List of people from Gothenburg

This is a list of notable people connected to Gothenburg, Sweden.

A–M

 * Davida Afzelius-Bohlin (1866–1955) – mezzo-soprano concert and opera singer
 * Daniel Alfredsson – retired NHL hockey player; long time captain of the Ottawa Senators and forward for the Detroit Red Wings; played from 1991 to 2014
 * Helen Alfredsson – professional golfer; winner, 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore
 * Ingelin Angerborn – children's author
 * Margareta Arvidsson –  Miss Sweden 1966, Miss Universe 1966
 * Bjorn Ulvaeus – singer-songwriter; member of ABBA
 * Jenny Berggren – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
 * Jonas Berggren – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
 * Linn Berggren – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
 * Joel Berghult – commonly known as Roomie; musician and YouTuber
 * Torsten Billman (1909–1989) – artist
 * Poul Bjerre (1876–1964) – psychoanalyst
 * Viktor Blom –  poker player
 * Colin Campbell (1686–1757) – Scottish merchant and entrepreneur; co-founder of Swedish East India Company
 * Arvid Carlsson (1923–2018) – winner, Nobel Prize in Medicine (2000)
 * William Chalmers (1748–1811) – manager of Swedish East India Company; founder of Chalmers University of Technology
 * Sir William Chambers (1723–1796) – Scottish architect
 * Fredy Clue – artist and musician
 * Ulf Dageby – rock musician
 * John Darnielle – American singer-songwriter; wrote songs about Gothenburg
 * Mikkey Dee – heavy-metal drummer
 * Beatrice Dickson (1852–1941) – pioneering temperance activist
 * Christian Djoos – NHL player, Anaheim Ducks
 * Karin Dreijer – singer-songwriter
 * Olof Dreijer – musician
 * Gustavo Dudamel – Venezuelan conductor
 * Ulf Ekberg – singer-songwriter; founding member of Ace of Base
 * Hedda Ekman (1860–1929) – writer and photographer
 * Jan Eliasson – former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * Loui Eriksson – National Hockey League player, Vancouver Canucks
 * Louise Falkenberg (1849–1934) – philanthropist
 * José González – musician
 * Emma Green – high jumper, bronze medallist at the 2005 World Athletics Championships
 * Lennart Green – world-class magician
 * Gunnar Gren (1920–1991) – footballer; part of the Milan Gre-No-Li and 1958 FIFA World Cup runners-up squad
 * Andreas Gustafsson (born 1981) – race walker
 * Bengt Hallberg (1932–2013) – jazz pianist
 * Victor Hasselblad (1906–1978) – industrialist; creator, Hasselblad cameras
 * Anna von Hausswolff – musician
 * Doris Håvik (1924–2009) – politician
 * Håkan Hellström – singer-songwriter
 * Mathilda Högberg –  social media influencer
 * Zeth Höglund (1884–1956) – founder of the Swedish communist movement
 * Glenn Hysén – former football player, IFK Göteborg; father of Tobias Hysén
 * Tobias Hysén – football player; son of Glenn Hysén
 * Ingemar Johansson (1932–2009) – boxer; World Heavyweight Champion, 1959
 * Jan Johansson (1931–1968) – jazz pianist; attended Chalmers University of Technology
 * Kim Källström – football player; plays for Grasshopper Club Zürich in the Swiss Super League
 * Marie Kinnberg (1806–1858) – pioneering female photographer
 * Felix Kjellberg –  YouTuber commonly known as PewDiePie; producer of Let's Play (video gaming) and Reaction (reaction videos) videos on YouTube Second channel to reach 100 million subscribers. Husband of Marzia Kjellberg
 * Carl Klingberg – National Hockey League player, Winnipeg Jets; American Hockey League player, St. John's IceCaps
 * John Klingberg – National Hockey League player, Toronto Maple Leafs;
 * Jacques Labouchere – singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Robin Lehner –  NHL goaltender
 * Jens Lekman – singer-songwriter
 * Beatrice Lesslie (1890–1967) – ran the Gothenburg clothing firm Konfektions AB Lesslie
 * Christina Lindberg – exploitation-film actress
 * Gunnel Lindblom (1931–2021) – actress and director; cast in Ingmar Bergman's films
 * Adam Lindgren – also known as Armada; professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player; currently ranked #2 in the world
 * Mikael Ljungberg (1970–2004) – Greco-Roman wrestler; world champion 1993 and 1995; Olympic gold 2000
 * Teddy Lučić – football player, formerly of the Swedish national team
 * Henrik Lundqvist – NHL goalie
 * Ludvig Engsund – Swedish ice hockey goaltender
 * Aleksandra Mir – visual artist
 * Kwame Amoateng – footballer
 * Rekkles –  professional e-Sport player

N–Z

 * Torbjörn Nilsson – former IFK Göteborg football player; part of the 1982 UEFA Cup winning team
 * Stefan Olsdal –  bassist in alternative rock band Placebo
 * Christian Olsson (born 1980) – triple-jump gold medalist, 2004 Summer Olympics
 * Elena Paparizou – Greek singer; winner, Eurovision Song Contest 2005
 * Amanda Peralta (1939–2009), Argentine guerrilla fighter, later historian in Gothenburg University
 * Sofia von Porat – cookbook author
 * Laleh Pourkarim – Persian-Swedish singer-songwriter
 * Timo Räisänen – indie-pop musician
 * Mathias Ranégie –  football player for Sweden National Team
 * Lucas Raymond –  NHL player for the Detroit Red Wings
 * Arie Reich –  Israeli legal scholar
 * Niclas Sahlgren (1701–1776) – merchant and philanthropist
 * Marcus Samuelsson – chef
 * Torgny Segerstedt (1876–1945) – anti-Nazi newspaper editor-in-chief
 * Justus P Sjöberg (JP Seeburg) – automated musical equipment manufacturer
 * Jonas Sjöstedt – leader of Vänsterpartiet and former member of European Parliament
 * Stellan Skarsgård – actor
 * Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) – Czech composer; lived in Gothenburg for a time
 * Jonatan Söderström – avant-garde game developer
 * Viktor Stalberg – National Hockey League player, Chicago Blackhawks
 * Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927) – composer
 * Henrik Stenson – professional golfer; won FedEx Cup 2013; former world number 2 in official world golf rankings
 * Elizabeth Stride (née Gustafsdotter) (1843–1888) – alleged third victim of serial killer Jack the Ripper
 * Glenn Strömberg – former football player, IFK Göteborg
 * Joakim Sundström – sound editor, sound designer and musician
 * Jonas Svensson – professional tennis player
 * Evert Taube (1890–1976) – author, artist, composer and singer
 * Reorus Torkillus (1608–1643) – first Lutheran minister in New Sweden
 * Ida Törnström (1862–1949) – painter, poet
 * Björn Ulvaeus – singer-songwriter from ABBA
 * Karl Valentin (1853–1918) – composer
 * Alicia Vikander – actress
 * Ljubomir Vranjes – former handball player; currently handball coach
 * Daniel Wahlgren (Papa Dee) – musician
 * Anna Wåhlin – Antarctic researcher, oceanography professor
 * Hampus Wanne – handball player; currently plays for SG Flensburg-Handewitt
 * Oscar Wendt – football player; currently plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach

Musical groups

 * Ace of Base – pop group
 * Amaranthe – dance/electronic power metal group
 * Arch Enemy – melodic-death-metal group
 * At the Gates – melodic-death-metal group
 * AVATAR – melodic-death-metal group
 * Dark Tranquillity – melodic-death-metal group
 * Dead by April – melodic-metalcore group
 * Deathstars – cybergoth industrial-metal group
 * Evergrey – progressive-metal group
 * Freak Kitchen – hard-rock/heavy-metal group
 * Graveyard – retro blues-rock band
 * HammerFall – power-metal group
 * The Haunted – thrash-metal band
 * In Flames – melodic-death-metal group
 * The Knife – electro duo
 * Little Dragon –  electronic-pop group
 * Nostradameus –  power-metal group
 * The Similou – electronic-music group
 * The Soundtrack of Our Lives – rock group