Swedish Famous Names Starting with Letter E

Was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenol

Was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology".Acharius belonged to the younger generations of Swedish botanists who continued what Linnaeus had left undone. Acharius began the taxonomic classification of the Lichenes and published several work in this field: Lichenographiae Suecia prodromus (1798), Methodus lichenum (1803), Lichenographia universalis (1810), Synopsis methodica lichenum (1814) and many smaller papers in periodicals.

Was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the Long Jump.Erik Abrahamsson, he started playing band

Was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the Long Jump.Erik Abrahamsson, he started playing bandy with Södertälje SK, SSK, in 1914. Later he picked up ice hockey in 1921 and played with AIK and IFK Stockholm, and also in the Swedish national ice hock

Was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish weightlifter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish weightlifter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Is a butterfly swimmer from Sweden currently representing Linköpings ASS. He started his career in

Is a butterfly swimmer from Sweden currently representing Linköpings ASS. He started his career in Trollhättans SS, but moved to Linköping and Linköpings ASS to study at the Linköping University. Andersson participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens finishing 32nd on the 100 m butterfly.

Was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him

Was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously in 1931; he had refused it in 1918.

A Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the

A Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously in 1931; he had refused it in 1918.

Was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-2 1

Was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the folding K-2 10000 m event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

A professional Swedish footballer, currently playing for Wigan Athletic. He is a left back, but has

A professional Swedish footballer, currently playing for Wigan Athletic. He is a left back, but has also established himself as a centre back.Edman is an experienced left back, who has played for a number of clubs during his career. Edman was a player at Helsingborgs IF until 1999, which was his first time leaving Sweden and moved abroad. In 2001, after having unremarkable spells at Italian club Torino and Karlsruher SC in Germany, Edman returned to Sweden and joined AIK for one season.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he was a crew member of the S

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he was a crew member of the Swedish boat Marga which finished fourth in the 10 metre class competition.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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

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

Was a Swedish water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and i

Was a Swedish water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.From 1916 to 1946, served a

Was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.From 1916 to 1946, served as Director for the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm (Stockholm Stadium).

Was a Swedish gymnast who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens

Was a Swedish gymnast who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, he was a member of the Swedish tug of war team, which won the bronze medal. see Tug of war 1906Erik Granfelt also played football (soccer) for AIK from Stockholm, with whom he won the Swedish Championship in 1901.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics,

Is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

A Swedish former football player and current manager of the the Norwegian club Rosenborg, Trondheim.

A Swedish former football player and current manager of the the Norwegian club Rosenborg, Trondheim. His previous job was as manager of the Danish Superliga side Aalborg Boldspilklub. He guided the team to a 5th place finish in the 2005-06 season and to the championship in the 2007-08 season.

A Swedish footballer, currently playing for Kalmar FF. He is still to make his Allsvenskan debut for

A Swedish footballer, currently playing for Kalmar FF. He is still to make his Allsvenskan debut for Kalmar.He joined the team in 2005 from local club Lindsdals IF.

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 canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a Swedish canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, h

Is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he finished eighth in the K-4 1000 m event.

Was a Swedish athlete who won a bronze medal in wrestling in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Was a Swedish athlete who won a bronze medal in wrestling in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

A professional footballer who currently plays for IFK Göteborg in the Allsvenskan.Lund began his ca

A professional footballer who currently plays for IFK Göteborg in the Allsvenskan.Lund began his career at Ljungskile SK, before signing for Aston Villa on 1 July 2005. He appeared in 10 games for Villa reserves in the 2006-07 season, and scored a rare goal in the opening match of the International Soccer Sevens against Hong Kong Football Club in a 1-0 victory. On 3 June 2007 he signed a new 2-year contract with Villa. In August 2007, Lund made his debut for the first team, coming on as a substitute for Craig Gardner in the pre-season friendly against Walsall.

A Swedish chess master.In 1928, he won in Oslo, took 5th in Helsingborg, tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockho

A Swedish chess master.In 1928, he won in Oslo, took 5th in Helsingborg, tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm (Quadrangular, Richard Réti won). In 1929, he took 2nd in Göteborg (Nordic Chess Championship, Gideon Ståhlberg won), and took 3rd in Västerås. In 1930, he took 7th in Stockholm (Isaac Kashdan won).