Politicians
- Carl Bildt (born 1949), former prime minister, current minister of foreign affairs
- Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667), statesman
- Ingvar Carlsson (born 1934), former prime minister
- Tage Erlander (1901-1985), former prime minister
- Axel von Fersen (1755–1810), statesman
- Thorbjörn Fälldin (born 1926), former prime minister
- Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622–1686), statesman
- Louis De Geer (1818–1896), former prime minister
- Arvid Horn (1664–1742), statesman
- Anna Lindh (1957–2003), foreign minister (assassinated)
- Alva Myrdal (1902–1986), politician, agitator
- Axel Oxenstierna (1583–1654), politician
- Olof Palme (1927–1986), former prime minister (assassinated)
- Göran Persson (born 1949), former Prime Minister of Sweden
- Jöran Persson (1530–1568), counsellor to King Erik XIV (executed)
- Fredrik Reinfeldt (born 1965), leader of the Moderate Party and current Prime Minister of Sweden
- Sten Sture the Elder (1440–1503), statesman
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“I’ve always wondered why European politicians as a group seemed brighter than American politicians as a group. Maybe it’s because many American politicians have the race issue to fall back on. They become lazy, suspicious of innovative ideas, and as a result American institutions atrophy.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)