Famous People with Name Arvid

Arvid Carlsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Scientist

Arvid Carlsson: Swedish scientist who is best known for his work with the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects in Parkinson's disease. For his work on dopamine, Carlsson won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000[1], along with co-recipients Eric Kandel and Paul Greengard.

Arvid Smit            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Arvid Smit: a Dutch footballer playing for União de Leiria in the Superliga.Smit was signed by C.S. Marítimo during the January transfer window in 2007, from Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven. On January 29, he played his first league game for Marítimo against local rivals Nacional.[1] After a year at the club, in which he played only 13 games and scored 1 goal, Smit was transferred to Leiria in January 2008. His former clubs also include De Graafschap and Willem II. He plays for FC Volendam in the 2008-09 season.

Arvid Genetz            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Arvid Genetz: was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Arvid Åberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Arvid Åberg: was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he finished tenth in the hammer throw competition.

Arvid Fredrik "Sparven" Spångberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Arvid Fredrik "Sparven" Spångberg: was a Swedish diver who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Magnus Arvidsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Magnus Arvidsson: a Swedish football player, who plays forward currently for Halmstads BK.Arvidsson started his career in Förslövs IF and played there until 1991 when he moved to Helsingborgs IF, then playing in the first division now know as Superettan, he followed the team up to Allsvenskan in 1993 but played only a hand full of matches before leaving for IFK Hässleholm in 1995 and stayed there for 3 seasons, durring the 1995 season he scored a hattrick against Landskrona BoIS in just 89 seconds[1],

Sofia Arvidsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Sofia Arvidsson: is a Swedish tennis player.Sofia Arvidsson is a Swedish Tennis player who competes at professional level on both the ITF Women's Circuit and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Circuit. Sofia says her favourite shot is her backhand and she looks up to former world number one, Lindsay Davenport. Arvidsson is Swedish number one in both singles and doubles, and has been Sweden's best player consistently on the women's circuit for the last 3/4 years.

Pär Arvidsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Pär Arvidsson: was a butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Austin, Texas.

Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Lena Sofia Alexandra Arvidsson: is a Swedish tennis player. As of August 30, 2010, she is ranked World No. 55. Her highest career ranking is World No. 29. Arvidsson combined the ITF Junior circuit and ITF Women's Circuit into her schedule and in 1999 made the semi finals of a $10,000 wo