List of Swedish People - Sport

Sport

  • Stefan "Lillis" Åkesson – skateboarder
  • Daniel Alfredsson (born 1972) – ice hockey player
  • Arne Andersson (1917–2009) - track, world record holder in mile
  • Håkan Andersson – ice hockey scout
  • Malin Andersson (born 1973) – football player
  • Niklas Andersson (born 1971) – ice hockey player
  • Magnus Arvedson (born 1971) – ice hockey player
  • P. J. Axelsson (born 1975) – ice hockey player
  • Nicklas Backstrom (born 1987) - ice hockey player
  • Kristin Bengtsson (born 1970) – football player
  • Kajsa Bergqvist (born 1976) – high jump athlete
  • Stig Blomqvist (born 1946) – rally driver, World Champion
  • Björn Borg (born 1956) – tennis player
  • Ali Boulala – skateboarder
  • Kenny Bräck (born 1966) – Indy Racing League driver
  • Martin Dahlin (born 1968) – football player
  • Ulf Dahlén (born 1967) – ice hockey player
  • Stefan Edberg (born 1966) – tennis player
  • Sten Ekberg (born 1964) - Track and Field athlete
  • Loui Eriksson (born 1985) – ice hockey player
  • Sven-Göran Eriksson (born 1948) – football manager
  • Magdalena Forsberg (born 1965) – biathlete
  • Peter Forsberg (born 1973) – ice hockey player
  • Johan Franzén (born 1979) – ice hockey player
  • Gillis Grafström (1893–1938) – figure skating Olympic and World Champion
  • Anders Graneheim (born 1962) – bodybuilder
  • Tomas Gustafson (born 1959) – speed skater Olympic Gold and Silver medalist
  • Alexander Gustafsson (born 1987) - Mixed Martial Artist top 10 Light Heavyweight in the world
  • Toini Gustafsson (born 1938) – cross-country skier Olympic Gold and Silver medalist
  • Johan Harmenberg (born 1954) - épée fencer, Olympic champion
  • Johan Hedberg (born 1973) – ice hockey player
  • Gunder Hägg (1918–2004)- track, world record holder in mile
  • Stefan Holm (born 1976) – high jump athlete
  • Johan Holmqvist (born 1978) – ice hockey player
  • Tomas Holmström (born 1973) – ice hockey player
  • Kristian Huselius (born 1978) – ice hockey player
  • Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 1981) – football player
  • Anders Järryd (born 1961) - tennis player
  • Ingemar Johansson (born 1932) – World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
  • Susanna Kallur (born 1981) – Track and Field athlete
  • Jenny Kallur (born 1981) – Track and Field athlete
  • Carolina Klüft (born 1983) – Track and Field athlete
  • Niklas Kronwall (born 1981) – ice hockey player
  • Henrik Larsson (born 1971) – football player
  • Nicklas Lidström (born 1970) – ice hockey player
  • Fredrik Ljungberg (born 1977) – football player
  • Hanna Ljungberg (born 1979) – football player
  • Mikael Ljungberg (1970–2004) – wrestler
  • Håkan Loob (born 1960) – ice hockey player
  • Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982) – ice hockey player and a Swedish gold medalist in the ice hockey part in the olympics
  • Fredrik Modin (born 1974) – ice hockey player
  • Roland Nilsson (born 1963) – football player
  • Gunnar Nordahl (1921–1995) – football player
  • Magnus Norman (born 1976) – tennis player
  • Mattias Norström (born 1972) – ice hockey player
  • Michael Nylander (born 1972) – ice hockey player
  • Markus Näslund (born 1973) – ice hockey player
  • Mats Näslund (born 1959) – ice hockey player
  • Bobby Nystrom (born 1952) - ice hockey right wing (NHL)
  • Mattias Öhlund (born 1976) – ice hockey player
  • Jesper Parnevik (born 1965) – golfer
  • Samuel Påhlsson (born 1977) – ice hockey player
  • Thomas Ravelli (born 1959) – football player
  • Tony Rickardsson (born 1970) – speedway motor racer
  • Börje Salming (born 1951) – ice hockey player
  • Magnus Samuelsson (born 1969) – World's Strongest Man champion
  • Mikael Samuelsson (born 1976) – ice hockey player
  • Daniel Sedin (born 1980) – ice hockey player
  • Henrik Sedin (born 1980) – ice hockey player
  • Ingemar Stenmark (born 1956) – alpine skier
  • Mats Sundin (born 1971) – ice hockey player
  • Ronnie Sundin (born 1970) – ice hockey player
  • Niklas Sundström (born 1975) – ice hockey player
  • Gunde Svan (born 1962) – cross-country skier
  • Annika Sörenstam (born 1970) – golfer
  • Björn Waldegård (born 1943) – rally driver, World Champion
  • Jan-Ove Waldner (born 1965) – table tennis player
  • Thomas Wassberg (born 1956) – cross-country skier Olympic and World Champion
  • Per Welinder – skateboarder
  • Pernilla Wiberg (born 1970) – alpine skier
  • Mats Wilander (born 1964) tennis player
  • Magnus Wislander (born 1964) – handball player, voted World Player of the Century 1999
  • Johan Wissman (born 1982) – sprinter 2006 European Athletic Championship 200 m silver medalist
  • Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980) – ice hockey player

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Famous quotes containing the word sport:

    “Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.
    ”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)

    “For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
    —Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)

    ““Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d’Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on.
    The End”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)