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Revision as of 20:37, 11 October 2012
The category: Swedish, highlights the national or linguistic identity of people, associated with Sweden and Swedish language and culture.
Overview
The Swedes are an ethnic group that primarily inhabit Sweden and speak the Swedish language (circa 14 million worldwide).
Most Swedes today live within the borders of independent Sweden (circa 8 million). There are Swedish minorities in nearby Finland, Norway, and Denmark, and sizeable populations of immigrants and their descendants in Spain, Canada, the United States, and other countries.
In Depth
- Swedish Scholars -- biographies
- Swedish Authors -- biographies
See also: Sweden -- Swedish language -- Swedish Scholarship -- Swedish Fiction
External links
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "Swedish"
The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
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- Lars Andersson / Laurentius Andreae (M / Sweden, 1470c-1552), scholar
- Olof Persson / Olaus Petri (M / Sweden, 1493-1552), scholar
- Lars Persson / Laurentius Petri Nericius (M / Sweden, 1499-1573), scholar
- Isaak Vossius (M / Sweden, 1618-1689), scholar
- Erik Benzelius (M / Sweden, 1632-1709), scholar
- Sophia Elisabet Brenner (F / Sweden, 1659-1730), poet
- Olof Celsius (M / Sweden, 1670-1756), scholar
- Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna (F / Sweden, 1672-1737), scholar, translator
- Jacob Serenius (M / Sweden, 1700-1776), scholar
- Magnus Friedrich Roos (M / Sweden, 1727-1803), scholar
- Johan Tybeck (M / Sweden, 1752-1837), scholar
- Morris Jacob Raphall (M / Sweden, Britain, United States, 1798-1868), scholar
- Carl Johan Tornberg (M / Sweden, 1807-1877), scholar
- Alfred Nyström (M / Sweden, 1844–1897), artist
- John Gustavus Princell (M / Sweden, United States, 1845-1915), scholar
- Mathilda Roos (F / Sweden, 1852-1908), novelist
- Adolf Kolmodin (M / Sweden, 1855-1925), scholar
- Selma Lagerlöf (F / Sweden, 1858-1940), novelist
- Hugo Toll (1858-1943), arch-fi author
- Tor Hedberg (M / Sweden, 1862-1931), novelist, plawright
- Nathaniel Schmidt (M / Sweden, United States, 1862-1939), scholar
- Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen (M / Sweden, 1866-1953), scholar
- Hjalmar Procopé (M / Finland, 1868-1927), playwright
- Hjalmar Söderberg (M / Sweden, 1869-1941), novelist
- Johannes Viotti (M / Sweden, 1871-1954), scholar
- Edvard Johansson Leufvén (M / Sweden, 1874-1928), scholar
- Gustaf Aulén (1879-1977), scholar
- Johannes Lindblom
- Hjalmar Bergman (M / Sweden, 1883-1931), playwright
- Tor Andræ (1885-1947), scholar
- Anton Fridrichsen (M / Norway, 1888-1953), scholar
- Johannes Lundberg (1886-1948), scholar
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974), novelist, playwright
- Ivan Oljelund (1892-1978), novelist
- Göta Ljungberg (F / Sweden, 1893-1955), singer
- Hugo Odeberg (1898-1973), scholar
- Dagny Sundgren (1905-1966), novelist
- Olov Hartman (1906-1982), playwright
- Erik Konstans Teodor Sjöberg (1907-1963), scholar
- Bo Ivar Reicke (1914-1987), scholar
- Helmer Ringgren (1917-2012), scholar
- Alvar Ellegård (1919-2008), scholar
- Krister Stendahl (1921-2008), scholar
- Bertil E. Gärtner (1924-2009), scholar
- Birger Gerhardsson (1926-2013), scholar
- Marianne Fredriksson (F / Sweden, 1927-2007), novelist
- Max von Sydow (M / Sweden, 1929-2020), actor
- Per Gunnar Evander (b.1933), novelist
- Anders Hultgård (M / Sweden, 1936), scholar
- Torgny Lindgren (M / Sweden, 1938), novelist
- Magnus Zetterholm (M / Sweden, 1958), scholar
- Cecilia Wassen