List of Swedish entrepreneurs

This is a list of Swedish entrepreneurs and business people.


 * Ola Ahlvarsson (born 1970), founder of Result
 * David Axmark, co-founder of MySQL
 * Percy Barnevik (born 1941), industry leader (ABB)
 * Per-Ingvar Brånemark (1929–2014), osseointegration, titanium dental prostheses
 * Gustaf Dalén (1869–1937), founder of AGA and Nobel Prize laureate
 * Nils Ericson (1802–1860), railroad pioneer (SJ)
 * John Ericsson (1803–1889), inventor and engineer (USS Monitor)
 * Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846–1926), founder of Ericsson
 * Joakim Fohlman, founder of Safer Uppsala County and the Foundation for Safer Sweden
 * Assar Gabrielsson (1891–1962), industrialist, co-founder of Volvo
 * Bertil Hult (born 1941), businessman, founder of EF Education First
 * Jonas af Jochnick (1937–2019), founder of Oriflame
 * Kerstin af Jochnick (born 1958), banker
 * Robert af Jochnick (born 1940), founder of Oriflame
 * Johan Petter Johansson (1853–1943), inventor
 * Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018), founder of IKEA
 * Bert Karlsson (born 1945), owner and manager of Mariann Grammofon AB
 * Mathilda Hamilton (1864–1935), missionary and entrepreneur
 * Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932), industrialist and financier
 * Håkan Lans (born 1947), inventor
 * Per E. Larsson, CEO and businessperson
 * Gustav de Laval (1845–1913), founder of Alfa Laval
 * Beatrice Lesslie (1890–1967), ran the Gothenburg clothing firm Konfektions AB Lesslie
 * Birger Ljungström (1872–1948), engineer
 * Fredrik Ljungström (1875–1964), industrialist
 * Adolf H. Lundin (1932–2006), oil and mining entrepreneur
 * Alfred Nobel (1833–1896), industrialist, instituted the Nobel Prizes
 * Birger Nordholm (1897–1989), entrepreneur
 * Erling Persson (1917–2002), founder of Hennes & Mauritz
 * Markus Persson (born 1979), founder of Mojang AB, creator of Minecraft
 * Johanna Petersson (1807–1899), pioneering businesswoman from Ödeshög
 * Ruben Rausing (1895–1983), founder of Tetra Pak
 * Pär Olof Sandå (born 1965), entrepreneur, developer and stockbroker
 * Lars Olsson Smith (1836–1913), spirits manufacturer
 * Johan Stael von Holstein, founder of Icon MediaLab
 * Helena Stjernholm (born 1970), CEO of the financial firm Industrivärden
 * Frans Suell (1744–1818), founder of Malmö harbour
 * Johan Ullman (born 1953), working in ergonomy, occupational orthopedics
 * Torsten Ullman
 * Olof Wallenius (1902–1970)
 * Axel Wenner-Gren, founder of Electrolux
 * Jonas Wenström, industrialist
 * Sven Wingquist (1876–1953), engineer, inventor, industrialist, co-founder of SKF
 * Niklas Zennström, founder of KaZaA and Skype