International Swede of the Year
- International Swede of the Year
International Swede of the Year ( _sv. Årets svensk i världen) is a prize awarded by the Society for expatriate Swedes and the Swedish daily Dagens Industri.
*2007 Hans Rausing, founder of Tetra Pak.
*2006 Bertil Hult, founder of EF Education.
*2005 Jan-Ove Waldner, table tennis champion.
*2004 Margot Wallström, EU Commissioner.
*2003 Jonas af Jochnick and Robert af Jochnick, entrepreneurs, founders of Oriflame.
*2002 Yngve Bergqvist, entrepreneur, founder of the Ice hotel at Jukkasjärvi.
*2001 Sven-Göran Eriksson, football coach.
*2000 Håkan Lans, inventor.
*1999 Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, composers and musicians.
*1998 Adolf H. Lundin, oil and mining entrepreneur.
*1997 Astrid Lindgren, author.
*1996 Peter Jablonski, pianist.
*1995 Agneta Nilsson, founder of the SWEA.
*1994 Torbjörn Lagerwall, professor.
*1993 Lars Gustafsson, member of the Swedish Academy author and professor.
*1992 Percy Barnevik, CEO of ABB Asea Brown Boveri.
*1991 Lennart Bernadotte and Sonja Bernadotte, founder of the Mainau museum.
*1990 Pontus Hultén, professor.
*1989 Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA.
*1988 Oscar Carlsson, missionary and inventor.
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