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Swedish football manager celebrated for winning 18 club trophies across Sweden, Portugal, and Italy, including the UEFA Cup, and reaching the European Cup final

Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian who saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust by issuing protective passports and creating safe houses

King of Sweden from 1771 to 1792, born in Stockholm and assassinated there

Swedish economist and politician whose pathbreaking theories on international trade and capital movements earned him the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1977

Swedish classical singer and opera star known as the 'Swedish Nightingale' who achieved immense popularity across Europe and the United States

Swedish politician, opinion journalist, and committed pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 for his work for peace through arbitration and international law

Danish-German organist and composer of the middle Baroque era whose works significantly influenced Bach and Handel

Swedish Prime Minister who led the Social Democratic Party, advocated for universal suffrage and workers' rights, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921

Swedish Prime Minister who led the Social Democratic Party, advocated for universal suffrage and workers' rights, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921

King of Sweden and Norway known for his patronage of science, arts, and Arctic exploration, and for his tact in the peaceful dissolution of the union

Swedish biochemist and Nobel laureate known for pioneering research in electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for discoveries concerning serum proteins

Swedish crime writer, children's author, dramatist, and human rights activist best known for creating Inspector Kurt Wallander

Swedish physicist and astronomer, recognized as a founder of spectroscopy and known for his work on the solar spectrum

King of Sweden who oversaw significant constitutional changes, and a respected anthropologist, art historian, collector, and classical archaeologist

Swedish chemist and Nobel laureate known for developing the ultracentrifuge and his pioneering research on colloids and proteins

Swedish nun, mystic, writer, and theologian who founded the Bridgettine Order and was known for her celestial revelations and calls for church reform

Swedish physicist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in electron spectroscopy

Swedish author and journalist who created the internationally bestselling Millennium crime trilogy, published posthumously starting in 2005

King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950, holding the record as the oldest monarch and the third-longest reign in Swedish history, also known as a tennis player

Swedish-French actor known for his 70-year career in film, television, and theatre, appearing in over 150 films and nominated for two Academy Awards

Swedish ophthalmologist and physician awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his foundational work on the dioptrics of the eye

King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560, he led the Swedish War of Liberation and secured Sweden's independence from the Kalmar Union

Swedish actress and model known for her iconic role as Sylvia in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, a prominent figure in American and European cinema

Swedish business magnate, entrepreneur, and designer who founded IKEA and grew it into the world's largest furniture seller