Talk:List of Swedish Americans

Information
Someone reverted me when I added more info on Nadia Bjorlin. I did that as part of an attempt to make this (and other lists) more than just a list of names, and flesh out a person's Swedish (in this case) background. See List of Catholic American entertainers, which has now gone from a random list of names, some of them incorrect, to something more interesting with added information.

Since this is a relatively short list, I think that kind of a format - name + citation + fuller info on Swedish background - makes the article more interesting and wouldn't take up much space in the long run. MadJack 17:33, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * This is a list of names. There is an article about Nadia Bjorlin where you can add all the details you want.--Ezeu 17:57, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, but what is the point in a list of names? If the people are listed because of their Swedish heritage, then why not elaborate on that heritage in a way we can't in an article? Especially since this is a a relatively small list and has more space? Besides, all lists need to be sourced/cited. MadJack 18:01, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, check out List of Dictators. I think the aim of every good list should be to become more meaningful, and look more like an article. MadJack 18:05, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Ethnicity lists discussion
Please see discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) for current discussion of a potential policy to apply to all ethnicity lists on Wikipedia, including this one. JackO&#39;Lantern 20:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Some of these people are Swedes. Like Stellan Skarsgård and Peter Stormare. They are Swedish citizens. Please make this list more correct. Burnthewitch 23:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Actors

 * Mädchen Amick
 * Richard Dean Anderson
 * Ingrid Bergman - definitely Swedish, but was she an American?
 * Robert Englund
 * Jake Gyllenhaal
 * Maggie Gyllenhaal
 * Mark Hamill
 * Tippi Hedren
 * Liza Huber
 * Paul Johansson
 * Van Johnson
 * Shannon Lee
 * Susan Lucci
 * Mike Myers
 * Gena Lee Nolin
 * Michelle Pfeiffer
 * Julia Roberts
 * Inga Swenson
 * Tongolele
 * Mamie Van Doren
 * Donnie Wahlberg
 * Mark Wahlberg
 * Adam West
 * Claire Windsor

Art

 * Karl Larsson - painter
 * John August Swanson - artist

Engineers

 * Ken Olsen - engineer

Models

 * Jennifer Allan

Music

 * Neneh Cherry - singer - is she American?
 * Quincy Jones III - music producer
 * Peggy Lee - singer
 * Harry Nilsson - singer

Politics

 * Elmer L. Andersen - 30th State Governor of Minnesota
 * C. Elmer Anderson
 * Joseph A. A. Burnquist
 * Adolph Olson Eberhart
 * Orville Freeman
 * Joseph B. Johnson
 * Harold LeVander - Minnesota governor
 * Dan Lungren - congressman from California
 * John Morton - signer of the US Declaration of Independence
 * Floyd B. Olson - Minnesota governor
 * Luther Youngdahl - Minnesota governor

Sports

 * Christian Berglund - athlete - is he American?
 * Bob Burnquist - professional skateboarder
 * John S. Johnson - cyclist
 * Greg Louganis - olympic diver
 * Bobo Olson - world middleweight champion boxer

Writers

 * Jack Anderson

Other
Mad Jack O&#39;Lantern 06:43, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Mitch Hedberg - comedian
 * Cristina Stenbeck - businesswoman

Måns Andersson
Is this man distinguished in any way other than being an ancestor of the Bush family? If we put all the ancestors of famous people on Wikipedia we would end up with the entire 17th century population of the planet. TMiscia 00:07, 30 March 2007 (UTC)


 * If you don't think that article's subject is notable enough to make an article, that should probobly be discussed on that article's talk page or you can make a nomination at WP:AFD. Personally I definitely think it's notable. /Slarre 21:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Swedes vs. Swedish-Americans
Some of these people, like Stellan Skarsgård and Peter Stormare were born and raised in Sweden and (afaik) aren't US citizens. So they're not Swedish-Americans, they're Swedes. --dllu 18:50, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

The same goes for Jussi Björling.

Eric Lindros
Isn´t he finnish? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.226.178.83 (talk) 22:16, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

This list needs references
This list should only include second-, third-, fourth- etc generation Americans with verified Swedish ancestry, and first-generation Swedes who were or are (if still living) American citizens. This also should be verified. The fact that people has lived in the US for many years doesn't necessarily mean that they are American citizens - not even if they are married to an American and have children with him/her.

I just had a quick look and found a number of errors: Ingrid Bergman was never an American citizen, Malin Akerman is a Swedish Canadian, Josh Hartnett is said to be of Irish decent in the main article, but there is nothing there indicating that he also has Swedish blood.

I'll remove any obvious errors (such as Ingrid Berman and Malin Akerman) and add a on the rest. Thomas Blomberg (talk) 18:31, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

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List is getting ridiculous
Perhaps, some fine day, someone will have the time and zest to go through this list and remove all unsubstantiated entries, and everyone far-fetched, like Julia Roberts with one (one) great-grandparent Swedish. Perhaps. We can only hope. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 10:41, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

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