* 1972 – Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and composer ( The Hellacopters The Solution, The Hydromatics, and Imperial State Electric )

* 1974 – Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician ( Broder Daniel )

* 1976 – Christian Älvestam, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician ( Scar Symmetry, Miseration, and Solution. 45 )

* 1945 – Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer ( ABBA and Hootenanny Singers )

Göran Bror Benny Andersson () ( born 16 December 1946 ), known professionally as Benny Andersson, is a Swedish musician, composer, former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA ( 1972 – 1983 ), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia !.

* 1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter ( ABBA )

* 1970 – Ulf Ekberg, Swedish musician ( Ace of Base )

* 1966 – Tim Sköld, Swedish / American musician

* 1973 – Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician ( The Cardigans )

* 1981 – Jens Lekman, Swedish musician

* 1970 – Fredrik Thordendal, Swedish musician ( Meshuggah )

* 1970 – Krister Linder, Swedish musician ( Dive )

* 1973 – Mattias Hellberg, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician ( The Hellacopters, Nationalteatern, and The Solution )

* 1977 – Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish singer, musician, and producer ( Scar Symmetry, Centinex, Raubtier, and Carnal Forge )

* 1970 – Peter Tägtgren, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer ( Hypocrisy, Pain, Bloodbath, and Lock Up )

* 1974 – Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician ( Millencolin )

* 1940 – Lasse Åberg, Swedish actor, musician, and director

* 1969 – Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician

* 1958 – Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician ( Roxette )

* 1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish musician

* 1973 – Dan Swanö, Swedish musician ( Edge of Sanity and Nightingale )

* 1967 – Jonas " Joker " Berggren, Swedish musician ( Ace of Base )

* 1984 – Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician ( A-Teens )

* 1981 – Salem Al Fakir, Swedish musician and singer

The revised edition of Robyn was released in the UK in April 2007, and contains two new tracks —" With Every Heartbeat " ( a collaboration with Kleerup ) and " Cobrastyle " ( a cover of a 2006 single by Swedish rockers Teddybears )— alongside slightly altered versions of two of the original songs.

Robyn stated to Aftonbladet, a Swedish newspaper site, that she wanted to start recording a new album in the beginning of 2009 and that she will work with producers such as Kleerup (" With Every Heartbeat ") as well as Klas Åhlund who she worked with on Robyn.

Benny Andersson has written music to several films for screen and television ; the first attempt in the early 1970s for the obscure Swedish movie The Seduction Of Inga: the film flopped, but the ' Björn & Benny ' single " She's My Kind Of Girl " surprised the composers by being released in Japan and becoming a Top 10 hit ( the song renamed in Japan as " The Little Girl Of The Cold Wind ").

The Swedish progressive extreme metal band Opeth released two concept albums in the late 90s.

The film's soundtrack was released through Columbia Records, and consists of songs in English and Swedish language.

Swedish band Broder Daniel, who contributed three English language songs to the movie, released an EP titled Fucking Åmål.

In 2012, Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit released the single " Emmylou " from the album The Lion's Roar.

In 2010 Koenigsegg released information at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show on a new model called the Agera, which translates into " take action / act " in Swedish.

2, was released on 6 September, entering straight at number one on the Swedish chart, and the final album of the trilogy, Body Talk, was released on 22 November 2010 with lead single " Indestructible ".

Robyn revealed on her website that her new album would be released earlier than anticipated, and noted several fabled collaborators on the album, including Klas Åhlund from Teddybears STHLM, Swedish duo The Knife and former Cheiron producer Alexander Kronlund.

On 17 March 2009, The FARC-EP released Swedish hostage Erik Roland Larsson.

Anderson Records released Anni-Frid Lyngstad's Swedish comeback album Djupa andetag in 1996, as well as Michael B. Tretow's Greatest Hits in 1999.

* Mumin, Books 1 – 7 ( 1977 – 1981, Moomin ; Books 3 – 7 with Lars Jansson ) ( all seven released in Swedish, Books 1 – 6 released in English ).

* In 2012, the Swedish singer Thåström released the album " Beväpna dig met vingar " which includes a song called " Samarkanda ".

Haley actually recorded this song on five occasions ( a Spanish language version for Orfeón of Mexico City and an English version for the US label Newtown Records ( both in 1964 ), two live versions for Buddah Records recorded in New York in 1969 ( neither of which were released for 25 years ), and once more in Nashville, Tennessee for the Swedish Sonet Records label in 1970 ).

Kent has released nine studio albums, sold over two million records and has won 20 Swedish Grammy Awards.

In 2000, an English version of Hagnesta Hill was released, featuring two songs from the Swedish version replaced with two new English tracks (" Just Like Money " and " Quiet Heart ").

They've also released the single “ Nålens öga ” for Swedish Save the children.

The first single of the album was released on September 17, 2007 with the title " Ingenting " ( Swedish for " Nothing ").

In 2005, Swedish actress Mimi Pollak, a close friend in drama school, released sixty letters Garbo had written her in their long correspondence.

* Swedish folk musician The Tallest Man on Earth released his second album The Wild Hunt on April 13, 2010.

Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg ( in Swedish: Greve af Wisborg ; 2 January 1895 – 17 September 1948 ) was a Swedish diplomat and nobleman noted for his negotiation of the release of about 31, 000 prisoners from German concentration camps during World War II, including 450 Danish Jews from Theresienstadt released on 14 April 1945.