African Swedish include

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and residents of

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who were born in Africa. As of 2020, there are 236,975 people in Sweden who were born in Africa.

History

African immigrants have been living in Sweden since the 17th century, but in very few numbers. In 1900, there were 79 Africans in Sweden, of which 5, all South Africans, were citizens. One of the early documented Africans in Sweden was

Gustav Badin Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albert Badin né ''Couchi'', known as Badin (1747 or 1750 – 1822) was a Swedish court servant (Kammermohr) and diarist. Originally a slave, he was the foster son and servant of Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden and a ...

, (1747 or 1750 to 1822), a black court-servant and diarist, originally a slave, butler of Queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrika and later Princess Sophia Albertine of Sweden. Badin was not the only African swede during the 18th century. There were blacks in the royal regiments, one of them was the trumpeter Richard Abramsson who was born in the US. Most of the descendants to the African servants faced poverty in Sweden. The 1970s, 1980s and 1990s saw increasing immigration from Africa, often as a consequence of

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s. Swedish statistical data show that the African-born population has grown from 596 in 1960 to 4,149 in 1970, to 10,025 in 1980, 27,343 in 1990, 55,138 in 2000 and 103,077 in 2009.

Population size

Swedish national statistics collect data on country of birth, citizenship and parents' citizenship, but not on ethnicity or parents' country of birth. According to

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, as of 2016, there are 110,758 citizens of African nations residing in Sweden. Of these immigrants, the largest groups were born in

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

(63,853),

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

(35,142),

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

(17,944),

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

(9,945), Egypt (6,807), Gambia (5,055), and Nigeria (5,027). Of these individuals, the largest groups were those holding citizenship from Somalia (41,335), Eritrea (32,099), Ethiopia (6,225), Nigeria (3,440), Egypt (3,359), Morocco (3,099), and Gambia (1,971).

Adoption

Swedish families have been adopting children from Ethiopia since 1969. Between 1969 and 2005, 1,015 Ethiopian children found new parents in Sweden. The interest in adopting children from Africa has been increasing, with increases in the numbers of children adopted from South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Madagascar.

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Katarina Sandström Anna Hiruth Katarina Sandström Borglund (born 20 March 1974 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is a Swedish television news presenter and journalist. She has several times been nominated for and won awards for best news anchor and for best spoken Swedis ...

, TV-comedian

Marika Carlsson Marika Aychesh Carlsson (born 19 March 1973) is a Swedish standup comedian and TV-personality. Background Carlsson was born in Ethiopia and was adopted by a Swedish couple at age two. She grew up in the town of Lund in Sweden's Skåne province. C ...

and restaurateur and celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson are three well-known Swedes adopted from Ethiopia. Television sports journalist

David Fjäll Carl Johan Dawid "David" Fjäll is a Swedish television presenter and sports journalist working for SVT. Born in the Ethiopian Empire, modern-day Eritrea (just days before Haile Selassie was deposed by the Derg), Fjäll was to adopted to Sweden ...

is another well-known Swedish person adopted from Africa.

Notable people

The following list includes notable people in Sweden with recent ancestry from Africa, defined as those who: * directly immigrated to Sweden from Africa, or * have an ancestor who made such a migration. This list does not include people of African descent who immigrated from a non-African country, or those whose only African ancestry stems from such immigration. For example, Swedes of

African-American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American ...

descent are not listed unless they also have at least one ancestor who directly immigrated from Africa to Sweden.

Politics

* Alice Bah Kuhnke (Minister of Culture and Democracy) *

Nyamko Sabuni Nyamko Ana Sabuni (born 31 March 1969) is a Swedish politician who was Leader of the Liberals between June 2019 and April 2022. She previously served as Minister for Integration from 2006 to 2010 and as Minister for Gender Equality from 2006 t ...

(politician, former serving as Minister for Integration and Gender Equality in the Swedish government) *

Joe Frans Joseph Mark Frans (born July 1, 1975 in Grimsby, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Guelph, Ontario. Frans is most notable for being a two-time provincial champion and for being suspended from competitive curling for cocaine usage. Career Fran ...

(politician, board professional and former member of parliament.) *

Momodou Malcolm Jallow Momodou Malcolm Jallow (born 11 October 1975) is a Gambian-born Swedish politician. He has been a regular Member of Parliament since 2017, elected for Malmö Municipality constituency. He became a Member of the Riksdag in 2017 after Daniel Sestr ...

, (politician, activist and member of parliament) * Mariam Osman Sherifay (politician, social activist, pre-school teacher and former member of parliament)

Television, film and theatre

Malik Bendjelloul Malik Bendjelloul (14 September 1977 – 13 May 2014) was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and former child actor.Rohter, Larry (20 July 2012)Retrieved 26 February 2013.Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-winning documentary filmmaker) *

Mikael Marcimain Mikael Marcimain (born 17 March 1970) is a Swedish film and television director. Marcimain has primarily directed advertisements and television dramas, for which he has received several awards. Notable in his filmography are the serials ''Laserma ...

(Film director) *

Othman Karim Othman "Osmond" Karim (born 19 March 1968) is a Swedish film director, documentary producer, television presenter and photographer. Background Karim was born in Kampala, Uganda on March 19, 1968. In 1975, he, his parents, and his four siblings fl ...

(Film director) *

(Television presenter and sports journalist) *

(Television news presenter and journalist) * Pia Conde (Television news presenter and journalist) *

Ann-Sofie Gälman Ann-Sofie Gälman is a Swedish television presenter and journalist working for SVT2s daily news magazine ''Nordnytt'', which covers Sweden's three most northern provinces. Gälman grew up in the village of Risögrund outside Kalix and knew at an ...

(Television news presenter and journalist) *

Thabo Motsieloa Thabo Motsieloa (born 17 November 1961) is a Swedish television news presenter and former actor. In 1983 he founded the martial arts sports club Södermalms shaolin kung fu. Motsieloa founded ''Thabo Motsieloa Masters Cup'' a mixed martial arts ...

(Television news presenter) *

(TV personality and comedian) *

Kodjo Akolor Kodjo Akolor (born 15 June 1981) is a Swedish TV/radio personality and comedian. Career He started as a comedian in 2005 and after two years became a regular on contemporary R&B themed radio station ''The Voice''. In 2008 Akolor became a reporte ...

(TV/radio personality and comedian) * Peter Gardiner (Actor and ballet dancer) * Yankho Kamwendo (Actor) *

Haddy Jallow Haddy Jallow (born 14 October 1985) is a Gambian-Swedish actress who, on 23 January 2007, won Sweden's top film award, the Guldbagge Award as "Best Actress in a Leading Role" for her performance as a teenage rape victim in ''Säg att du älskar mi ...

(Actress) *

Josette Bushell-Mingo Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE (born 16 February 1964) is a Sweden-based English theatre actress and director of African descent, who was born in London and has been living and working in Sweden for many years. In February 2021, the Royal Central Scho ...

(Theatre actor and director) * Ellen Nyman (actress, artist and theatre director)

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* Marcus Samuelsson (Restaurateur and TV chef) *

Nina Woodford Nina Woodford-Wells is a Swedish-American songwriter. Career Nina Woodford (born 13 July 1979) Stockholm, is the daughter of the Swedish music producer Sten Sandahl, and the Black American social anthropologist Prudence Woodford-Berger. At the a ...

(Songwriter) *

Pontus Carlsson Pontus Carlsson (born December 18, 1982) is a Sweden, Swedish chess grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. Early life When Carlsson was one year old, his family died. He was subsequently adopted by a Swedish couple and it was his stepfather, Ingvar ...

(Chess player, became the country's 16th grandmaster) *

Blossom Tainton-Lindquist Blossom Alexandra Liliana Tainton-Lindquist (born 29 June 1962 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer, dancer, publisher, fitness coach and personal trainer. Her father, Graham Tainton, is a choreographer. Tainton danced and sang at an early age. She ...

(Publisher, fitness coach and personal trainer) * Ted Harris (Pastor) * Buba Badjie (Veterinarian and entrepreneur) * Johannes Anyuru (Poet and author) * Cletus Nelson Nwadike (Poet and author) *

Jonas Hassen Khemiri Jonas Hassen Khemiri (born December 27, 1978) is a Swedish writer. Khemiri is the author of four novels, six plays, and a collection of essays, short stories and plays. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages. He has received th ...

(Author and novelist) *

Elena-Maria Smon Wolays Elena-Maria Smon Wolay (born 23 April 1986) is a Swedish entertainment personality, DJ, cabaret dancer, blogger and nightclub concept developer. Elena Wolay grew up in Jönköping to parents from Eritrea. She is in charge of developing nightcl ...

(Night-club concept developer) *

Madubuko Diakité Madubuko A. Robinson Diakité (born 17 December 1940) is a U.S.-born human rights lawyer and documentary filmmaker currently residing in Sweden. He has traveled widely throughout Africa and currently freelances as a guest lecturer and consultant o ...

(Lawyer and academic) * Daniel Adams-Ray (Fashion designer) *

Ida Ljungqvist Ida Ljungqvist (born September 27, 1981) is a Tanzanian-Swedish model and the first African-born person to be selected as a Playboy Playmate of the Month and the 50th Playmate of the Year. Career She was discovered by 2007 Playmate of the Ye ...

(Model) *

Jean-Pierre Barda Michel Jean-Pierre Barda (born 7 March 1965) is a Swedish and Israeli singer, actor, make up artist and hair dresser of French/Algerian Jewish descent. He is one of the founding members of the pop group Army of Lovers. Biography Jean-Pierre B ...

(Singer, TV-personality and make up artist) *

Sydney Onayemi Abayomi Sydney Onayemi (3 November 1937 – 1 May 2016), also known as Big Brother Sydney, was a Nigerian-born Swedish disc jockey. His other name "Abayomi" means "he brings me joy and happiness" in the Yoruba language. Onayemi came to Sweden i ...

aka ''Big Brother Sydney'' (DJ icon) *

Malou Hansson Malou Hansson (born 1983 in Järfälla, Uppland, Sweden) served as Miss Sweden in 2002. She was the first woman with black African ancestry to hold this beauty pageant title. Hansson, competing as "Miss Uppland", was suggested as a potential ...

served as Miss Sweden in 2002, and the first black woman to win the crown.

Musicians

Adiam Adiam (born 17 December 1982), previously known by her full name Adiam Dymott, is an Eritrean-Swedish singer. Her debut album, ''Adiam Dymott'', was released on 18 March 2009 on Swedish indie label Razzia Records. It included the singles "Miss Y ...

(Rock vocalist) * Dr. Alban (Rapper) *

Ecco2K Zak Arogundade Gaterud, better known by his stage name Ecco2K, is a British-Swedish singer, designer, model, director and member of Drain Gang from Hornstull, Stockholm. Known for his experimental and innovative songwriting as well as his androgy ...

(Designer, singer, rapper, director, music producer and photographer member of

Drain Gang Drain Gang (formerly known as Gravity Boys Shield Gang) is an artistic collective, focusing on music and fashion. History The group formed in 2013 in Stockholm. Thaiboy Digital was residing in Sweden at the time. Bladee and Ecco2K had previou ...

) *Nadir Khayat aka

RedOne Nadir Khayat ( ar, نادر الخياط; born 9 April 1972), better known by his stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive. As a record producer and songwriter, he has worked with many high-profi ...

(Songwriter and producer for

Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...

) *

Kayo Shekoni Kayode Maria Söderberg Shekoni (born 17 April 1964) is a Swedish-Nigerian singer and actress. Career Kayo started out as a singer in the 1980s with Swedish synth-pop band Freestyle. Kayo left the group with the release of the fourth single ...

(Singer, TV personality and actress) *

Pauline Kamusewu Pauline Kamusewu, also known as just Pauline (born 3 November 1982) is a Swedish soul singer-songwriter of Zimbabwean and Italian descent. Born Pauline Kamusewu in 1982 in Zimbabwe to an Italian father and a Zimbabwean mother, she moved to Sweden ...

(Singer) * Gladys del Pilar (Singer and dancer) *

Jean-Louis Huhta Jean-Louis Patrik Huhta (born 30 April 1965) is a Swedish musician. He has played in various bands going back through the mid 1980s, ranging from punk and art music to grindcore and funk. Career Huhta began his musical career in the early 19 ...

(Musician, drummer, producer and DJ) * Mohombi (Singer) *

Krister Linder Krister Linder is a Swedish electronic musician. Krister started his music career in 1987 as the vocalist of the Swedish band Grace. Under the name Chris Lancelot, he was the vocalist of the Swedish band Dive from 1990 to 1994. Linder went on t ...

(Singer, musician and soundtrack composer) *

Daniel Lemma Daniel Lemma (born 1972 in Ethiopia) is a Swedish-based musician/singer-songwriter. His music is firmly connected to an American tradition of roots music, with visible ties to early blues and gospel. He has referred to singers such as Lead Bel ...

(composer and singer) *

Addis Black Widow Addis Black Widow is a Swedish band. Their songs include "Innocent", "Wait in Summer" and "Goes Around Comes Around" which reached #2 on the Swedish Tracks Chart in 2001. The single "Innocent" reached #42 in the UK Chart in 1996. Two years later th ...

(Alternative hip hop group) *

Midi, Maxi & Efti Midi, Maxi & Efti was a Swedish musical group with African influences from the early 1990s. Their two biggest hits were "Bad Bad Boys" and "Ragga Steady". The band consisted of the two twin sisters Midi and Maxi Berhanu and their friend Freweyni "E ...

(Singers) * Mugambwa Sseruwagi (singer and actor) *

Neneh Cherry Neneh Mariann Karlsson (born 10 March 1964), better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, occasional DJ and broadcaster. Her musical career started in London in the early 1980s, where she performed in a number of punk roc ...

(Singer and rapper) * Ken Ring *

Camilla Henemark Camilla Henemark (born 23 October 1964), also known as La Camilla, is a Swedish singer, actress, political spokesperson and former fashion model. Biography Henemark was born in Stockholm, to a Nigerian father and a Swedish mother. She started he ...

(Singer, actress, political spokesperson and former fashion model) *

Gigi Hamilton Gigi Hamilton (born 7 May 1965) is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as a member of the popular Swedish pop-groups, Freestyle and later Style. Biography Gigi's musical career started as a singer-songwriter in the Swedish 1980s pop-grou ...

(Singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the extremely popular Swedish pop-groups, Freestyle and later Style) * Lars "Leari" Ljungberg (Member of the glam rock band The Ark) *

Timbuktu Timbuktu ( ; french: Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: ); tmh, label=Tuareg, script=Tfng, ⵜⵏⴱⴾⵜ, Tin Buqt a city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrativ ...

(Rapper) * Loreen (singer) * Jaqee (singer) *

Seinabo Sey Seinabo Sey (born 7 October 1990) is a Swedish singer and songwriter best known for her international hit song " Younger". Early life Seinabo Sey was born in Södermalm, Stockholm, on 7 October 1990. She is of both Swedish and Gambian ancestry. ...

(singer) *

Sabina Ddumba Sabina Ddumba (born 23 February 1994) is a Swedish singer. Her music has soul, gospel, and R&B influences. Ddumba was a backing vocalist on Katy Perry's song " Walking on Air" in 2013 and has collaborated with artists such as the hip hop band Lo ...

(singer) *

Namasenda Naomi Namasenda (born 14 November 1993), known mononymously as Namasenda, is a Swedish singer and songwriter from Stockholm. She is most well known for releases on British pop and electronic label, PC Music. Graduation and music career Namas ...

(singer member of PC Music) * Janice (singer) *

John Lundvik John Lundvik (; born 27 January 1983) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and former sprinter. He was part of the athletic team for IFK Växjö. Lundvik also has a singing and songwriter career having composed songs for films and the Wedding of V ...

(singer) *

Tusse Toussaint Michael Chiza, better known as Tusse, is a Congolese-Swedish singer who Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Life and career Chiza was born in the Democratic Republic of th ...

(singer)

Football players

Jean-Paul Vonderburg Jean-Paul Vonderburg (born 31 July 1964) is a retired Swedish football player. Career Vonderburg debuted in 1985 for Hammarby IF in the Allsvenskan. In 1988 when the club was demoted from the first division, he moved to the reigning champions M ...

Henrik Larsson Edward Henrik Larsson (born 20 September 1971) is a Swedish professional football coach and former player, formerly an assistant manager of Barcelona. Playing as a striker, Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. In 1992, he moved to Hels ...

(football manager, ex-Sweden captain and former player) *

Pascal Simpson Pascal "Pagge" Simpson (born 4 May 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented IF Brommapojkarna, AIK, Vålerenga IF, FC Copenhagen, and Halmstads BK during a career that spanned between 1990 and 2 ...

Henok Goitom Henok Goitom (; born 22 September 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently assistant manager of AIK. He spent most of his 18-year career with AIK (two spells) and in Spain, where he played 215 matches ...

Jeffrey Aubynn Isaac Jeffrey Eric Aubynn (born 12 May 1977) is a Swedish professional football coach and former player who is currently the head of scouting for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF. He is of Ghanaian descent and played as a midfielder. Aubynn played ...

* Martin Olsson *

Marcus Olsson Marcus Jonas Munuhe Olsson (born 17 May 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and a left-back for Halmstad. Club career Halmstads BK Born in Gävle, Sweden, Olsson started his career at Högaborgs BK. In 2008, he ...

Eddie Gustafsson Douglas Edward Alexander "Eddie" Gustafsson McIntosh (born 31 January 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Starting off his career with IFK Stockholm in 1993, he went on to play professionally in Norway f ...

Yussuf Saleh Yussuf Yassin Saleh ( am, ዩሱፍ ያሲን ሳላህ; born 22 March 1984) is an Ethiopian footballer who plays as a left winger for Rinkeby United. Yussuf was originally an attacking midfielder but later a left-winger. He has previously play ...

Edward Ofere Edward Ofere (born 28 March 1986) is a Nigerian Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for FC Trelleborg in Division 3 (Swedish football)#Division 3 Södra Götaland, Division 3 Södra G� ...

Martin Kayongo-Mutumba Martin Kayongo-Mutumba (born Martin Mutumba, 15 June 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with AIK, with which he won both Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen in 2009. Born in Sweden ...

Daniel Nannskog Daniel Paul Gustav Nannskog (born 22 May 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker for Högaborg, Malmö FF, Djurgården, Assyriska, Sylvia, Landskrona BoIS, Sichuan Guancheng and Stabæk IF, as well as for th ...

* Njogu Demba-Nyrén *

Benjamin Kibebe Benjamin Kibebe (born August 13, 1981) is a Swedish professional former Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He won one Cap (sport), cap for the Sweden national football team, Sweden national ...

Amadou Jawo Amadou Jawo (born 29 September 1984) is a Gambian footballer who plays as a striker for Brottby SK in Sweden. Career Jawo was born in Banjul, Gambia. He arrived in Sweden at the age of five and after settling down in Täby kyrkby he joined the l ...

Omar Jawo Omar Jawo (born 8 November 1981 in Banjul) is a Gambian-Swedish footballer who plays as a defender. Career Jawo began his youth career with Assyriska FF. He earned his first two professional caps with the squad in 2002, before signing with IK F ...

José Monteiro de Macedo José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

Kebba Ceesay Kebba Ceesay (born 14 November 1987) is a Gambian former footballer who played as a defender. He also holds Swedish nationality. Career Ceesay joined Djurgården from IK Brage at the start of the 2007 season, and made his Allsvenskan debut ...

Robin Quaison Robin Kwamina Quaison (, ; born 9 October 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi club Al-Ettifaq and the Sweden national team. Career Born in Stockholm to a Ghanaian father and a Swedish mother, Quaison st ...

* Noah Sonko Sundberg *

Saihou Jagne Saihou Jagne (, born on 10 October 1986) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a striker and last played for Shillong Lajong FC in the I-League. His nickname, ''CH'' (), is an approximate Swedish pronunciation spelling of his given ...

Antouman Jallow Antouman Jallow (born 11 June 1981, in Uppsala) is a Swedish soccer player of Gambian heritage. Career Early Career in Sweden Jallow was part of the youth system at his hometown club, IK Sirius, and was captain of the team which came second in ...

Marcus Andreasson Marcus Yates Andreasson (born July 13, 1978 in Buchanan, Liberia) is a Liberian born Swedish former professional footballer. His preferred position is centre-back, but he can also play as a midfielder and striker because of his great height an ...

Jones Kusi-Asare Jones Kusi-Asare (born 21 May 1980) is a Swedish-Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career He started his career at Vasalunds IF in the Stockholm suburb of Solna. He was signed by Djurgården in 1998 and made his ...

Patrick Amoah Patrick Amoah (born 18 August 1986) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Segeltorp in the Swedish Fifth Division. Club career Djurgårdens IF and Assyriska FF (loan) Amoah joined the Swedish Allsvenskan side Djurgårdens IF f ...

* Yosif Ayuba *

Rami Shaaban Rami Shaaban (born 30 June 1975) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper. During a career that spanned between 1994 and 2012, he is best remembered for representing Djurgårdens IF, Arsenal, Fredrikstad, and Hammar ...

* Bobbie Friberg da Cruz *

Johan Friberg da Cruz Johan Friberg Da Cruz (born 4 June 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Da Cruz was born in Göteborg. He played professionally for GAIS in the Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish ...

* Joe Sise *

Christian Kouakou Christian Kouakou Yao (born 1 March 1991) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bangladesh Premier League club Bangladesh Police FC. Career Born in Abidjan, Kouakou began his career with Toumodi F.C. In the summer o ...

* Serge-Junior Martinsson Ngouali *

Joseph Baffo Joseph Baffoe (born 7 November 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Halmstads BK as a centre-back. Club career Baffoe started off in IFK Värnamo and played there at senior level for one year. After that he signed for Allsv ...

Tobias Sana Tobias Tigjani Sana (born 11 July 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Allsvenskan club BK Häcken. Club career Qviding FIF Sana began his professional football career in 2007–2008, playing for ...

Samuel Adjei Samuel Adjei (born 18 January 1992) is a Swedish footballer of Ghanaian descent. Career Adjei was born in Eksjö, Sweden. He was discovered as a 12-year-old by lower league Swedish club Waggeryds IK. In January 2009, Premier League side Newcast ...

Carlos Strandberg Sergio Carlos Strandberg (born 14 April 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Sailiya. Career Born to a Swedish father and a mother who is Portuguese with Mozambican heritage, Strandberg grew up in Backa, G ...

Nabil Bahoui Nabil Bahoui (; ar, نبيل بحوي; born 5 February 1991) is a Swedish professional Association football, footballer who used to play as a Winger (association football), winger, but is now usually deployed as a Forward (association football), ...

* Modou Barrow *

Isak Ssewankambo Isak Ssali Ssewankambo (born 27 February 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender in the Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping. Club career Early career Ssewankambo started playing football at age five and immediately join ...

Isaac Kiese Thelin Isaac Kiese Thelin (born 24 June 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malmö FF and the Sweden national team. A full international since 2014, he has won more than 30 caps for Sweden and represented his country ...

Walid Atta Walid "Tatta" Atta ( ar, وليد عطا, translit=Walīd 'Aṭā, am, ዋሊድ አታ; born 28 August 1986) is an Ethiopian Association football, footballer who plays as a Centre Back, centre back for Hittarps IK. Career AIK In January 200 ...

Alexander Isak Alexander Isak (; born 21 September 1999) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Sweden national team. Starting off his professional career with AIK in 2016, Isak represent ...

Mathias Ranégie Mathias Ranégie (; born 14 June 1984) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early career He started his career in Masthuggets BK, but left Sweden to be with his Guadeloupean father in Paris, France, ...

Pa Konate Pa Momodou Konate (born 25 April 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for Nea Salamis Famagusta. Born in Sweden, he represents the Guinea national team. Club career Malmö FF Born in Malmö, Sweden, Konate began his foo ...

* Ronald Mukiibi *

Ken Sema Kenneth Nlata "Ken" Sema (born 30 September 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship club Watford and the Sweden national team. Club career Early career Sema got promoted to the IFK Norrköping f ...

Niclas Eliasson Niclas Eliasson (; born 7 December 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club AEK Athens. He formerly represented Sweden at under-17, under-19, and under-21 level. Career Falkenbergs FF El ...

Tesfaldet Tekie Tesfaldet Simon Tekie (born 4 June 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan. Early life Born in Eritrea, Tekie moved to Gothenburg, Sweden, as a nine-year-old. He started to play ...

* Ronald Mukiibi *

Mohammed Saeid Mohammed Khalid Saeid (born 24 December 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Superettan club Trelleborg. Born in Sweden, he represents the Eritrea national team. Career Saeid was spotted at age eleven by Fulham whil ...

Other sports

Yared Hagos Yared Hagos (born 27 March 1983) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre of Ethiopian descent, who last played for the Sheffield Steelers in the UK's EIHL. He also recently played with the Krefeld Pinguine in the Deutsche Eishockey Li ...

(ice hockey player) * Carl Gustafsson (ice hockey player) *

Johnny Oduya David Johnny Oduya (born 1 October 1981), is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is of Kenyan Luo descent on his father's side. Oduya is a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the ...

(ice hockey player) * Fredrik Oduya (ice hockey player) *

Mark Owuya Mark Aloysius Opoya Owuya (born 18 July 1989) is a professional Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for the Utah Grizzlies of the ECHL. He formerly played for KHL Medveščak Zagreb, ...

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Oliver Kylington Oliver Kylington ( ; born 19 May 1997) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kylington was born in Stockholm and grew up in Sundbyberg in the Stockholm urban area. He was draf ...

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Badou Jack Badou Johannes Gabriel Jack (born 31 October 1983) is a Swedish professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC super-middleweight title from 2014 to 2017 and the WBA light-heavyweight title in 201 ...

(boxer) * Kennedy Katende (boxer) * George Scott (boxer) *

Michel Tornéus Michel Tresor Komesha Tornéus (born 26 May 1986) is a Swedish former long jumper. ...

(long jumper) * Angelica Bengtsson (pole vaulter and youth world record holder) * Maria Akraka (track and field athlete, TV-personality) *

Irene Ekelund Irene Michelle Ekelund (; born 8 March 1997) is a Swedish track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Sweden. On 14 July 2013 Ekelund won the gold medal at the World Youth Championships in Donetsk when she finished first in ...

(sprint) * Abeba Aregawi (middle-distance runner) *

Meraf Bahta Meraf Bahta Ogbagaber (born 24 June 1989) is an Eritrean middle-distance runner. She represents Sweden in international competitions and specializes in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres. Biography She was born in Dekishahay, Eritrea (at the time s ...

(middle-distance runner) * Isabellah Andersson (long-distance runner) * Alfred Shemweta (long-distance runner) *

Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa Hassan Mohamed ( so, Mustafa Xasan Maxamed, ar, مصطفى حسن محمد) (born 1 March 1979) is a Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Personal life Mohamed was born in 1979 in Mogadishu, ...

(long-distance runner) * Rizak Dirshe (long-distance runner) *

Nil de Oliveira Nil de Oliveira (born 1986) is a Brazilian-Swedish athlete and short-distance runner. On 29 June, Oliveira qualified for the 200 metres final at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is ...

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Khaddi Sagnia Khadijatou "Khaddi" Victoria Sagnia (born 20 April 1994) is a Swedish track and field athlete specialising in the long jump. Her personal bests in the event are 6.95 metres outdoors (Diamond League Nike Prefontaine Classic – Eugene, Oregon USA ...

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Papy Abedi Mwimbi Papy Abedi (born June 30, 1978) is a Congolese-Swedish mixed martial artist who last competed in 2017. A professional competitor since 2006, he formerly fought for the UFC. Biography Abedi was born in 1978 in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democra ...

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Rudy Mbemba Rudy Mbemba (born August 29, 1987 in Spånga, Sweden) is a Swedish professional basketball player. He is 1.83 m (6 ft) tall and 88 kg (195 pounds) in weight. He plays at the point guard position. He currently plays for Umeå BSKT ...

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Chioma Nnamaka Chioma Nnamaka (born June 15, 1985 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish professional female basketball player and a member of Sweden women's national basketball team. High school and college Nnamaka attended high school at Fryshusets Kunskaps Centrum ...

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Christine Magnusson Christine Kajumba Magnusson (born 21 November 1964 in Toro Kingdom, Uganda) is a retired Swedish badminton player who won events in numerous Swedish National, open European and other international tournaments. Career Magnusson's Swedish nation ...

(badminton) * Simon Sjödin (Olympic swimmer) * Elias Ymer (tennis player) * Mikael Ymer (tennis player)

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