List of people connected to Gothenburg

List of people connected to Gothenburg

List of notable people connected to Gothenburg, Sweden.

*Deathstars, Cybergoth Industrial Metal group
*Jan Eliasson, former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
*Ace of Base, pop group
*Daniel Alfredsson, captain and MVP of the NHL's Ottawa Senators
*Arvid Carlsson, winner of the Nobel Prize in medicine (2000)
*Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), Scottish architect
*William Chalmers (1748-1811), manager of the Swedish East India Company and founder of Chalmers University of Technology
*Ulf Dageby, rock musician
*Mikkey Dee, heavy metal drummer
*At the Gates, melodic death metal group
*In Flames, melodic death metal group
*Dark Tranquility, melodic death metal group
*Gunilla Florby, English lit. professor
*Gunnar Gren, footballer, part of the Milan Gre-No-Li and 1958 FIFA World Cup runners-up squad
*Bengt Hallberg, jazz pianist
*Hammerfall, power metal group
*Håkan Hellström, singer-songwriter
*Zeth Höglund, founder of the Swedish communist movement
*Jan Johansson, jazz pianist
*Ingemar Johansson, boxer and World Heavyweight Champion in 1959
*Torbjörn Nilsson, former IFK Göteborg football player, part of the 1982 UEFA Cup winning team
*Christian Olsson (born 1980), triple jump gold medalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics
*Elena Paparizou, Greek singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
*Laleh Pourkarim, Persian-Swedish singer-song-writer
*Marcus Samuelsson, renowned chef
*Jonas Svensson, professional tennis player
*Daniel Wahlgren (Papa Dee), musician
*Kim Källström, Football player, plays for European top club Olympique Lyonnais in French Ligue 1
*Soilwork, melodic death metal group
*Arch Enemy, melodic death metal group
*Evert Taube,author, artist, composer and singer
*Jens Lekman, singer-songwriter
*The Similou, electronic music group
*Jonas Sjöstedt, Member of European Parliament
*Björn Ulvaeus, singer-songwriter from ABBA
*The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, rock group
*Freak Kitchen, hard rock/heavy metal group


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