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King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, credited for the rise of Sweden as a great European power
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1594
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Gustav II. Adolf
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Opera singer, "Swedish Nightingale"
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1820
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Jenny Lind
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Inventor of Dynamite and establisher of the Nobel Prize
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1833
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Alfred Nobel
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Former Prime Minister of Sweden and Nobel Peace Prize winner
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1860
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Hjalmar Branting
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Physicist, the SI unit for ionizing radiation dose equivalent is named after him
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1896
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Rolf Maximilian Sievert
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Nobel Prize winning chemist
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1902
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Arne Tiselius
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Actress and Hollywood-Icon, "A Woman of Affairs" "Anna Karenina"
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1905
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Greta Garbo
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former Prime Minister of Sweden, he got assassinated in 1986
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1927
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Olof Palme
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former UEFA president and FIFA vice president
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1929
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Lennart Johansson
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Poet and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
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1931
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Tomas Tranströmer
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Swedish-British scientist specialising in cancer research and Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient
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1938
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Tomas Lindahl
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Billionaire and founder of EF Education
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1941
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Bertil Hult
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King of Sweden
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1946
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Carl XVI. Adolf
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Member of ABBA
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1946
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Benny Andersson
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Director, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" "The Cider House Rules"
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1946
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Lasse Hallström
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Billionaire, richest man of Sweden and largest shareholder of H&M
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1947
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Stefan Persson
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Author, "Wallander"-series
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1948
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Henning Mankell
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Geneticist and one of the founders of paleogenetics, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2022
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1955
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Svante Pääbo
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former tennis star and champion of 11 Grand Slams
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1956
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Björn Borg
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former Prime Minister of Sweden (2014-2021)
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1957
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Stefan Löfven
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Actor, "Rocky IV" "The Expendables"
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1957
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Dolph Lundgren
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Actress, portrays Shmi Skywalker in "Star Wars" and won a Best Actress Award at Cannes for her role in "The Best Intentions"
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1958
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Pernilla August
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Actress, known for her role of Annika in the "Pippi Longstocking" films
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1959
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Maria Persson
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Actor, "John Wick" "Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocoll"
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1960
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Mikael Nyqvist
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Singer, "Buffalo Stance" "I've Got You Under My Skin"
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1964
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Neneh Cherry
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Author, "Quicksand"
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1968
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Malin Persson Giolito
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Producer of several hit singles for example in collaboration with Katy Perry, Backstreet Boys or Britney Spears
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1971
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Max Martin
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Actor, "Chernobyl" "No Time to Die"
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1974
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David Dencik
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Actor, "Legend of Tarzan" "Zoolander"
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1976
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Alexander Skarsgard
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Director, "Morbius" "Child 44" "Life"
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1977
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Daniel Espinosa
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Actress, "Annihilation" "Borg/McEnroe"
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1979
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Tuva Novotny
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Singer, "Dancing on My Own" "Show Me Love"
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1979
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Robyn
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Creator of "Minecraft"
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1979
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Markus Persson
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DJ, former member of the Swedish House Mafia, now working with Axwell
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1983
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Sebastian Ingrosso
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Eurovision Song Contest winner, "Euphoria"
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1983
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Loreen
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Billionaire and co-funder of Spotify
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1983
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Daniel Ek
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Top scorer of the Swedish women's national team
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1984
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Lotta Schelin
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DJ and music producer, "Levels" "Brother" "Wake Me Up"
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1989
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Avicii
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Swedish international player, Sampdoria Genua
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1989
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Albin Ekdal
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Actor, known for his portrayal of Pennywise in "It"
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1990
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Bill Skarsgard
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DJ and music producer, "Under Control" "Habits"
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1991
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Alesso
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Ice hockey player, Colorado Avalanche
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1992
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Gabriel Landeskog
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Swedish women's International player, FC Chelsea
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1993
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Magdalena Eriksson
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Swedish International player, FC Sevilla
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1994
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Ludwig Augustinsson
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Swedish International player, Newcastle United
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1994
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Emil Krafth
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Swedish International player, Juventus
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2000
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Dejan Kulusevski
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Actor, known for his role as Prince Wilhelm in "Young Royals"
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2003
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Edvin Ryding
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Climate activist and initiator of "Fridays for Future"
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2003
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Greta Thunberg
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