91 Notable alumni of
University of Gothenburg

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The University of Gothenburg is 732nd in the world, 258th in Europe, and 6th in Sweden by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 91 notable alumni from the University of Gothenburg sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the University of Gothenburg won Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine.

  1. Camilla Läckberg

    Camilla Läckberg
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    Studied economics
    Occupations
    novelisteconomistwritertelevision presenter
    Biography

    Jean Edith Camilla Läckberg Sköld is a Swedish crime writer. As of the early-2010s, her work has been translated into more than 40 languages in 60 countries. She has been called "the rock star of Nordic noir."

  2. José González

    José González
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    singer-songwritersongwritersingerguitarist
    Biography

    José Gabriel González is a Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Gothenburg. González is also a member of the band Junip, along with Tobias Winterkorn.

  3. Nick Bostrom

    Nick Bostrom
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    philosopheruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Nick Bostrom is a Swedish philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test. He is the founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University.

  4. Håkan Hellström

    Håkan Hellström
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    recording artistcomposerdrummersinger
    Biography

    Håkan Georg Hellström is a Swedish musician. He made his breakthrough in Sweden in 2000 with the song "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg" and the album with the same name. He has released nine studio albums to date with eight reaching number one on the Swedish Albums Chart, while Ett kolikbarns bekännelser reached number two.

  5. Jonas Jonasson

    Jonas Jonasson
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1961-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    journalistwritertelevision producer
    Biography

    Pär-Ola Jonas Jonasson is a Swedish journalist and writer, best known as the author of the best-seller The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.

  6. Christopher Wollter

    Christopher Wollter
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    film actoractor
    Biography

    Claes Brian Christopher Wollter is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in the Swedish productions of West Side Story and Miss Saigon. He has also appeared in several television productions.

  7. Annika Strandhäll

    Annika Strandhäll
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1975-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    politiciantrade unionist
    Biography

    Annika Strandhäll is a Swedish trade unionist and politician of the Social Democrats. She served as Minister for Climate and the Environment from 2021 to 2022. She also served as Minister for Social Security from 2014 until her resignation in 2019, following her partner's death a month earlier. She previously held the office of Minister for Social Affairs from 2017 to 2019. and acting Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports, during Gabriel Wikström's sick leave, from May to July 2017.

  8. Magnus Carlsson

    Magnus Carlsson
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    television presentersinger
    Biography

    Lars Magnus Carlsson is a Swedish singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados as well as a solo performer.

  9. Cecilia Malmström

    Cecilia Malmström
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    In 1998 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianuniversity teacherpolitical scientistinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Anna Cecilia Malmström is a Swedish politician who served as European Commissioner for Trade from 2014 to 2019. She previously served as European Commissioner for Home Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and Minister for European Union Affairs from 2006 to 2010. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden from 1999 to 2006.

  10. Bianca Kronlöf

    Bianca Kronlöf
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    screenwriteractor
    Biography

    Bianca Alicia Kronlöf is a Sweden-Finnish actress, comedian and screenwriter.

  11. Carina Bergfeldt

    Carina Bergfeldt
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    writercolumnistreportervoice actorjournalist
    Biography

    Barbro Carina Bergfeldt is a Swedish journalist, reporter, columnist and author. Since March 2016 she is SVT's correspondent to Washington, D.C.

  12. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi

    Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
    Born in
    Syria Flag Syria
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    Islamic juristpoet
    Biography

    Muhammad Abul Huda al-Yaqoubi is a Syrian Islamic scholar and religious leader. He has opposed both Bashar al-Assad and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

  13. Arvid Carlsson

    Arvid Carlsson
    Awards
    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1923-2018 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    university teacherpharmacologistneuroscientistpharmacistphysician
    Biography

    Arvid Carlsson was a Swedish neuropharmacologist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, together with Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard.

  14. Frida Boisen

    Frida Boisen
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    journalist
    Biography

    Frida Maria Boisen, is a Swedish journalist and author.

  15. Dag Malmberg

    Dag Malmberg
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    actorfilm directordirector
    Biography

    Dag Åke Sigvard Malmberg is a Swedish actor and director, best known internationally for his role as Hans Petterson in The Bridge.

  16. Gustav Kasselstrand

    Gustav Kasselstrand
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1987-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Gustav Mattias Anton Kasselstrand is a Swedish politician who co-founded the Alternative for Sweden (AfS) in 2018. He was chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU) from 2011 to 2015 and served as political secretary to the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2011 to 2012. Kasselstrand was expelled from the Sweden Democrats on 27 April 2015 but remained chairman of the SDU until 12 September 2015, when Jessica Ohlson succeeded to the post and the Sweden Democrats subsequently cut ties with their youth league.

  17. Harald Treutiger

    Harald Treutiger
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalist
    Biography

    Nils Harald Ossian Treutiger is a Swedish journalist and television host. Born in Göteborg, he is best known for co-hosting the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest held in Malmö after Carola Häggkvist won in 1991.

  18. Agnes Wold

    Agnes Wold
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    university teacherphysicianbacteriologist
    Biography

    Agnes Wold, born January 7, 1955, is a professor of clinical bacteriology specializing in the normal flora of the body, at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. She is a nationally known commentator on television, radio and in newspapers on issues related to infectious disease and women in science.

  19. Maria Wetterstrand

    Maria Wetterstrand
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    biologistbloggerlecturerpolitician
    Biography

    Ingrid Maria Wetterstrand is a Swedish politician. She was one of the spokespersons of the Green Party alongside Peter Eriksson between 2002 and 2011. Between 2001 and 2011 she was a member of the Riksdag.

  20. Percy Barnevik

    Percy Barnevik
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    chief executive officermanagerbusinessperson
    Biography

    Percy Nils Barnevik HonFREng is a Swedish business executive, best known as CEO and later Chairman of ABB 1988–2002, and for being the centre of a giant pension dispute that shook Sweden in 2003. He is the co-founder of the non-profit organization Hand in Hand.

  21. Pål Hollender

    Pål Hollender
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Pål Anders Jörgen Hollender is a Swedish film director and performance artist.

  22. Agneta Pleijel

    Agneta Pleijel
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1940-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    university teacherwriterliterary criticpoetscreenwriter
    Biography

    Agneta Pleijel is a Swedish novelist, poet, playwright, journalist and literary critic. Among her plays are Ordning härskar i Berlin from 1979. Among her novels are Vindspejare from 1987 and Drottningens chirurg from 2006. She has been a professor at Dramatiska Institutet since 1992. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1991 and the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize in 2018.

  23. Melker Schörling

    Melker Schörling
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1947-2023 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    businesspersonentrepreneur
    Biography

    Melker Schörling was a Swedish billionaire businessman. His investment company Melker Schörling AB (MSAB) had large interests in Securitas AB, Assa Abloy, Hexagon AB, Loomis and more. Schörling formed a partnership with fellow billionaire Gustaf Douglas, who was also a major shareholder in Securitas and Assa Abloy.

  24. Leif Pagrotsky

    Leif Pagrotsky
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
    Biography

    Leif Pagrotsky is a Swedish politician, economist, and diplomat. He served as Minister of Culture from 2004 to 2006 and Minister for Business and Industry from 2002 to 2004 under Prime Minister Göran Persson. After this, he held the position of Consul General of Sweden in New York City from 2016 to 2018.

  25. Hans M. Hirschi

    Hans M. Hirschi
    Born in
    Switzerland Flag Switzerland
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Hans Martin Hirschi is an author, writer and training executive and LGBT rights activist based in Sweden. He is also co-founder and president of Yaree, an independent publisher and consultancy firm.

  26. Carl Bennet

    Carl Bennet
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Carl Reinhold Adolf Bennet is a Swedish billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of the medical technology firm Getinge and the printing company Elanders.

  27. Lars Adaktusson

    Lars Adaktusson
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    In 1977 studied journalism
    Occupations
    television presenterjournalistpolitician
    Biography

    Lars Göran Peter Adaktusson is a Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats. He was elected Member of the Riksdag in the 2018 general election. Prior to that, he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

  28. Soraya Post

    Soraya Post
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Soraya Viola Heléna Post is a Swedish politician who was a member of European Parliament from Sweden. She is a member of the Feminist Initiative, part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

  29. Lotta Lotass

    Lotta Lotass
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Britt Inger Liselott "Lotta" Lotass Hagström is a Swedish writer. She holds a PhD of Comparative literature from the University of Gothenburg, and lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.

  30. Sture Allén

    Sture Allén
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1928-2022 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    linguistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Sture Allén was a Swedish professor of computational linguistics at the University of Gothenburg, who was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy between 1986 and 1999. Born in Gothenburg, he was elected to chair 3 of the Swedish Academy in 1980. He was also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters.

  31. Chimène van Oosterhout

    Chimène van Oosterhout
    Born in
    Curacao Flag Curacao
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    2010-2012 studied Swedish
    Occupations
    actortelevision presenterannouncer
    Biography

    Chimène van Oosterhout is a Dutch TV personality, actress and singer. Since 1996, she has been presenting programs on Dutch television (TROS, Veronica TV, SBS6, Net5 and RTL 4). She was the winner of several Dutch celebrity TV competitions (including Peking Express VIPS in 2006 and Top Chef in 2009). Van Oosterhout is also an actress. She appeared in the longest-running Dutch soap opera Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden and had one of the leading parts in the American movie "X-Patriots" (2001) directed by Darien Sills-Evans. She owns her PR company (Van Oosterhout PR).

  32. Malin Byström

    Malin Byström
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1973-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Malin Byström is a Swedish lyric soprano who has sung leading roles at many of the world's most prestigious opera houses.

  33. Nina Björk

    Nina Björk
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Nina Björk is a Swedish feminist, author and journalist. She is most well known for Under det rosa täcket (Under the Pink Duvet), a feminist book written in 1996.

  34. Sven-Eric Liedman

    Sven-Eric Liedman
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1939-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    translatorhistorianwriterphilosopher
    Biography

    Sven-Eric Liedman is a Swedish author and Professor Emeritus of history of ideas at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden.

  35. Marie Hermanson

    Marie Hermanson
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1956-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Marie Hermanson is a Swedish writer and journalist. Many of her novels evoke fairy tales and myths, characterized by her sensually realist style. The Devil's Sanctuary, her first novel to be translated into English, appeared in 2013.

  36. Mats Malm

    Mats Malm
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1964-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    literary historiantranslatoruniversity teachereditor
    Biography

    Mats Ulrik Malm is a Swedish literary writer and translator. On 18 October 2018, Malm was elected a member of the Swedish Academy, on 26 April 2019 he was elected the new Permanent Secretary and Speaker of the Swedish Academy.

  37. Per Schlingmann

    Per Schlingmann
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Per Schlingmann was the party secretary of the Swedish Moderate Party between 28 September 2006 and 1 October 2010 (succeeding Sven Otto Littorin), and a prominent figure in its political reorientation following the 2002 election defeat and leading to its 2006 election success.

  38. Anna-Karin Hatt

    Anna-Karin Hatt
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    Studied in 1992-1995
    Occupations
    politicianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Anna-Karin Hatt is a Swedish corporate leader and former politician. Since 2015, she is the CEO of Almega, the employers’ organisation for the Swedish service sector. She is also a member of the board at Alecta, Ratio Institute and the publicly held real estate company Castellum. She served as Minister for IT and Energy from 2011 to 2014, having previously served as Minister for IT and Regional Affairs from 2010 to 2011. She also served as the party's state secretary in the central coordination office of the Government of Sweden from 2006 to 2010.

  39. Maria Turtschaninoff

    Maria Turtschaninoff
    Born in
    Finland Flag Finland
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Maria Turtschaninoff is a Finnish author. She is best known for writing fantasy books including Maresi, the first book in the Red Abbey Chronicles and winner of the 2014 Finlandia Junior Prize.

  40. Adam Cwejman

    Adam Cwejman
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    politicianblogger
    Biography

    Adam Michael Cwejman is a Swedish politician of Polish-Jewish descent.

  41. Åsa Westlund

    Åsa Westlund
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1976-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    politicianblogger
    Biography

    Åsa Ingrid Gunilla Westlund is a Swedish politician who has been Member of the Riksdag since 2014, representing Stockholm County. In the Riksdag, she is chairman of the Committee on Finance since 2020.

  42. Göran Marby

    Göran Marby
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Bo Göran Edward Marby is a Swedish businessman who served as the CEO and President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) from May 2016 to December 2022, a non-profit corporation based in California.

  43. Njuguna Ndung'u

    Njuguna Ndung'u
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    bankerinternational forum participanteconomist
    Biography

    Njuguna S. Ndung'u is a Kenyan economist who is the Minister of Finance in the cabinet of President William Samoei Ruto since October 2022.

  44. Azita Shariati

    Azita Shariati
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1968-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Azita Shariaty Khalil Abad is a Swedish business executive. Since 2014, she has headed the Swedish branch of the French catering and support services multinational Sodexo where she oversees operations for the Nordic countries. In February 2015, the Swedish weekly business magazine Veckans Affärer named her the most powerful business woman in Sweden.

  45. Roland Utbult

    Roland Utbult
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    singerpoliticianteacher
    Biography

    Roland Utbult is a Swedish politician and musician. Prior to entering politics, Utbult had a successful musical career in the Christian genre of Swedish music. He is a politician serving Kristdemokraterna in the Swedish Riksdag using his musical ability in his service as a politician before the parliament. Along with other influential Christian musicians, Utbult appeared on the Swedish version of Gaither Homecoming "Minns du sången," a show much appreciated by many Swedish Christians.

  46. Göran K. Hansson

    Göran K. Hansson
    Years
    1951-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    immunologistphysician
    Biography

    Göran K. Hansson, is a Swedish physician and scientist.

  47. Rodrigo Tavares

    Rodrigo Tavares
    Born in
    Portugal Flag Portugal
    Years
    1978-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    political scientistacademic
    Biography

    Rodrigo Tavares is a Portuguese-born academic, finance professional, and public administrator. Previously, he was Head of Foreign Affairs of the São Paulo state government.

  48. Erik Lönnroth

    Erik Lönnroth
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1910-2002 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    historian
    Biography

    Erik Lönnroth was one of the most notable Swedish historians of the 20th century. He was a life member of the Swedish Academy from 1962 and member of various faculties.

  49. K. K. Talwar

    K. K. Talwar
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    writercardiologist
    Biography

    Kewal Kishan Talwar is an Indian cardiologist, medical academic and writer, and a former chairman of the Medical Council of India. He is a former director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and is reported to have performed the first implantation of Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy in South Asia. He is also credited with the introduction of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in India. He is a recipient of several honours including B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2006, for his contributions to medicine. Presently Dr. Talwar is working in PSRI Hospital Sheikh Sarai, New Delhi as the chairman of Cardiac Sciences

  50. Mikael Mogren

    Mikael Mogren
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    theologianLutheran bishop
    Biography

    Bengt Mikael Mogren is a Swedish bishop, theologian and author.

  51. Bo Ralph

    Bo Ralph
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1945-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    linguistuniversity teacherwriter
    Biography

    Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph is a Swedish linguist, member of the Swedish Academy, and professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at Gothenburg University. He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 15 April 1999 and admitted on 20 December 1999. Bo Ralph succeeded the philosopher and sociologist Torgny T:son Segerstedt to Seat No.2.

  52. Erling Eidem

    Erling Eidem
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1880-1972 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    theologianuniversity teacherarchbishoptranslatorpriest
    Biography

    Erling Eidem was a Swedish theologian who served as archbishop of Uppsala 1931–1950.

  53. Aron Emilsson

    Aron Emilsson
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1990-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Robert Aron Emilsson is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats party. He represents the Östergötland County constituency. He also serves as the SD's spokesman on foreign policy.

  54. Johan Ullman

    Johan Ullman
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1953-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    physicianinventor
    Biography

    Johan Ullman is a Swedish medical doctor, scientist, and inventor.

  55. Erik Gatenholm

    Erik Gatenholm
    Years
    1989-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    business executivebusinessperson
    Biography

    Erik Gatenholm is a Swedish-American entrepreneur. He is credited with marketing the world's first universal bio-ink.

  56. Åke Sellström

    Åke Sellström
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    Åke Sellström is a Swedish academic and expert in arms, especially in chemical weapons. He has been active at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI).

  57. Seyed Javad Miri

    Seyed Javad Miri
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    sociologistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Seyed Javad Miri Meynagh is a Swedish-Iranian sociologist and professor of sociology at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. He is known for his expertise on social theory and Islamic thinkers.

  58. Maria Ernestam

    Maria Ernestam
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    writerjournalist
    Biography

    Maria Ernestam is a Swedish author and journalist.

  59. Aron Modig

    Aron Modig
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Aron Modig is a Swedish politician who was chairman of the Young Christian Democrats, the youth wing of the Christian Democrats from 2011 to 2013.

  60. Anders Flanking

    Anders Flanking
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    Studied in 1985-1988
    Occupations
    politiciancivil servant
    Biography

    Per Anders Daniel Flanking is a Swedish politician and civil servant. As of 1 June 2019, he is serving as Governor of Gotland County. He also held office as Secretary of the Centre Party between 2006–2010 and Secretary of State between 2011–2014.

  61. Ingemar Düring

    Ingemar Düring
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1903-1984 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    classical philologistuniversity teachertranslator
    Biography

    Ingemar Düring was a Swedish Classical Philologist. From 1945 to 1970 he was a professor at Gothenburg University. His most notable work is Aristotle in the Ancient Biographical Tradition.

  62. Sten Grillner

    Sten Grillner
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1941-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    university teacherneuroscientist
    Biography

    Sten Grillner is a Swedish neurophysiologist and distinguished professor at the Karolinska Institute's Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology in Stockholm where he is the director of that institute. He is considered one of the world's foremost experts in the cellular bases of motor behaviour. His research is focused on understanding the cellular bases of motor behaviour; in particular, he has shown how neuronal circuits in the spine help control rhythmic movements, such as those needed for locomotion. He is the current secretary general of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and president of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS). For his work, in 2008 he was awarded the $1 million Kavli Prize for deciphering the basic mechanisms which govern the development and functioning of the networks of cells in the brain and spinal cord. This prize distinguish the recipient from the Nobel prizes in basic medical sciences.

  63. Elin Anna Labba

    Elin Anna Labba
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    In 2008 studied journalism
    Occupations
    authorjournalisteditor-in-chief
    Biography

    Elin Anna Labba is a Sámi author and journalist. She has won multiple prizes for her first book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige (English: The Gentlemen Put Us Here: About the Forced Relocations in Sweden), which describes the forced migration of the Sámi from Norway to Sweden from 1919 to 1920.

  64. Kerstin Anér

    Kerstin Anér
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1920-1991 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    politicianwriter
    Biography

    Kerstin Anér was a Swedish politician and Christian writer.

  65. Bo Berndtsson

    Bo Berndtsson
    Years
    1950-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    mathematician
    Biography

    Bo Berndtsson, is a Swedish mathematician. His main contributions concern the theory of several complex variables and complex geometry. He gained in 1971 a BA degree from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and obtained his PhD in 1977 under the direction of Tord Ganelius. Since 1996 he has been a professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. He has also been a guest professor at UCLA in Los Angeles, Université de Paris, Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, UAB in Barcelona and IPN in Mexico City. Berndtsson has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 2003. In 1995 he was awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize. For 2017 he received the Stefan Bergman Prize.

  66. Mats Lidström

    Mats Lidström
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    cellistcomposeruniversity teachermusic teacher
    Biography

    Mats Lidström is a Swedish solo cellist, recording artist, chamber musician, composer, teacher and publisher.

  67. Tomas Brunegård

    Tomas Brunegård
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Tomas Brunegård is the Chairman of the Swedish Newspaper Publishers' Association and President of World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). He is also the former CEO of the Swedish media company the Stampen Group.

  68. Balsam Karam

    Balsam Karam
    Born in
    Iran Flag Iran
    Years
    1983-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    librarianwriter
    Biography

    Balsam Karam is a Swedish writer and librarian of Iranian Kurdish descent.

  69. Emma Samuelsson

    Emma Samuelsson
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    fencer
    Biography

    Emma Katinka Renée Samuelsson is a Swedish épée fencer, silver medallist in the 2007 European Championships.

  70. Jessica Nettelbladt

    Jessica Nettelbladt
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1972-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    film directordirector
    Biography

    Jessica Maria Nettelbladt is a Swedish director and documentary filmmaker, specializing in personal interviews.

  71. Thomas Sterner

    Thomas Sterner
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1952-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    economist
    Biography

    Thomas Nils Samuel Sterner is Swedish economist and a professor of environmental economics at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. His research and publications are mostly focused on the design of policy instruments which address environmental problems. Sterner has published more than 125 articles in refereed journals. He has a Google scholar h-index of 50 (2021). He authored or edited more than a dozen books and a large number of book chapters, official reports and journalistic articles regarding environmental policy instruments. These publications include applications to energy, climate, industry, transport economics and resource management in developing countries.

  72. Christina Olofson

    Christina Olofson
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriterfilm producerdirector
    Biography

    Anna-Maria Christina Olofson is a Swedish film director, producer and scriptwriter. In 1974, after founding the Hagafilm production company with Göran du Rées, she went on to produce a number of films with him. She has since made a number of documentaries on women's contributions to society, including A Woman Is a Risky Bet: Six Orchestra Conductors (1987) and I rollerna tre (1996), as well as the feature films Honungsvargar (1990) and Sanning eller konsekvens (1997).

  73. Svenny Kopp

    Svenny Kopp
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1948-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    Svenny Kopp is a Swedish psychiatrist at Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, in Gothenburg. Her research is primarily focused on neuropsychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Kopp studied for her doctorate at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. In her thesis, titled the "Girl Project", found that girls with signs of autism and ADHD are often not taken seriously and misdiagnosed by professionals.

  74. Jörgen Lehmann

    Jörgen Lehmann
    Years
    1898-1989 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    physicianbiochemist
    Biography

    Jörgen Erik Lehmann was a Danish-Swedish physician and chemist best known for his discovery in the 1940s that para-amino salicylic acid (PAS) would make an excellent orally-available tuberculosis therapy. PAS was, together with streptomycin, the first efficacious anti-microbial therapy for tuberculosis and remained in clinical use for several decades. In 1941, Lehmann also developed the anti-coagulant dicumarol, which is used for the prevention of blood clots and in the treatment of deep venous thrombosis.

  75. Anna Wåhlin

    Anna Wåhlin
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    1995-2001 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    oceanographerresearcher
    Biography

    Anna Wåhlin is a Swedish researcher on the Antarctic and the polar seas. She is a professor of physical oceanography at the University of Gothenburg and co-chair of the Southern Ocean Observing System.

  76. Anita Hansbo

    Anita Hansbo
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1960-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    university teacheracademic administratormathematician
    Biography

    Anita Hansbo is a Swedish mathematician and academic administrator, the former rector or president of Jönköping University.

  77. Hannes Sköld

    Hannes Sköld
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1886-1930 (aged 44)
    Occupations
    politicianpoettranslatorlinguistphilologist
    Biography

    Johannes Evelinus Sköld (20 September 1886 – 14 September 1930) was a Swedish socialist and anti-militarist. Sköld was also a linguist, a writer and a poet. He also wrote songs.

  78. Sara Widén

    Sara Widén
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1981-2014 (aged 33)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    Studied in 2000-2007
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Sara Kristina Widén was a Swedish opera singer (soprano). From 2013 until her death, she was starring in productions by the Royal Swedish Opera.

  79. Ferdinando Sardella

    Ferdinando Sardella
    Occupations
    indologist
    Biography

    Ferdinando Sardella, born 1960, is a Swedish scholar of the history of religions, Hinduism, and religious studies, the former director and coordinator of the Forum for South Asia Studies at Uppsala University.

  80. Susanna Roxman

    Susanna Roxman
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1946-2015 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    writerpoet
    Biography

    Susanna Roxman was an Anglophone writer, poet and critic born in Stockholm; her father’s family is Scottish. She was considered a gifted child. Her first few books were written in Swedish, but she switched over to English as her professional language. After having worked for some years as a secretary, a ballet teacher, and a fashion model, Roxman studied at Stockholm University, King’s College at London University, Lund University, and Gothenburg University, where she earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. From 1996 to 2005 she headed the Centre of Classical Mythology at Lund University. She had several collections of poetry published, as well as literary criticism. Her poems have also appeared in literary magazines world-wide. Some of these pieces have been translated into Arabic and Persian. Roxman has taken part in many poetry readings, notably at the Edinburgh Festival (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013).

  81. Roger I. Glass

    Roger I. Glass
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    Roger I. Glass is an American physician-scientist who served as the Director of the John E. Fogarty International Center.

  82. Lars Elinderson

    Lars Elinderson
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Lars Elinderson, born in 1949, is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was a member of the Riksdag in 1998–2002, and 2006–2014. He also served as a replacement member of the Riksdag in 2004. Before serving in the Parliament, Elinderson was a County Council Commissioner in Skaraborg County Council 1982-1991 and the Mayor of Falköping municipality from 1991 to 1998. Elinderson is an economist by profession, and holds master's degrees in Finance and Economic history.

  83. Dilruba Z. Ara

    Dilruba Z. Ara
    Born in
    Bangladesh Flag Bangladesh
    Years
    1957-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Dilruba Z. Ara is a Swedish Bangladeshi writer, novelist, artist, educator and translator.

  84. Carl Anders Dymling

    Carl Anders Dymling
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1898-1961 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    film producer
    Biography

    Carl-Anders Dymling was a Swedish film producer and director.

  85. Per-Erik Öhrn

    Per-Erik Öhrn
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    actortranslatordirector
    Biography

    Per-Erik Lennart Öhrn is a Swedish opera and theatre director, opera singer, actor, professor, translator and Artistic Director.

  86. Bo Rybeck

    Bo Rybeck
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1935-2019 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    physicianmilitary personnel
    Biography

    Bo Rybeck was a Swedish physician and researcher. He served as Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces (1981–1985) and as Director-General of the Swedish National Defence Research Institute (1985–1994).

  87. Ulla Dinger

    Ulla Dinger
    Years
    1955-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    mathematician
    Biography

    Ulla Margarete Dinger is a Swedish mathematician specializing in mathematical analysis. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Gothenburg.

  88. Anna Sibinska

    Anna Sibinska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1963-.. (age 61)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    1996-1998 studied political science
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Anna Sibinska is a Swedish politician. From September 2018 to September 2022, she served as Member of the Riksdag representing the constituency of Gothenburg Municipality.

  89. Marianne Andersson

    Marianne Andersson
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1942-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    economistpolitician
    Biography

    Marianne Andersson is a Swedish Centre Party politician and economist.

  90. Teresa Lagergård

    Teresa Lagergård
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1946-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    microbiologist
    Biography

    Teresa Lagergård was born 1946 in Sosnowiec, Poland. She is professor emerita at University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.

  91. Dan Hultmark

    Dan Hultmark
    Years
    1949-.. (age 75)
    Enrolled in the University of Gothenburg
    1968-1971 graduated with Bachelor of Science
    Occupations
    biologist
    Biography

    Dan Hultmark is a Swedish biologist currently Professor Emeritus, whose research focused on the mechanisms of innate immunity, using Drosophila as a model system, at Umeå University and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Hultmark is also a member of the Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium, Tribolium Genome Sequencing Consortium.