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| title | full_name | born | died | nationality | occupation | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnier family | The Bonnier family | null | null | Swedish | family, originally of Jewish descent, who since the beginning of the 19th century has been active in the book industry and later also in the mass media industry | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnier_family |
| Gunnar Heckscher | Gunnar Edvard Heckscher | 1909 | 1987 | Swedish | political scientist and leader of the Rightist Party (Högerpartiet), which later became the Moderate Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Heckscher |
| Robert Aschberg | Robert Aschberg | 1952 | n/a | Swedish | journalist, media executive | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Aschberg |
| Yung Lean | Jonatan Aron Leandoer Håstad | 1996 | n/a | Swedish | rapper, singer and songwriter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yung_Lean |
| Israel Shamir | Israel Shamir | 1947 | 1948 | Swedish | writer and journalist, known for promoting antisemitism and Holocaust denial | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Shamir |
| Olof Aschberg | Olof Aschberg | 1877 | 1960 | Swedish | banker of Jewish descent who served as head of the Stockholm bank Nya Banken | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Aschberg |
| Paula Bieler | Paula Bieler | 1988 | n/a | Swedish | former politician for the Sweden Democrats party | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Bieler |
| Jerzy Sarnecki | Jerzy Sarnecki | 1947 | n/a | Swedish | professor in criminology at Stockholm University in Sweden | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Sarnecki |
| Kent Ekeroth | Kent Alexander Ekeroth | 1981 | n/a | Swedish | politician and economist, who represented the Sweden Democrats | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Ekeroth |
| Peter Wolodarski | Peter Wolodarski | 1978 | n/a | Swedish | journalist and television host | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wolodarski |
| Raoul Wallenberg | Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg | 1912 | 1945 | Swedish | architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg |
| Max Tegmark | Max Erik Tegmark | 1967 | n/a | Swedish | physicist, cosmologist and machine learning researcher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Tegmark |
| Sven Hedin | Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO,Wennerholm, Eric | 1865 | 1952 | Swedish | geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Hedin |
| Joel Kinnaman | Charles Joel Nordström Kinnaman | 1979 | n/a | Swedish | actor who first gained recognition for his roles in the Swedish film Easy Money and the Johan Falk crime series | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Kinnaman |
| Aron Flam | Aron Flam | 1978 | n/a | Swedish | stand-up comedian, screenwriter, author, television host, podcaster, and actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Flam |
| Soraya Post | Soraya Viola Heléna Post | 1956 | n/a | Swedish | politician who was a member of European Parliament from Sweden | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soraya_Post |
| David Lega | Michael David Alexander Lega | 1973 | n/a | Swedish | politician for the Christian Democrats, and a former paralympic swimmer who beat 14 world records during his career | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lega |
| Mietek Grocher | Mietek Grocher | 1926 | 2017 | Swedish | author and public speaker who survived the Holocaust in Poland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mietek_Grocher |
| Helle Klein | Helle Louise Klein | 1966 | n/a | Swedish | journalist and political commentator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helle_Klein |
| Jo Bonnier | Joakim Bonnier | 1930 | 1972 | Swedish | sportscar racing and Formula One driver who raced for various teams | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Bonnier |
| Göran Rosenberg | Göran Jakob Rosenberg | 1948 | n/a | Swedish | journalist and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göran_Rosenberg |
| Katerina Janouch | Katerina Janouch | 1964 | n/a | Swedish | author, journalist and sexologist of Czech origin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katerina_Janouch |
| Bo Rothstein | Bo Abraham Mendel Rothstein | 1954 | n/a | Swedish | political scientist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Rothstein |
| Albert Bonnier | Albert Bonnier | 1820 | 1900 | Swedish | book publisher and entrepreneur | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bonnier |
| Hugo Valentin | Hugo Valentin | 1888 | 1963 | Swedish | historian, scholar and leading Zionist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Valentin |
| Jean-Pierre Barda | Jean-Pierre Barda | 1965 | n/a | Swedish | singer, actor, make up artist and hair dresser of French/Algerian Jewish descent | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Barda |
| Magnus Uggla | Per Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla | 1954 | n/a | Swedish | artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Uggla |
| Erland Josephson | Erland Josephson | 1923 | 2012 | Swedish | actor and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erland_Josephson |
| Jan Scherman | Jan Olof Scherman | 1950 | n/a | Swedish | journalist and previously CEO for the Sweden-based TV company TV4 AB. He is active in political debate and was a major critic of the Göran Persson cabinet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Scherman |
| Oskar Klein | Oskar Benjamin Klein | 1894 | 1977 | Swedish | theoretical physicist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Klein |
| May Britt | May Britt | 1934 | n/a | Swedish | actress who had a brief career in the 1950s in Italy and later in the United States | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Britt |
| Sarah Dawn Finer | Sarah Dawn Finer | 1981 | n/a | Swedish | singer, songwriter and actress | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Dawn_Finer |
| Jonas Bonnier | Jonas Bonnier | 1963 | n/a | Swedish | author who has published 8 novels | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Bonnier |
| Pehr G. Gyllenhammar | Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar | 1935 | n/a | Swedish | businessman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pehr_G._Gyllenhammar |
| Mauritz Stiller | Mauritz Stiller | 1883 | 1928 | Swedish | film director of Finnish Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritz_Stiller |
| Maciej Zaremba | Maciej Zaremba Bielawski | 1951 | n/a | Swedish | journalist and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maciej_Zaremba |
| Eli Heckscher | Eli Filip Heckscher | 1879 | 1952 | Swedish | political economist and economic historian | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Heckscher |
| Marcus Storch | Marcus Storch | 1942 | n/a | Swedish | industrialist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Storch |
| Ulf Adelsohn | Ulf Adelsohn | 1941 | n/a | Swedish | politician, leader of the Moderate Party from 1981 to 1986 and Governor of Stockholm County from 1992 to 2001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulf_Adelsohn |
| Alexandra Rapaport | Alexandra Susanna Rapaport | null | null | Swedish | film and stage actress born in Bromma | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Rapaport |
| Lars Gustafsson | Lars Erik Einar Gustafsson | 1936 | 2016 | Swedish | poet, novelist, and scholar | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Gustafsson |
| Rudolf Meidner | Rudolf Alfred Meidner | 1914 | 2005 | Swedish | economist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Meidner |
| Jonas Gladnikoff | Jonas Gladnikoff | 1985 | n/a | Swedish | songwriter and music producer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Gladnikoff |
| Per Gahrton | Carl Per Gunnar Gahrton | 1943 | n/a | Swedish | politician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Gahrton |
| Rikard Wolff | Jan Rikard Wolff | 1958 | 2017 | Swedish | actor and singer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikard_Wolff |
| Stefan Einhorn | Stefan Einhorn | 1955 | n/a | Swedish | doctor, professor and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Einhorn |
| Ernst Josephson | Ernst Abraham Josephson | 1851 | 1906 | Swedish | painter and poet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Josephson |
| Henrik Schück | Henrik Schück | 1855 | 1947 | Swedish | literary historian, university professor and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Schück |
| Isaac Grünewald | Isaac Grünewald | 1889 | 1946 | Swedish | Jewish expressionist painter born in Stockholm | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Grünewald |
| Erik Boheman | Erik Carlsson Boheman | 1895 | 1979 | Swedish | diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Boheman |
| Johan Harmenberg | Johan Georg Harmenberg | 1954 | n/a | Swedish | Olympic and world champion epee fencer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Harmenberg |
| Oscar Levertin | Oscar Ivar Levertin | 1862 | 1906 | Swedish | poet, critic and literary historian | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Levertin |
| Mimi Pollak | Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak | 1903 | 1999 | Swedish | actress and theatre director | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Pollak |
| Simon Brehm | Simon Brehm | 1921 | 1967 | Swedish | double-bass player and, later in life, a record producer and owner of Karusell Records | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Brehm |
| Lovisa Augusti | Lovisa Sofia Augusti | 1751 | 1756 | Swedish | opera singer (soprano) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovisa_Augusti |
| Robert Burakovsky | Robert Burakovsky | 1966 | n/a | Swedish | professional ice hockey coach and former player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burakovsky |
| Agda Meyerson | Agda Meyerson | 1866 | 1924 | Swedish | nurse who became an activist to improve the education, pay and working conditions of her profession | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agda_Meyerson |
| Hanna Hirsch-Pauli | Hanna Hirsch, later Hanna Pauli | 1864 | 1940 | Swedish | painter; primarily of genre scenes and portraits | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Hirsch-Pauli |
| Pontus Fürstenberg | Pontus Fürstenberg | 1827 | 1902 | Swedish | art collector and merchant from a Jewish family | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontus_Fürstenberg |
| Jens Lapidus | Jens Jacob Lapidus | 1974 | n/a | Swedish | criminal defense lawyer and author known for his books about the Stockholm underworld | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Lapidus |
| Marie-Louise Ekman | Marie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, née Fuchs, and known during her first marriage under the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle | null | null | Swedish | painter and film director | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Louise_Ekman |
| Vanna Rosenberg | Vanna Felicia Rosenberg Synnerholm | 1973 | n/a | Swedish | singer and actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanna_Rosenberg |
| Jonathan Skjöldebrand | Jonathan Skjöldebrand | 1983 | n/a | Swedish | former-Israeli professional basketball player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Skjöldebrand |
| Henriette Nissen-Saloman | Henriette Nissen-Saloman | 1819 | 1879 | Swedish | opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and singing teacher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette_Nissen-Saloman |
| Eva Bonnier | Eva Fredrika Bonnier | 1857 | 1909 | Swedish | painter and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Bonnier |
| Johan Gustaf Renat | Johan Gustaf Renat | 1682 | 1744 | Swedish | soldier and cartographer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Gustaf_Renat |
| Reuben Sallmander | Reuben Robert Joakim Sallmander | 1966 | n/a | Swedish | actor and singer of Jewish heritage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Sallmander |
| Erik Josephson | Erik Semmy Josephson | 1864 | 1929 | Swedish | architect | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Josephson |
| Ragnar Josephson | Ragnar Josephson | 1891 | 1966 | Swedish | art historian and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar_Josephson |
| Jonathan Azulay | Jonathan Azulay | 1993 | n/a | Swedish | footballer who plays for Norrby IF as a defender | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Azulay |
| Anita Zarnowiecki | Anita Rosa Zarnowiecki | 1954 | n/a | Swedish | freestyle and medley swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Zarnowiecki |
| Sara Sommerfeld | Sara Anita Sommerfeld | 1977 | n/a | Swedish | actress | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Sommerfeld |
| Sten Heckscher | Sten Heckscher | 1942 | n/a | Swedish | lawyer and Social Democratic politician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sten_Heckscher |
| Hédi Fried | Hédi Fried | 1924 | n/a | Swedish | author and psychologist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hédi_Fried |
| Eugénie Söderberg | Eugenie Söderberg | 1903 | 1973 | Swedish | writer and journalist born in Heidelberg, Germany noted for her profound concern with women's issues which she addressed in her novels and short stories | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugénie_Söderberg |
| Sophie Elkan | Sophie Elkan née Salomon | 1853 | 1921 | Swedish | Jewish writer and translator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Elkan |
| Gerda Marcus | Gerda Fredrika Marcus | 1880 | 1952 | Swedish | journalist and philanthropist who was deeply concerned with social issues | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Marcus |
| Basia Frydman | Basia Frydman | 1946 | 2016 | Swedish | actress, engaged at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basia_Frydman |
| Willy Gordon | Willy Gordon | 1918 | 2003 | Swedish | sculptor and artist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Gordon |
| Ulf Dinkelspiel | Ulf Adolf Roger Dinkelspiel | 1939 | 2017 | Swedish | Moderate Party politician and financier | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulf_Dinkelspiel |
| Annika Thor | Annika Thor | 1950 | n/a | Swedish | author and screenwriter from Sweden who has won the August Prize for Truth or Dare in 1997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annika_Thor |
| Bernt Zarnowiecki | Bernt Lennart Zarnowiecki | 1954 | n/a | Swedish | swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_Zarnowiecki |
| Valfrid Palmgren | Alfhild Valfrid Matilda Palmgren, as married Palmgren Munch-Petersen | 1877 | 1967 | Swedish | pedagogue, linguist, and politician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valfrid_Palmgren |
| Julie Berwald | Julie Mathilda Berwald | 1822 | 1877 | Swedish | concert and opera singer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Berwald |
| Olle Wästberg | Olof "Olle" Mattias Wästberg | 1945 | n/a | Swedish | journalist, politician and diplomat, who formerly served as Director-General of the Swedish Institute | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olle_Wästberg |
| Rebecca Scheja | Ania Rebecca Scheja | 1989 | n/a | Swedish | actress, disc jockey (DJ), singer, songwriter and record producer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Scheja |
| Eufrosyne Abrahamson | Eufrosyne Abrahamson | 1836 | 1869 | Swedish | soprano | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eufrosyne_Abrahamson |
| Katrin Zytomierska | Katrin Zytomierska | 1977 | n/a | Swedish | blogger, columnist, television host, and businesswoman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrin_Zytomierska |
| Hjalmar Mehr | Hjalmar Leo Mehr | 1910 | 1979 | Swedish | Social Democratic politician, mayor of Stockholm (1958–1966, 1970–1971) and governor of Stockholm County (1971–1977) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjalmar_Mehr |
| Philomène Grandin | Philomène Grandin | 1974 | n/a | Swedish | actress and television host | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomène_Grandin |
| Otto Salomon | Otto Aron Salomon | 1849 | 1907 | Swedish | educator and both a noted writer and proponent of educational sloyd | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Salomon |
| Anders Bárány | John "Anders" Bárány | 1942 | n/a | Swedish | scientist working in the field of theoretical physics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Bárány |
| Herbert Felix | Herbert Felix | 1908 | 1973 | Swedish | entrepreneur of Austrian-Jewish descent and the founder of the food companies AB Felix and Felix Austria | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Felix |
| Leonard Labatt | Leonard Labatt | 1838 | 1897 | Swedish | dramatic tenor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Labatt |
| Robert Weil (businessman) | Robert Sam Weil | 1948 | n/a | Swedish | businessman and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Weil_(businessman) |
| Ernest Thiel | Ernest Jacques Thiel | 1859 | 1947 | Swedish | financier and art collector whose former villa in the Stockholm park area Djurgården today houses the Thiel Gallery () | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Thiel |
| Joakim Askling | Joakim Daniel Askling | 1990 | n/a | Swedish | footballer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joakim_Askling |
| Adam Cwejman | Adam Michael Cwejman | 1985 | n/a | Swedish | politician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Cwejman |
| Lukas Bonnier | Per Lukas Daniel Bonnier | 1922 | 2006 | Swedish | publisher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukas_Bonnier |
| Peter Perski | Peter Perski | 1970 | n/a | Swedish | actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Perski |
| Cecilia Gyllenhammar | Anne Cecilia Gyllenhammar | 1961 | n/a | Swedish | author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Gyllenhammar |
| Wilhelmina Josephson | Wilhelmina "Mina" Josephson | 1816 | 1906 | Swedish | pianist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_Josephson |
| Josef Sachs | Josef Ernst Sachs | null | null | Swedish | businessman and one of the two founders of the Nordiska Kompaniet department store in Stockholm | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Sachs |
| Axel Robert Schönthal | Axel Robert Schönthal | 1858 | 1929 | Swedish | engineer, known for being the founder and first chairman of the sports club Hammarby IF in Stockholm | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Robert_Schönthal |
| Anne Kalmering | Anne Kalmering Josephson | 1962 | n/a | Swedish | singer who also works in television and radio | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Kalmering |
| Eric Fischbein | Eric Fischbein | 1976 | n/a | Swedish | former football midfielder who last represented IK Makkabi Fotboll in Stockholm | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Fischbein |
| Mikael Burakovsky | Mikael Burakovsky | 1977 | n/a | Swedish | former professional ice hockey player who played 16 seasons as a professional, including 111 games in the top Swedish league Elitserien between 1995 and 1997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Burakovsky |
| Per-Martin Meyerson | Dr Per-Martin Meyerson | null | null | Swedish | economist, an entrepreneur and a policy maker | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per-Martin_Meyerson |