Swedish Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Was a Swedish poet.Nils Ferlin was born in Karlstad, Värmland, where his father worked at the Nya W

Was a Swedish poet.Nils Ferlin was born in Karlstad, Värmland, where his father worked at the Nya Wermlands-Tidningen newspaper. 1908 the family moved to Filipstad and the father started his own paper. Unfortunately the father died one year later and the family was forced to move from their adequate residence to more simple living conditions at the industry district to still manage to stay in school which he graduated from at the age of sixteen.

Was a Swedish Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of the AGA company and inventor of the A

Was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of the AGA company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalén light. In 1912 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his automatic valves designed to be used in combination with gas accumulators in lighthouses and light-buoys.Initially Dalén worked with acetylene (IUPAC: ethyne), an extremely explosive hydrocarbon gas. Dalén invented Agamassan (Aga), a substrate used to absorb the gas allowing safe storage and hence commercial exploitation. In 1906 he became Chief Engineer at the Gas Accumulator Company (manufacturer and distributor of acetylene).

Was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summe

Was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. Eight years later he finished again seventh in the hammer throw competition and eleventh in the 56 pound weight throw event.

Was a Swedish Olympic fencer.

Was a Swedish Olympic fencer.

Was a Swedish inventor who invented the three-point safety belt while working at Volvo.he received a

Was a Swedish inventor who invented the three-point safety belt while working at Volvo.he received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Härnösand Läroverk in 1939. In 1942 he started working for the aircraft maker Saab as an aircraft designer and helped develop ejection seats. In 1958 he joined Volvo as a safety engineer. He is credited with the invention of the modern 3-point safety belt, now a standard safety feature in all cars. He retired in 1985.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish football midfielder and coach, famous for being part of Sweden's "Gre-No-Li" trio of s

Was a Swedish football midfielder and coach, famous for being part of Sweden's "Gre-No-Li" trio of strikers along with Gunnar Gren and Gunnar Nordahl at A.C. Milan and the Swedish national team. As a coach, he was in charge of several teams in Italy, managing for nearly four decades. At the end of the 20th century Liedholm was voted the best Swedish player of the millennium by the readers of Swedens largest newspaper Aftonbladet.

A Swedish footballer. As of 6 June 2007, Rosenberg, who is nicknamed Mackan and Sillen, has played f

A Swedish footballer. As of 6 June 2007, Rosenberg, who is nicknamed Mackan and Sillen, has played fifteen games and scored five times for the Swedish national team.[Markus Rosenberg started his playing career at Malmö FF, but struggled to become a first-team regular and as a result joined Halmstads BK on loan in 2004. Playing at Halmstad he became the top goalscorer of the 2004 season. Back in Malmö, he also topped the Royal League 2004-05 scoring list.

A Swedish actor and film director in the early part of the twentieth-century.As an actor, Chrisander

A Swedish actor and film director in the early part of the twentieth-century.As an actor, Chrisander is possibly best recalled for starring as "Erik the Phantom" in the now lost 1916 Ernst Matray-directed German adaptaion of Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera opposite Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen.[1] Matray's version is the first film adapation of Leroux's 1909-1910 serialized novel.[2] In 1917, he appeared opposite the popular Polish film actress Pola Negri in her first role in a German production, Nicht lange täuschte mich das Glück. In 1919, he co-directed the German silent film Alraune und der Golem with actor and director Paul Wegener.

Was a Swedish horse rider who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish horse rider who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished ninth in the K-1

Was a Swedish canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished ninth in the K-1 10000 m event.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish actor.Internationally, he is most famous for his part in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh

Was a Swedish actor.Internationally, he is most famous for his part in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal but in Sweden, he was very popular in many other movies. He started off as a comic actor, but later on played more serious roles.

Was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olym

Was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he was part of the Swedish team, which was able to win the bronze medal. In the 1924 water polo competition his team finished in fourth place.

Is a Swedish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Is a Swedish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two medals

Was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won two medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics, with a gold in 1948 and a bronze in 1952.

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early to mid 1980s. Thoresson also finished ninth i

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early to mid 1980s. Thoresson also finished ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing an album as A Camp and appearing on the tribute albu

She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing an album as A Camp and appearing on the tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited. She has also worked with rock group Sparklehorse.Persson also made her acting debut in the movie Om Gud vill which was released in 2006.She appears on the Manic Street Preachers song "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" on the album Send Away the Tigers. This track was voted "Track of the year" by Dutch radio station KXradio.She is currently working on the second A Camp album.

A Swedish singer/songwriter. Her music style is a mix between country, blues, folk and pop. Kinert m

A Swedish singer/songwriter. Her music style is a mix between country, blues, folk and pop. Kinert mentioned artists like Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley as her influences. In 2004 she released her first album "Heartbreaktown" with SonyMusic. Her latest album "Pets and Friends" was released April 2008 on her own label "another records".She rose to prominence in 2007 following the use of her song Through Your Eyes in a worldwide publicity campaign for the Swedish car company SAAB.

An opera singer renowned for her stentorian, solid dramatic soprano voice.Parallel to her studies of

An opera singer renowned for her stentorian, solid dramatic soprano voice.Parallel to her studies of business administration and economics at the University of Stockholm Nina Stemme followed a 2-years-course at the Stockholm Operastudio. Her debut as Cherubino in Cortona, Italy, in 1989 made Miss Stemme decide to follow a professional singer's career; her studies at the National College of Opera in Stockholm were completed in 1994. Next to two minor roles at the Royal Opera of Stockholm she had sung in the meantime Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Mimi (La Boheme), Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, and Diana (La Fedeltà Premiata by Haydn).

A Gambian-Swedish professional football forward, who currently plays for the Norwegian Premier Leagu

A Gambian-Swedish professional football forward, who currently plays for the Norwegian Premier League side SK Brann.He came to Brann from Danish Esbjerg fB.