List of people from Malmö

This is a list of people from Malmö, Sweden, filed by occupation and listed in alphabetical order by surname.

Academia

 * Gunilla Florby (1943-2011), professor of English literature

Actors and filmmakers

 * Anita Ekberg (1931–2015), model and actress
 * Lukas Moodysson (born 1969), film director
 * Eva Rydberg (born 1943), singer, actress, comedian, revue-artist and dancer
 * Jan Troell (born 1931), film director
 * Bo Widerberg (1930–1997), film director

Art and design

 * Monika Larsen Dennis (born 1963), sculptor, filmmaker, photographer
 * Anna Friberger (born 1944), illustrator and set designer
 * Sofia Helin (born 1972), actress, played Saga Norén on The Bridge

Medical

 * Caspar Bartholin (1585–1629), medical scholar
 * Elina Berglund (born 1984), physicist

Music

 * Björn Afzelius (1947–1999), musician
 * Hasse Andersson (born 1948), country singer and songwriter
 * The Cardigans, since 1994, pop-rock-punk musical band
 * Nina Persson (born 1974), singer and lyricist, The Cardigans
 * Adrian Erlandsson (born 1970), musician
 * Håkan Hardenberger (born 1961), trumpet player
 * Maja Ivarsson (born 1979), lead singer of The Sounds
 * Jonny Jakobsen (born 1963), musician
 * Arash Labaf (born 1977), singer
 * Magnus Martensson (born 1966), musician and comedian
 * Amplitude Problem (born 1974), birth name Juan Irming; Swedish-American musician and producer
 * Promoe (born 1976), rapper and member of LoopTroop Rockers
 * May Qwinten (born 1983), pop and rock singer
 * Mats Söderlund (born 1969), singer, club manager, and model
 * Timbuktu (born 1975), rapper and reggae artist
 * Lilly Walleni (1875–1920), opera singer
 * Svea Nordblad Welander (1898–1985), musician and composer
 * Jacques Werup (1945–2016), poet, author, jazz musician

Politicians

 * Per Engdahl (1909–1994), pro-Nazi politician
 * Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946), politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (1932–1946)
 * August Palm (1849–1922), politician, founder of the Swedish Social Democratic Party

Sports

 * Rasmus Andersson (born 1996), ice hockey player
 * André Burakovsky (born 1995), NHL hockey player
 * Gustav Freij (1922–1973), wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
 * Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 1981), football player
 * Ilir Latifi (born 1983), mixed martial arts fighter
 * Pontus Jansson (born 1991), football player
 * Kim Johnsson (born 1976), ice hockey player
 * Fredrik Jonsson (born 1977), tennis player
 * Yksel Osmanovski (born 1977), football player
 * Mikael Pernfors (born 1963), tennis player
 * Christian Wilhelmsson (born 1979), football player
 * Anthony Elanga (born 2002), football player, currently representing Nottingham Forest in the Premier League and the Swedish National Football Team

Writers

 * Börje Dorch (1929–2004), draughtsman and writer
 * Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961), poet, member of the Swedish Academy
 * Björn Ranelid (born 1949), author

Others

 * Beata Losman (born 1938), Swedish archivist
 * Felix von Luckner (1881–1966), sailor
 * Henrik Reuterdahl (1795–1870), Archbishop of Uppsala (1856–1870)
 * Frans Suell (1744–1818), businessman who built the Malmö harbour