This is a list of notable people connected to Gothenburg, Sweden.

A–M

Davida Afzelius-Bohlin (1866–1955) – mezzo-soprano concert and opera singer
Daniel Alfredsson – retired NHL hockey player; long time captain of the Ottawa Senators and forward for the Detroit Red Wings; played from 1991 to 2014
Helen Alfredsson – professional golfer; winner, 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Ingelin Angerborn – children's author
Margareta Arvidsson – Miss Sweden 1966, Miss Universe 1966
Bjorn Ulvaeus – singer-songwriter; member of ABBA
Jenny Berggren – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
Jonas Berggren – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
Linn Berggren – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
Joel Berghult – commonly known as Roomie; musician and YouTuber
Torsten Billman (1909–1989) – artist
Poul Bjerre (1876–1964) – psychoanalyst
Viktor Blom – poker player
Colin Campbell (1686–1757) – Scottish merchant and entrepreneur; co-founder of Swedish East India Company
Arvid Carlsson (1923–2018) – winner, Nobel Prize in Medicine (2000)
William Chalmers (1748–1811) – manager of Swedish East India Company; founder of Chalmers University of Technology
Sir William Chambers (1723–1796) – Scottish architect
Ulf Dageby – rock musician
John Darnielle – American singer-songwriter; wrote songs about Gothenburg
Mikkey Dee – heavy-metal drummer
Beatrice Dickson (1852–1941) – pioneering temperance activist
Christian Djoos – NHL player, Anaheim Ducks
Karin Dreijer – singer-songwriter
Olof Dreijer – musician
Gustavo Dudamel – Venezuelan conductor
Ulf Ekberg – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
Hedda Ekman (1860–1929) – writer and photographer
Jan Eliasson – former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
Loui Eriksson – National Hockey League player, Vancouver Canucks
Louise Falkenberg (1849–1934) – philanthropist
José González – musician
Emma Green – high jumper, bronze medallist at the 2005 World Athletics Championships
Lennart Green – world-class magician
Gunnar Gren (1920–1991) – footballer; part of the Milan Gre-No-Li and 1958 FIFA World Cup runners-up squad
Andreas Gustafsson (born 1981) – race walker
Bengt Hallberg (1932–2013) – jazz pianist
Victor Hasselblad (1906–1978) – industrialist; creator, Hasselblad cameras
Anna von Hausswolff – musician
Doris Håvik (1924–2009) – politician
Håkan Hellström – singer-songwriter
Mathilda Högberg – social media influencer
Zeth Höglund (1884–1956) – founder of the Swedish communist movement
Glenn Hysén – former football player, IFK Göteborg; father of Tobias Hysén
Tobias Hysén – football player; son of Glenn Hysén
Ingemar Johansson (1932–2009) – boxer; World Heavyweight Champion, 1959
Jan Johansson (1931–1968) – jazz pianist; attended Chalmers University of Technology
Kim Källström – football player; plays for Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Super League
Marie Kinnberg (1806–1858) – pioneering female photographer
Felix Kjellberg – YouTuber commonly known as PewDiePie; producer of Let's Play (video gaming) and Reaction (reaction videos) videos on YouTube Second channel to reach 100 million subscribers. Husband of Marzia Kjellberg
Carl Klingberg – National Hockey League player, Winnipeg Jets; American Hockey League player, St. John's IceCaps
John Klingberg – National Hockey League player, Toronto Maple Leafs;
Jacques Labouchere – singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jens Lekman – singer-songwriter
Beatrice Lesslie (1890–1967) – ran the Gothenburg clothing firm Konfektions AB Lesslie
Christina Lindberg – exploitation-film actress
Gunnel Lindblom (1931–2021) – actress and director; cast in Ingmar Bergman's films
Adam Lindgren – also known as Armada; professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player; currently ranked #2 in the world
Mikael Ljungberg (1970–2004) – Greco-Roman wrestler; world champion 1993 and 1995; Olympic gold 2000
Teddy Lučić – football player, formerly of the Swedish national team
Henrik Lundqvist – NHL goalie
Ludvig Engsund – Swedish ice hockey goaltender
Aleksandra Mir – visual artist
Kwame Amoateng – footballer
Rekkles – professional e-Sport player

N–Z

Torbjörn Nilsson – former IFK Göteborg football player; part of the 1982 UEFA Cup winning team
Stefan Olsdal – bassist in alternative rock band Placebo
Christian Olsson (born 1980) – triple-jump gold medalist, 2004 Summer Olympics
Elena Paparizou – Greek singer; winner, Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Amanda Peralta (1939–2009), Argentine guerrilla fighter, later historian in Gothenburg University
Sofia von Porat – cookbook author
Laleh Pourkarim – Persian-Swedish singer-songwriter
Timo Räisänen – indie-pop musician
Mathias Ranégie – football player for Sweden National Team
Lucas Raymond – NHL player for the Detroit Red Wings
Arie Reich – Israeli legal scholar
Niclas Sahlgren (1701–1776) – merchant and philanthropist
Marcus Samuelsson – chef
Torgny Segerstedt (1876–1945) – anti-Nazi newspaper editor-in-chief
Justus P Sjöberg (JP Seeburg) – automated musical equipment manufacturer
Jonas Sjöstedt – leader of Vänsterpartiet and former member of European Parliament
Stellan Skarsgård – actor
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) – Czech composer; lived in Gothenburg for a time
Jonatan Söderström – avant-garde game developer
Viktor Stalberg – National Hockey League player, Chicago Blackhawks
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927) – composer
Henrik Stenson – professional golfer; won FedEx Cup 2013; former world number 2 in official world golf rankings
Elizabeth Stride (née Gustafsdotter) (1843–1888) – alleged third victim of serial killer Jack the Ripper
Glenn Strömberg – former football player, IFK Göteborg
Joakim Sundström – sound editor, sound designer and musician
Jonas Svensson – professional tennis player
Evert Taube (1890–1976) – author, artist, composer and singer
Reorus Torkillus (1608–1643) – first Lutheran minister in New Sweden
Ida Törnström (1862–1949) – painter, poet
Björn Ulvaeus – singer-songwriter from ABBA
Karl Valentin (1853–1918) – composer
Alicia Vikander – actress
Ljubomir Vranjes – former handball player; currently handball coach
Daniel Wahlgren (Papa Dee) – musician
Anna Wåhlin – Antarctic researcher, oceanography professor
Hampus Wanne – handball player; currently plays for SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Oscar Wendt – football player; currently plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach

Musical groups

Ace of Base – pop group
Amaranthe – dance/electronic power metal group
Arch Enemy – melodic-death-metal group
At the Gates – melodic-death-metal group
AVATAR – melodic-death-metal group
Dark Tranquillity – melodic-death-metal group
Dead by April – melodic-metalcore group
Deathstars – cybergoth industrial-metal group
Evergrey – progressive-metal group
Freak Kitchen – hard-rock/heavy-metal group
Graveyard – retro blues-rock band
HammerFall – power-metal group
The Haunted – thrash-metal band
In Flames – melodic-death-metal group
The Knife – electro duo
Little Dragon – electronic-pop group
Nostradameus – power-metal group
The Similou – electronic-music group
The Soundtrack of Our Lives – rock group

A–M

N–Z

Musical groups

See also