List of Swedes in sports - Definition and Overview

This is a list of Swedish athletes.

This article is part of the List of Swedes series

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A

• Daniel Alfredsson - ice hockey player
• Frank Andersson - wrestler
• Ara Abrahamian - wrestler

B

• Arne Borg - swimmer
• Björn Borg (1956-) - tennis player

D

• Martin Dahlin - football player

E

• Stefan Edberg (1966-) - tennis player
• Ludmila Engquist - athlete
• Sven-Göran Eriksson - football manager

F

• Magdalena Forsberg - biathlete
• Peter Forsberg - ice hockey player
• Gert Fredriksson

G

• Gillis Grafström
• Anders Graneheim - bodybuilder
• Gunnar Gren - football player
• Tomas Gustafson - speed skater

H

• Stefan Holm - high jumper

I

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic - football player
• Andreas Isaksson - football player

J

• Sixten Jernberg - cross country skier
• Ingemar Johansson - boxer
• Stefan Johansson - Formula One driver

K

• Ove Kindvall
• Carolina ("Carro") Klüft - heptathlete

L

• Henrik Larsson - football player
• Nicklas Lidström - ice hockey player
• Fredrik Ljungberg - football player
• Hanna Ljungberg - football player
• Mikael Ljungberg - wrestler

N

• Magnus Norman - tennis player
• Jonny Nilsson - speed skater
• Markus Näslund - ice hockey player
• Mats Näslund - ice hockey player

P

• Jesper Parnevik - golfer
• Jörgen Persson - table tennis player
• Ronnie Peterson - Formula 1 driver
• Anja Pärson - alpine skier

R

• Thomas Ravelli - football player
• Tony Rickardsson

S

• Ulrich Salchow - figure skater
• Tommy Salo - ice hockey goalkeeper
• Börje Salming - ice hockey player
• Ragnar Skanåker - pistol shooter
• Ingemar Stenmark - alpine skier
• Stig Strand - alpine skier
• Mats Sundin - ice hockey player
• Gunde Svan - cross-country skier
• Annika Sörenstam - golfer

W

• Jan-Ove Waldner - table tennis player
• Mats Waltin - ice hockey player
• Tomas Wassberg - cross country skier
• Pernilla Wiberg - alpine skier
• Mats Wilander (1964-) - tennis player
• Björn Wirdheim - Formula 1 driver
• Magnus Wislander - handball player