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The following is a list of notable Swedish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.

To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Swedish American or must have references showing they are Swedish American and are notable.

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Entertainment

Actors

Maud Adams, Swedish-born, Bond girl^[1]
Malin Åkerman, Swedish-born actress and singer
Ann-Margret, Swedish-born, actress and singer^[2]
Candice Bergen, actress and fashion model, father of Swedish descent^[3]
Edgar Bergen, actor and radio performer^[4]
Ingrid Bergman, Swedish-born
Nadia Bjorlin, soap opera actress, Swedish father^[5]
Rowan Blanchard, American actress
Veda Ann Borg, American film actress
James Coburn, film actor
Arthur Donaldson (1869–1955), Swedish-American actor
Joseph J. Dowling, film American actor; his mother was Swedish
Stan Freberg, animation voice actor, author, recording artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director
Greta Garbo, Swedish-born, film actress^[6]
Jake Gyllenhaal, actor; father was of Swedish descent
Maggie Gyllenhaal, actress; father was of Swedish descent
Signe Hasso, film actress^[7]
Garrett Hedlund, actor, father is of Swedish ancestry
Martha Hedman, Swedish-born, American stage actress
Tippi Hedren, film actress, paternal grandparents were immigrants from Sweden
Liza Huber, soap opera, television and stage actress
Gunilla Hutton, film actress
Tor Johnson, actor and wrestler, Swedish-born^[8]
Van Johnson, film and television actor, of part Swedish descent^[9]
Val Kilmer, actor, mother was of Swedish descent
Joel Kinnaman, actor, Swedish-born, American father and Swedish-Jewish mother
Melinda Kinnaman, actress; half-sister of Joel; a Swedish and American citizen
Kris Kristofferson, country music songwriter, singer and actor, father was of Swedish descent^[10]
Jack Larson, actor
Viveca Lindfors, stage and film actress
Helen Lindroth, Swedish-born; screen and stage actress^[11]
Susan Lucci, mother of part Swedish descent; soap opera actress

Dolph Lundgren, actor, filmmaker and martial artist.^[12]^[13]^[14]
Jennette McCurdy, actress of Swedish descent
Carlotta Nillson, Swedish-born, Broadway actress^[15]
Anna Q. Nilsson, Swedish-born, silent film actress
Warner Oland, film actor^[16]
Nancy Olson, film and television actress^[17]
Olivia Olson, actress and voiceover actress; her birth mother is Swedish^{[citation needed]}
Mary-Louise Parker, film actress, star in TV series Weeds, of 1/4 Swedish descent
Dorothy Peterson, actress
Jeremy Renner, actor, of part Swedish descent
Izabella Scorupco, actress
Inger Stevens, Swedish-born, film and television actress
Emma Stone, actress whose paternal grandfather is Swedish
Erik Per Sullivan, Malcolm in the Middle actor, Swedish mother^[18]
Gloria Swanson, silent film actress^[19]
Bo Svenson, Swedish-born American actor, known for his roles in American genre films of the 1970s and 1980s
Karl Swenson, film and television actor, radio personality, of Swedish parentage
Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer and the creator of Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Kari Wahlgren, voiceover actress^[20]
Maiara Walsh, actress^[21]
Irene Ware, actress in Hollywood; was in 40 movies, 1932-1940^[22]
Richard Widmark, father was of Swedish descent
Steve Zahn, of part Swedish descent

Music

Leroy Anderson, Swedish immigrant parents, composer
Theresa Andersson, singer-songwriter
Gustav Åhr (Lil Peep) rapper, singer and songwriter
Herbert Blomstedt, orchestral conductor
David Carlson, composer
Olive Fremstad, Swedish-born, mezzo-soprano and soprano opera singer^[23]
Jerry Garcia, singer and guitarist of the Grateful Dead
Emilie Hammarskjöld, composer
Chris Fehn, Percussionist and vocals of the band Slipknot
Howard Hanson, composer, conductor, educator and music theorist^[24]
Ragnar Hasselgren, Swedish-born singer and recording artist, who was active on the American West Coast from the 1920s through the 1970s
Catherine Christer Hennix, composer
Joe Hill, Swedish-born, songwriter, labor activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World^[25]
Quincy Jones III, Swedish-born mother, composer, music producer, film producer and author
Ben Jorgensen, writer and singer for Armor For Sleep
Kris Kristofferson, influential country music songwriter, singer and actor^[26]
MC Lars, rapper
Peggy Lee, Swedish/Norwegian grandparents,^[27] jazz singer and songwriter
Neil Levang, musician
Jim Lindberg, singer-songwriter for the American punk rock band Pennywise
Kerry Livgren, musician-songwriter for the American band Kansas
Nils Lofgren, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
Mike Love, lead singer for The Beach Boys, mother was of half Swedish ancestry.
Marjorie Lynn, singer who gained fame from WLS-AM radio in Chicago and the National Barn Dance, the precursor to the Grand Ole Opry
Freddy Moore, singer-songwriter
Ricky Nelson, singer-songwriter
Harry Nilsson, singer-songwriter
Jack Noren, jazz drummer and vocalist
Ted Nugent, singer-songwriter, guitarist and political activist
Carl E. Olivebring, Swedish singer whose career took place largely in America
Birgit Ridderstedt, folk singer and producer
Todd Rundgren, singer-songwriter
Ilya Salmanzadeh, singer-songwriter and producer
Grace Slick, singer-songwriter
Cat Stevens, singer-songwriter, mother Swedish
Amanda Swenson, soprano singer
Hughie Thomasson, singer and guitarist
Cal Tjader, Swedish parents, jazz musician
Theodor Uppman, Swedish parents, opera singer
Elle Varner, Singer, songwriter, guitarist (Father is half-Swedish)^[28]
Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born, opera singer
Henry Vestine, guitarist, son of Ernest Harry Vestine
Donnie Wahlberg, singer of pop group New Kids On The Block, actor and film producer.
Brian Wilson, founding member of The Beach Boys, father was of partial Swedish ancestry.
Carl Wilson, lead guitarist for the Beach Boys, brother of Brian and Dennis, father was half Swedish.
Carnie Wilson, daughter of Brian Wilson. Her great-grandmother was Swedish.
Dennis Wilson, drummer of the Beach Boys, father was half Swedish.
Murry Wilson, record producer, songwriter, and father of Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys. Mother was Swedish.
Wendy Wilson, sister of Carnie Wilson and daughter of Brian Wilson. Great-grandmother was Swedish.

Other

Ludwig Ahgren, won the award for "Streamer of the Year" in 2022 and is one of the biggest gaming streamers on Twitch and YouTube.
Mary Katherine Campbell, two-time Miss America winner in 1922 and 1923; mother was half Swedish^[29]
Gretchen Carlson, journalist, co-host of Fox & Friends on Fox News Channel, former Miss America
Leticia Cline, model
Steve Dahl, longtime Chicago radio disc jockey and talk personality, influential early "shock jock"
Cary Fukunaga, director, writer, film producer and cinematographer
Stephen Gyllenhaal, director^[30]
Mitch Hedberg, comedian
Verne Lundquist, sportscaster, currently employed by CBS Sports television
Ozzie Nelson, Swedish immigrant father, entertainer, radio and television actor
Hjalmar Peterson, vaudeville artist
Nena von Schlebrügge, fashion model in the 1950s and 1960s; born in Mexico but of German and Swedish descent; mother of actress Uma Thurman
Steven Soderbergh, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor and Oscar-winning director, of part Swedish descent^[31]

Artists

John Alvin Anderson, Swedish-American photographer who is known for photographing Sioux Indians at the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota from 1885 until 1930
Carl Oscar Borg, Swedish-born, painter, known for themes of the Southwestern United States^[32]
Edward William Carlson, Swedish-American miniature portrait painter
John F. Carlson, Swedish-born, Impressionist artist, author of Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting^[33]
Peter David Edstrom, Swedish-born, sculptor^[34]
Arnold Friberg, American illustrator and painter noted for his religious and patriotic works. He is perhaps best known for his 1975 painting The Prayer at Valley Forge, a depiction of George Washington praying at Valley Forge.
Bud Grace, cartoonist^[35]
Paul Granlund, sculptor^[36]
Albinus Hasselgren, painter and sculptor
Knute Heldner, Swedish-born, American artist^[37]
Gustavus Hesselius, Swedish-born, painter^[38]
John Hesselius, portraitist^[39]
Magnus Colcord "Rusty" Heurlin (1895–1986), Swedish-born, Swedish-American artist and painter best known for his depictions of Alaskan landscapes
Oscar Jacobson, Swedish-born American painter and museum curator. From 1915 to 1945, he was the director of the University of Oklahoma's School of Art
Emil Janel, artist
Lester Johnson, painter
Olof Krans, Swedish-born, artist and painter^[40]
Michael Kors, fashion designer
Hope Larson, illustrator and cartoonist
Karl Larsson, Swedish-born, painter, engraver and sculptor
Evan Lindquist, artist, printmaker, first artist laureate of Arkansas^[41]
Carl Lotave, painter of portraits, illustrator, and sculptor
Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt, Swedish-born, artist^[42]
Arvid Nyholm, artist known primarily as a portrait and landscape painter^[43]
Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born, sculptor, best known for his public art^[44]
David Oscarson, Swedish American pen designer
Paul Kuniholm Pauper, Swedish mother, Norwegian father; sculptor^[45]
Susan Mohl Powers, sculptor^[46]
Henry Reuterdahl, Swedish-American painter highly acclaimed for his nautical artwork. He had a long relationship with the United States Navy
Christopher Ross, sculptor with father of Swedish descent
Birger Sandzén, Swedish-born, painter^[47]
Haddon Sundblom, creator of Santa Claus images for the Coca-Cola Company^[48]
John August Swanson, Swedish father, visual artist, painter
Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-born, illustrator
Carl E. Wallin, Swedish-born, artist and painter^[49]
Gunnar Widforss, Swedish-born, artist specializing in landscapes^[50]
John Philip Hultberg, American expressionist and realist painter with parents of Swedish descent

Engineers

Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born, electrical engineer^[51]
Ragnar Benson, Chicago building contractor
Ernst Julius Berg, Swedish-born, American electrical engineer. A pioneer of radio, he produced the first two-way radio voice program in the United States
Stig Bergström, Swedish-American paleontologist who described the conodont family Paracordylodontidae and in 1974, he described the multielement conodont genus Appalachignathus from the Middle Ordovician of North America
Chester Carlson, physicist, inventor, and patent attorney^[52]
John Ericsson, Swedish-born, inventor and mechanical engineer^[53]
Carl Friden, Swedish-born, American mechanical engineer and businessman who founded the Friden Calculating Machine Company
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, Swedish-born parents, aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator, considered one of the most talented and prolific aircraft design-engineers^[54]
John B. Johnson, Swedish-born, electrical engineer and physicist
Clarence Hugo Linder, of Swedish descent, electrical engineer, founding member of the National Academy of Engineering
Harry Nyquist, Swedish-born, engineer, important contributor to information theory^[55]
John W. Nystrom, engineer^[56] Swedish born, American civil engineer, inventor, and author. He served as an assistant Secretary and Chief Engineer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Arvid Reuterdahl, Swedish-American engineer, scientist and educator

Entrepreneurs and businesspeople

Christopher Ahlberg, computer scientist and entrepreneur^[57]
Gene Amdahl, computer architect and entrepreneur
Ragnar Benson, Swedish-born building contractor & philanthropist
John L. Anderson (shipbuilder), preeminent figure in Washington state maritime industries in the first half of the twentieth century, particularly ferry service, shipbuilding, and ship-based tourism. He ran the largest ferry fleet on Lake Washington for three decades.
Asplundh Tree Expert Company, American company which specializes in tree pruning and vegetation management for utilities and government agencies and was founded by three Swedish-American brothers
John Brynteson, Swedish-born, Alaskan mining executive^[58]
Curt Carlson, founder of Carlson
Carl G. Cromwell, Texas-based oil and aviation pioneer^[59]
John Erlander, Swedish-born, founder of Rockford Union Furniture Company^[60]
Ernest O. Estwing, Swedish-born, founder of Estwing Manufacturing Company^[61]
Carl Friden, Swedish-born, founder of Friden, Inc.
John Alfred Headlund, Swedish-born American architect
Oscar Hedstrom, Swedish-born, co-founder of the Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company^[62]
Walter Hoving, Swedish-born, head of Tiffany & Company
Andrew Johnson (architect), Swedish–American architect and contractor. He designed 61 documented or attributed buildings in Panola County, Mississippi and at least 16 more in North Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Several of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
J. Erik Jonsson, Swedish immigrant parents,^[63] co-founder and former president of Texas Instruments Incorporated, mayor of Dallas and philanthropist
Arvid Emanuel Kallen, Swedish-born, General Motors executive
George Kellgren, Swedish-born, founder of Kel-Tec, manufacturer of firearms.
Michael Kors, founder of Michael Kors Holdings Limited (KORS)
Reginald Lenna, philanthropist and CEO of Blackstone Company
Eli Lilly, philanthropist and founder of Eli Lilly and Company
Josua Lindahl, Swedish American geologist and paleontologist. He was a professor at Augustana College from 1878 to 1888, then was Illinois State Geologist until 1893. He is the namesake of the extinct Cyprinidae subspecies Aphelichthys lindahlii
Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer, who pioneered tourism to many remote and exotic parts of the world. He led the first tourist expedition to Antarctica in 1966
Erik Lindblom, Swedish-born, Alaskan mining executive^[58]
Charles Magnus Lindgren, Swedish-born, shipping executive^[64]
John R. Lindgren, banking executive with State Bank of Chicago, founder of Haugan & Lindgren banking firm in Chicago
Karl G. Malmgren, architect in the Pacific Northwest
William Matson, Swedish-born, founder of Matson Navigation Company^[65]
John W. Nordstrom, Swedish-born, co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain
G.L. Norrman, Swedish-born, important architect in the southeastern United States
Pehr August Peterson, Swedish-born, business executive and founder of the Swedish American Hospital^[66]
Rudolph A. Peterson, Swedish-born, President and CEO of Bank of America^[67]
Norman Ralston, co-founder of Aero Air
Cristina Stenbeck, Swedish father, American mother, businesswoman
Carl Strandlund, Swedish-born, inventor and entrepreneur^[68]
Gideon Sundbäck, Swedish-born, inventor, commercialized the zipper, son-in-law of colleague Peter Aronson
David Sundstrand, Swedish-born American inventor of the 10-key adding machine, 10-key calculator keyboard, a 10-keypad now used on computer keyboards
Carl A. Swanson, Swedish-born, founder of Swanson^[69]
Swante M. Swenson, Swedish-born, founder of the SMS Ranches^[70]
Nils F. Testor, Swedish-born, founder of Testor Corporation^[71]
Charles Rudolph Walgreen, founder of Walgreens, one of America's largest pharmacy chains; Swedish-born parents^[72]
Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., President of Walgreens
Charles R. Walgreen III, President of Walgreens
Henrik Wallin, Savannah, Georgia-based architect
Magnus Wahlström, Swedish American entrepreneur and later a philanthropist who founded Bridgeport (machine tool brand)
Carl Wickman, founder of Greyhound Lines

Military

William Anderson (Medal of Honor), Medal of honor recipient in 1878
William Y. Anderson, Swedish-born American fighter ace of World War II
Buzz Aldrin, pilot and astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing^[73]
Eric Bergland, Swedish-born American military officer who fought in the American Civil War as a volunteer officer, graduated from West Point at the top of his class, served his adopted country with distinction as an officer of the regular army, a professor of his alma mater, and a Western explorer, and married a cousin of the wife of president Rutherford B. Hayes
Richard I. Bong, US Army Air Force and Medal of Honor recipient
Arleigh Burke, US Navy Admiral
John A. Dahlgren, US Navy Rear Admiral
John Ernest Dahlquist, US Army four-star general^[74]
Eric G. Gibson, Swedish-born, US Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Roger Hanson, Confederate States Army General

Emil Holmdahl and his pet dog during the campaign against Zapata. c 1913

Emil Lewis Holmdahl, machine gunner, soldier of fortune, spy, gun runner, and treasure hunter who fought under John J. Pershing in the Spanish–American War in the Philippines, under Lee Christmas in Central America, under Francisco Madero, Pancho Villa, and Venustiano Carranza in the Mexican Revolution, and under John J. Pershing in World War I. In 1926, Holmdahl was accused of having stolen Francisco Pancho Villa's head.
Arthur C. Lundahl, was responsible for establishing the Central Intelligence Agency's National Photographic Interpretation Center, a forerunner of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and led the photointerpretation section of the U-2 reconnaissance program.
Gregory G. Johnson, US Navy admiral
Charles Linn, Swedish-born, captain in the Confederate States Navy^[75]
Oscar Malmborg, lieutenant colonel in the Union Army^[76]
Charles Momsen, US Navy vice admiral
Charles J. Stolbrand, Swedish-born brigadier general in American Civil War
Ivor Thord-Gray, Swedish-born, mercenary soldier

Politics and public service

Elmer L. Andersen, 30th Governor of Minnesota^[77]
C. Elmer Anderson, 28th Governor of Minnesota^[78]
John B. Anderson, US Representative from Illinois and an Independent candidate in the 1980 presidential election
Sydney Anderson, US Representative from Minnesota
Wendell Anderson, 33rd Governor of Minnesota, from January 4, 1971, to December 29, 1976^[79]
August H. Andresen, US Representative from Minnesota
Robert Bergland, US Representative from Minnesota, 20th United States Secretary of Agriculture
Joseph A. A. Burnquist, 19th Governor of Minnesota^[80]
George H. W. Bush, former president of the US^[81]
George W. Bush, former president of the US^[81]
Arne Carlson, 37th Governor of Minnesota^[82]
Carl Richard Chindblom, US Representative from Illinois^[83]
Byron Dorgan, US Senator
Adolph Olson Eberhart, 17th Governor of Minnesota
Mamie Eisenhower, wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961^[84]
C.J.A. Ericson, was an Iowa businessman and politician
Thomas Frankson, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
Orville Freeman, 29th Governor of Minnesota, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture^[85]
Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore^[86]
Jennifer Granholm, Governor of the state of Michigan; of Finnish-Swedish ancestry^[87]
John Hoeven, US Senator
Mike Holm, Swedish-born American politician and the longest-serving Minnesota Secretary of State
David Hultgren, former politician and judge in Illinois
Johnny Isakson, 2nd generation, Republican Senator from Georgia^[88]
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Founding Father, signer of the U.S. Constitution
John Albert Johnson, 16th Governor of Minnesota^[89]
Joseph B. Johnson, Swedish-born, 70th Governor of Vermont
Magnus Johnson, Swedish-born, US Senator from Minnesota
Tim Johnson, US Senator from South Dakota, father was of mostly Swedish ancestry
U. Alexis Johnson, US diplomat
Harold LeVander, 32nd Governor of Minnesota^[90]
John Lind, Swedish-born, 14th Governor of Minnesota^[91]
Charles August Lindbergh, Congressman for 6th District of Minnesota from 1907 to 1917^[92]
Gottfrid Lindsten, 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
Zoe Lofgren, Member of the US House of Representatives from California
Ernest Lundeen, US Senator from Minnesota
Dan Lungren, Member of the US House of Representatives from California
Warren G. Magnuson, US Senator from Washington
Hans Mattson, Swedish American politician. He served with distinction as a colonel in the American Civil War (1861–65) and in 1869 became the Minnesota Secretary of State. He later served as United States Consul General in India
Gregory J. Newell, former US Ambassador to Sweden (1985–1989); US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1982–1985); former assistant secretary of State for President Ronald Reagan^[93]
Albin Walter Norblad, Sr, Swedish-born, 19th Governor of Oregon (father of Albin Walter Norblad, Jr, grandfather of Albin Walter Norblad III)
Albin Walter Norblad, Jr, Member of the US House of Representatives from Oregon (son of Albin Walter Norblad, Sr, father of Albin Walter Norblad III)
Albin Walter Norblad III, attorney, judge of the Oregon Circuit Court (son of Albin Walter Norblad, Jr, grandson of Albin Walter Norblad, Sr)
Floyd B. Olson, 22nd Governor of Minnesota
Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr., politician and diplomat^[94]
James Oscarson, Swedish American politician
Alfred J. Pearson, Swedish born-American educator and diplomat
William Rehnquist, lawyer, jurist and a political figure, who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the Chief Justice of the United States^[95]
Adam Strohm, Swedish-American librarian. Strohm served as chief librarian of the Detroit Public Library from 1912 until his retirement in 1941
Adolphus Frederic St. Sure, United States District Court Judge^[96]
Carl Skoglund, socialist^[97]
Charles Stenholm, Member of the US House of Representatives from Texas
Don Sundquist, 47th Governor of Tennessee
David Ivar Swanson, Swedish-American Illinois state representative for the Republican Party who served 24 years in the Illinois state legislature between the years 1922-46 and 1948–50
Jon Tester, US Senator from Montana^{[citation needed]}
Tim Walberg, US Representative
Monrad Wallgren, 13th Governor of Washington, Member of the US House of Representatives and the US Senator from Washington
Earl Warren, California district attorney of Alameda County, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (from 1953 to 1969);^[98] of Swedish and Norwegian descent
Luther Youngdahl,^[99] 27th Governor of Minnesota
Oscar Youngdahl, Member of the US House of Representatives from Minnesota
G. Aaron Youngquist, Swedish-American lawyer and public prosecutor. He served as Minnesota Attorney General and as the Assistant U.S. Attorney General who successfully prosecuted Al Capone for federal income tax evasion

Religious personalities

Conrad Bergendoff, Lutheran theologian and historian
Marcus Borg, religious author
Paul Carlson, medical missionary of the Evangelical Covenant Church
Erland Carlsson, Swedish-born, Lutheran minister and one of the founders and President of the Augustana Synod^[100]
K. G. William Dahl, Swedish-born, Lutheran minister, founder of Bethphage Inner Mission in Axtell, Nebraska
John Alexis Edgren, Swedish-born, Baptist minister, founder of Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota^[101]
Lars Paul Esbjörn, Swedish-born, Lutheran minister and one of the founders of the Augustana Synod of the Lutheran church
Nils Frykman, Swedish-born, evangelist, hymnwriter and prominent figure in the Evangelical Covenant Church
Tuve Hasselquist, Swedish-born, Lutheran minister and founding president of the Augustana Synod
Johannes Alfred Hultman, Swedish-born, evangelist, hymnwriter and founding member of the Evangelical Covenant Church
Eric Jansson, Swedish-born, pietist leader
Andrew Nelson, missionary, linguist and lexicographer associated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Russell M. Nelson, renowned heart surgeon, college professor, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints^[102]
Thomas S. Monson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints^[103]
Eric Norelius, Swedish-born, Lutheran minister and one of the founders and President of the Augustana Synod^[104]
David Nyvall, Swedish-born, immigrant and church leader who helped shape the Evangelical Covenant Church and establish North Park University^[105]
Dale G. Renlund, junior member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints^[106]
Andreas Rudman, Swedish-born, pioneer Lutheran minister and pastor of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church^[107]
Carl Aaron Swensson, Lutheran minister and President of Bethany College
Gustaf Unonius, Swedish-born, Episcopalian clergyman and immigrant^[108]

Science

Carl David Anderson, physicist who won 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics^[109]
Alexander P. Anderson, was an American plant physiologist, botanist, educator and inventor. His scientific experiments led to the discovery of "puffed rice", a starting point for a new breakfast cereal that was later advertised as "Food Shot From Guns"
Ernst Antevs, was a Swedish-American geologist and educator who made significant contributions to Quaternary geology, particularly geomorphology and geochronology
Hugo Leander Blomquist, was a Swedish-born American botanist. His well-rounded expertise encompassed fungi, bacteria, bryophytes, algae, grasses, and ferns
John Elof Boodin, Swedish-born, philosopher and educator
Anton Julius Carlson, was a Swedish American physiologist. Carlson was Chairman of the Physiology Department at the University of Chicago from 1916 until 1940
Gunnar E. Carlsson, professor
John Carlstrom, Swedish-American astrophysicist, and Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Physics, at the University of Chicago
Walter Elmer Ekblaw, geologist, botanist, and college professor
Gustav Eisen, was a Swedish-American polymath. He became a member of California Academy of Sciences in 1874 and a Life Member in 1883
Per Enflo, University Professor of Mathematics at Kent State University
Otto Folin, was a Swedish-born American chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work at Harvard University
Fritiof Fryxell, was an American educator, geologist and mountain climber, best known for his research and writing on the Teton Range of Wyoming
Lennart Heimer, was a Swedish-American neuroscientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia. He was most noted for mapping circuits of the brain in the limbic lobe and basal ganglia, structures that play central roles in emotion processing and movement
John Bertrand Johnson, Swedish-born American electrical engineer and physicist. He first explained in detail a fundamental source of random interference with information traveling on wires
Torkel Korling, Swedish-born American industrial, commercial, portrait and botanical photographer
Ludwig Kumlien, was an American ornithologist. He took part in the Howgate Polar Expedition 1877-78 and collected a large number of bird specimens which led to the discovery of several new species
Thure Kumlien, was a Swedish-American ornithologist, naturalist, and taxidermist. A contemporary of Thoreau, Audubon, and Agassiz, he contributed much to the knowledge of the natural history of Wisconsin and its birds
John Bernhard Leiberg, Swedish-American botanical explorer, forester, and bryologist
Paco Lagerstrom, was an applied mathematician and aeronautical engineer
David R. Lindberg, malacologist, professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley
Charles E. Lindblom, was an American academic who was Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Economics at Yale University
Waldemar Lindgren, was a Swedish-American geologist. Lindgren was one of the founders of modern economic geology
Carl Marcus Olson, has been credited as the discoverer of the process to make silicon pure.
George Ord, zoologist who specialized in North American ornithology and mammalogy
Roger Tory Peterson naturalist, ornithologist, illustrator and educator, held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th-century environmental movement, his father was a Swedish immigrant
Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-born American meteorologist who first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics. He identified and characterized both the jet stream and the long waves in the westerlies that were later named Rossby waves
Per Axel Rydberg, Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium
Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel Prize laureate, chemist prominent in the discovery and isolation of ten transuranic elements including plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium and seaborgium, which was named in his honor^[110]
Thorsten Sellin, was a Swedish American sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, a penologist and one of the pioneers of scientific criminology
Folke K. Skoog, Swedish-born American plant physiologist who was a pioneer in the field of plant growth regulators
Orvar Swenson, Swedish-born American pediatric surgeon. He discovered the cause of Hirschsprung's disease and in 1948, with Alexander Bill, performed the first pull-through operation in a child with megacolon
Max Tegmark, cosmologist and associate professor of physics at MIT
Stephan Thernstrom, Winthrop Research Professor of History Emeritus at Harvard University
Ernest Harry Vestine, geophysicist and meteorologist
J. E. Wallace Wallin, was an American psychologist and an early proponent of educational services for the mentally handicapped
Nils Yngve Wessell, was a Swedish-American psychologist and the eighth president of Tufts University from 1953 to 1966, overseeing its transformation from a small liberal arts college to an internationally known research university
Peter Jansen Wester, was a Swedish-American agricultural botanist. Born in Sweden, he emigrated to the United States in 1897. Wester worked in several agricultural offices from 1897 to 1903, including leading the United States Department of Agriculture's experiment station and experimental plots for subtropical plants in Miami.
Olof B. Widlund, Swedish-American mathematician. He is well known for his leading role in and fundamental contributions to domain decomposition methods

Sports

Josh Allen, American football quarterback currently with the Buffalo Bills
Bob Backlund, American retired professional wrestler with an in-ring career spanning over 30 years.
Earl W. Bascom, hall of fame rodeo champion, "father of modern rodeo"
Tom Brady, Former American football quarterback; played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but most famous for his tenure with the New England Patriots
Lou Amundson, basketball player
Willie Bloomquist, baseball player
Ernst Brandsten, diving coach
Dustin Byfuglien, hockey player
Bob Burnquist, skateboarder, father is American of Swedish descent
Swede Carlstrom, Major League shortstop for the Boston Red Sox
John Carlson, hockey player
Gary Cederstrom, Major League Baseball umpire
Armand Duplantis, pole vaulter representing Sweden for international events, Swedish mother
Dick Enberg, sportscaster
Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason, retired American football quarterback, network commentator.
Nancy Faust, stadium organist for the Chicago White Sox franchise in Major League Baseball
Ed Gustafson, professional athlete with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Rudolph Emil Hagberg, American football offensive lineman in the National Football League
Dorothy Hamill, figure skater
Matt Hasselbeck, former quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks
Walter Hellman, draughts player
Matt Hendricks, NHL winger^[111]
Chet Holmgren, NBA player
Mike Holmgren, former head coach of the Seattle Seahawks^[112]
Jonas Jerebko, basketball player born to a Russian American father and a Swedish mother.
Greta Johansson, diver
Chester Johnston, former professional American football player
Swede Johnston, football player
John Kvist, football player
Gus Lawson, was a record holding professional cyclist who died in a race
John Lawson, was a Swedish-American professional cyclist known as "The Terrible Swede"
Iver Lawson, was a world champion cyclist
Ewa Mataya Laurance, professional pool player
Edward Lindberg, athlete
Charlie Lindgren, NHL goaltender
Ryan Lindgren, NHL defenseman
Freddie Lindstrom, baseball player
Matthew Lindstrom, baseball player
Greg Louganis, diver
Pug Lund, football player^[113]
Mike Lundin, ice hockey player
Phil Mickelson, American professional golfer
Jordy Nelson, American football player
Nils. V. "Swede" Nelson^[114]
Joakim Noah, basketball player
Bob Nystrom, ice hockey player
Eric Nystrom, ice hockey player
Andrew James Oberlander, All-American halfback football player
Gene Okerlund, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, was an American professional wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host.
Bobo Olson, Swedish father, boxer
Charles August Risberg, baseball player
Ryne Sandberg, baseball player
Mattias Samuelsson, hockey player, father Kjell is Swedish.
Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish-born, ice hockey player
Ted Sundquist, bobsledder and football manager
Cub Swanson, mixed martial artist
Jeffery Taylor, former NBA player; born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and an American father
Nick Theslof, first American soccer player to play in Europe, grandson of Vivi-Anne Hultén
Oliver Wahlstrom, ice hockey player, Swedish father
Adolph Frederick Youngstrom, football player
Yukon Eric Eric Holmback, better known as Yukon Eric, was an American professional wrestler.

Writers

Nelson Algren, writer
Jack Anderson, journalist
Ray Bradbury, science fiction and fantasy, mother was an immigrant from Sweden^[115]
Siv Cedering, poet
Jonathan Franzen, novelist and essayist
Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian/author, paternal great-grandparents born in Sweden
Axel Carl Johan Gustafson, Swedish-born, writer
Victor Davis Hanson, military historian, columnist, political essayist and former classics
James Jerpe, Pittsburgh sportswriter with a Swedish immigrant father and second-generation Swedish-American mother^[116]
Gustavo A. Mellander, historian, columnist, political commentator, university administrator, college president; honored by the United States House of Representatives, 1985
Edita Morris, writer^[117]
Lars-Erik Nelson, political columnist
Victor Folke Nelson, writer and prison reform advocate
Sigurd Olson, writer and environmentalist
Hans Ostrom, writer and professor
Carl Sandburg, poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist^[98]
Ernst Skarstedt, Swedish-born, first author editor, and newspaper publisher^[118]
Gerald Vizenor, novelist and literary critic^[119]

Colonial people

Måns Andersson, Swedish-born, resident of New Sweden
Jonas Bronck, Swedish-born, settler after whom the New York City borough of the Bronx was named
Sven Gunnarsson, Swedish-born, resident of New Sweden
Margaret Matson, Swedish-born, resident of New Sweden
Eric Pålsson Mullica, Swedish-born, resident of New Sweden
Peter Gunnarsson Rambo, Swedish-born, resident of New Sweden
Reorus Torkillus, Swedish-born, resident of New Sweden

Educators

Alida Anderson, university professor and widely published education researcher
George Akerlof, economist
Arnold Barton, educator and historian
Linda Lee Cadwell, teacher; widow of Bruce Lee
August Hjalmar Edgren, Swedish-born, linguistics and university professor^[120]
Emory Lindquist, was the president of Bethany College (1943–1953) in Lindsborg, Kansas and Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas (1963–1968). He also served as a professor and authored many articles and books, especially regarding Swedish-American history
Claes Gösta Ryn, academic and educator

Other

Bob Arno, Swedish-American entertainer, known primarily as a comedy pickpocket, and more recently criminologist specializing in global street crime
Leroy J. Alexanderson, last captain of the SS United States
Alfred O. Andersson, publisher
H. S. "Andy" Anderson, Swedish-American woodcarver, one of the recognized masters of 20th-century woodcarving, most famous for Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving and caricature carving
Bo Andersson, former General Motors executive, and present President/CEO of GAZ Group
Lillian Asplund, Titanic survivor
William Lee Bergstrom, commonly known as The Suitcase Man or Phantom Gambler, was a gambler and high roller known for placing the largest bet in casino gambling history at the time amounting to $777,000 ($2.41 million present day amount) at the Horseshoe Casino, which he won
Oscar Broneer, was a prominent Swedish American educator and archaeologist known in particular for his work on Ancient Greece. He is most associated with his discovery of the Temple of Isthmia, an important Panhellenic shrine dating from the seventh century B.C.
Paul Carlson, was an American physician and medical missionary who served in Congo. He was killed in 1964 by rebel insurgents after being falsely accused of being an American spy
Victor Carlstrom, was a record-holding Swedish-American pioneer aviator. He set a cross-America flight air speed record
Neil Erickson, Swedish-born American pioneer in Cochise County, Arizona
Eric Enstrom, Swedish-born American photographer. He became famous for his 1918 photograph of Charles Wilden in Bovey, Minnesota. The photo is now known as "Grace" and depicts Wilden saying a prayer over a simple meal
Axel Erlandson, was a Swedish American farmer who shaped trees as a hobby, and opened a horticultural attraction in 1947 called "The Tree Circus"
Frank Erickson, was Arnold Rothstein's right-hand man and New York's largest bookmaker during the 1930s and 40s
Febold Feboldson, is an American folk hero who was a Swedish American plainsman and cloudbuster from Nebraska
Abraham Fornander, journalist, judge and ethnologist
Franklin S. Forsberg, publisher and diplomat
Nicholas Gustafson, was a Swedish immigrant who was mortally wounded in the James–Younger Gang bank raid in Northfield, Minnesota
Olof Hanson, first Deaf American architect
Eric A. Hegg, Swedish-American photographer who portrayed the people in Skagway, Bennett and Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush from 1897 to 1901
Olof Jonsson, Swedish-born engineer and psychic, famous for his long-distance telepathy experiment during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971
Gary Larson, Swedish-American cartoonist. He is the creator of The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series
Charles Lindbergh, pioneering aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927^[121]
Erik Lindbergh, aviator
Godfrey Lundberg, Swedish-born, engraver^[122]
Jon Lindbergh, is a former underwater diver from the United States. He has worked as a United States Navy demolition expert and as a commercial diver, and was one of the world's earliest aquanauts in the 1960s. He was also a pioneer in cave diving. He is the oldest surviving child of aviator Charles Lindbergh
Raymond Nels Nelson, Chief of Staff Senator Claiborne Pell, R.I., former Bureau Chief, Providence Journal, unsolved murder 1981
Frank Olson, biochemist, he was covertly given LSD in the CIA's MKUltra program
Sigurd F. Olson, author, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness
Ingrid Pedersen, was a Swedish-American aviator; first female pilot to fly over the North Pole
Buell Halvor Quain, ethnologist
Eric P. Quain, was a Swedish-born physician who co-founded the Quain and Ramstad Clinic in Bismarck, North Dakota. He also served as head of surgical services in France for the United States Army during World War I.
Tom Rolf, was a Swedish-born American film editor who worked on at least 48 feature films in a career spanning over fifty years. Famous for editing Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese.
Calvin Rutstrum, author of wilderness camping experiences and techniques books
Olaf Swenson, was a Seattle-based fur trader and adventurer active in Siberia and Alaska in the first third of the 20th century. His career intersected with activities of notable explorers of the period, and with the Russian Civil War. He is credited with leading the rescue of the Karluk survivors from Wrangel Island in 1914
Ivor Thord-Gray, Swedish-born, adventurer, ethnologist and linguist^[123]
Jon Winroth, was an American wine critic who wrote for The New York Times
Valentin Wolfenstein, was a Swedish-American photographer who worked both in Stockholm and Los Angeles, California. He was one of the first photographers to use flash-lamps for photography

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[1] rn Maud Solveig Christina Wikström in Luleå, Sweden

[2] "Ann-Margret Bio, News and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com". Archived from the original on August 30, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2006.; named the Swedish American of the Year, has performed for the King and Queen of Sweden

[3] Swedish immigrant paternal grandparents. Bergen is a Swedish-American according to [1]; she is Swedish on her father's side [2]

[4] Swedish immigrant parents NY Times bio calls him a Swedish-American

[5] "Soaps Community - Nadia Bjorlin fans!!". Archived from the original on June 13, 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2006. "Swedish-Persian", born in the US to a Swedish father, composer/conductor Ulf Björlin, and a Persian mother

[6] "Swedes in Hollywood: Not just Greta Garbo - SWEDEN.SE". Archived from the original on July 20, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2006. [3] Swedish-born, became US citizen

[7] "Obituary: Signe Hasso | Independent, the (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com". Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2006.[4] Swedish born, became US citizen

[8] ttp://www.lethargiclad.com/tor/bio.html Swedish-born, became US citizen

[9] (Swedish-born father)TomFolio.com: Van Johnson, Author Autograph Sample, Book List Link, Search Books Available

[10] Swedish immigrant grandfather. Listed as one of several "Famous Swedish Americans" at Famous Swedish Americans

[11] "Helen Lindroth". New York Times. 1956-10-12. pp. 29

[12] McDougall, A. J. (February 13, 2024). "Dolph Lundgren Finally Becomes a U.S. Citizen". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 13, 2024.

[13] "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.

[14] Sviggum, Silje Kathrine (February 14, 2024). "Dolph Lundgren og Emma Krokdal ble amerikanere: – Feiret med treningsøkt". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[15] Carlotta Nillson, Veteran Actress-The New York Times; January 1, 1952 Obituary

[16] rhaps best known for playing Charlie Chan.Listed as one of several Swedish-Americans at Famous Swedish Americans; Swedish- born

[17] Nancy Olson Biography

[18] Sullivan - referred to as a Swedish-American at Yahoo^{[permanent dead link‍]}; mother is from Sweden"WVAH Fox 11: Erik per Sullivan on Malcolm in the Middle". Archived from the original on November 27, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2009.

[19] Listed as one of several Swedish-Americans at Famous Swedish Americans

[20] "Portrait of a Voiceover Actress" [interview] by Ray Sidman, Comic Buyers Guide, #1631 (August 2007), pp. 36-38

[21] "Cover Profile - Viva! Atlanta". Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

[22] Born Irene Ahlberg 6/11 1910 in New York (father from Sweden, mother from New York), died 6/3 1993 in Orange, California. According to : http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&indiv=try&h=31851738

[23] The Rainbow Bridge (a biography of Olive Fremstad) (Mary Watkins Cushing, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1954. Library of Congress Catalog card number 54:10494)

[24] Referred to as Swedish-American at Swedish Americans; Swedish parents

[25] ttp://mysongbook.de/msb/songs/j/joehill.html immigrant from Gästrikland, Sweden

[26] Listed as one of several "Famous Swedish Americans" at

[27] Peggy Lee Tribute Archived 2007-04-05 at the Wayback Machine

[28] "Elle Varner Talks Ethnicity & Michael Jackson's Prank on Her Mom" – via YouTube.

[29] "Final Dawes Rolls". United States Government. May 12, 1907.

[30] Gyllenhaal is referred to as a "Swedish-American" at Maggie Gyllenhaal, he has one Swedish great-grandfather

[31] ttp://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7899 Noted "I'm Swedish" regarding his ethnicity

[32] Carl Oscar Borg, Artist of the American West (by Marlene R. Miller) Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine

[33] (Antiques and Fine Art)

[34] Hildebrand, Carver Edstrom. David Edstrom, Swedish American Sculptor (Swedish American Genealogist, 10, 1: 17–29 March 1990)

[35] Named one of "24 Famous Swedish Americans"

[36] Paul Granlund (Gustavus Adolphus College)

[37] Ask Art. Knute Heldner

[38] Richard H. Saunders and Ellen G. Miles, American Colonial Portraits, 1700-1776, Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1987

[39] Doud, Richard K., John Hesselius: His Life and Work (Masters Thesis to the University of Delaware, 1963)

[40] A Prairie Dream Recaptured (American Heritage, by David G. Lowe. October 1969. Volume 20, Issue 6) "AmericanHeritage.com / A Prarie Dream Recaptured". Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2009.

[41] Ann Japenga (California Desert Art)

[42] rtist known for seascapes and depictions of New Mexico’s indigenous culture.Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (Luther College Fine Arts Collection)

[43] Arvid Frederick Nyholm Biography (Luther College Fine Arts Collection)

[44] Biography of Claes Oldenburg Archived 2009-10-26 at the Wayback Machine

[45] / Sculpture intervention at Seattle Art Museum

[:3-46] "Biography - Susan Mohl Powers". SMP Installations. Sailshade Studios, Inc. 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.

[47] ttp://www.kshs.org/portraits/sandzen_birger.htm Swedish born, immigrated to the United States

[48] ttp://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm Archived February 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Swedish-American; parents were Swedish

[49] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Swedish-American Archives of Greater Chicago Manuscript Collection #35, Exhibition by Swedish-American Artists at the Swedish Club of Chicago 1911-1982.

[50] Gunnar Widforss Biography (Californiawatercolor.com)

[51] ttp://www.bookrags.com/sciences/earthscience/alexanderson-ernst-frederik-werner--mee-01.html born in Uppsala, Sweden, immigrated to the US

[52] Referred to as Swedish-American at

[53] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20031022001649/http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/ericsson.html born at Långbanshyttan in Värmland, Sweden, primarily active in the US

[54] ttp://www.nap.edu/html/biomems/cjohnson.html The seventh of nine children of impoverished Swedish immigrants

[55] ttp://www.bath.ac.uk/news/articles/archive/nyquistsuite.html ; immigrant, born in Nilsby, Sweden

[56] Referred to as "Swedish-American" at

[57] Mentioned growing up in Sweden at

[gi.alaska.edu-58] "The Nome Gold Rush (by Larry Gedney. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks)". Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved October 14, 2009.

[59] The Handbook of Texas (Texas State Historical Association)

[60] Rockford Small Business Collection (Rockford, Illinois Regional History Center) Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine

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