swedish House Mafia, Axwell, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso
• Eric Prydz, Swedish DJ
• The Field (musician), aka Axel Willner is a Microhouse, ambient techno artist/musician