Göran or Jöran (both pronounced ) is the
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
form of
George, not to be confused with the
Slavic Goran.
Notable people with the name include:
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Göran Andersson
Göran Andersson (born 14 February 1956) is a sailor from Sweden, who represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, as crew member in the Soling
The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing " International ...
, Swedish sport sailor
*Göran Bror
Benny Andersson
Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, singer, composer and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess'', ''Kristina från Duvemåla'', and ''Mamma Mia ...
Swedish musician, composer, and member of the group
ABBA
ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The grou ...
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Sven-Göran Eriksson
Sven-Göran Eriksson (; born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player.
After an unassuming playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning ...
, Swedish
football coach
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Göran Folkestad, Swedish musician
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Göran Gentele, Swedish actor
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Göran Gunnarsson
Lieutenant General Claes Göran Gunnarsson (born 8 March 1950) is a retired Swedish Coastal Artillery/Swedish Amphibious Corps officer. His senior commands include as head of the General Training and Management Directorate. Gunnarsson is known for ...
, Swedish lieutenant general
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Göran Hägglund
Bo Göran Hägglund (born 27 January 1959) is a Swedish politician of the Christian Democrats. He was Leader of the Christian Democrats from 2004 to 2015, Member of the Riksdag from 1991 to 2015, and served as Minister for Social Affairs from ...
, Swedish politician, former leader of the
Christian Democrats
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Jöran Hägglund, Swedish politician, secretary of the
Centre party
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Göran Högosta
Alf Göran Högosta (born April 15, 1954 in Äppelbo, Sweden) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Högosta played one game for the New York Islanders in 1977-78 and in 21 games with the Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nor ...
, Swedish
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...
player
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Göran Johansson, Swedish politician, mayor of
Gothenburg
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Göran Kropp
Lars Olof Göran Kropp (11 December 1966 – 30 September 2002) was a Swedish adventurer and mountaineer, the first Scandinavian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. He made a solo ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen or Sher ...
, Swedish adventurer and mountaineer
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Göran Lagerberg
Göran Bertil Lagerberg (; born 20 September 1947) is a Swedish musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist in Swedish rock band Tages and later progressive rock act Kebnekajse. In the 1990s, he was a ...
, Swedish musician
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Göran Lennmarker
Rolf Göran Lennmarker (born 7 December 1943 in Norberg, Västmanland County) is a Swedish moderate politician who has been a member of the Riksdag from 1991 to 2010. From 2006 until 2010 he was the Chair of the Riksdag's Committee on Foreign A ...
, Swedish politician
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Göran Magnusson (1939–2010), Swedish politician
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Göran Malmqvist, Swedish linguist, literary historian
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Göran Mårtensson
Lieutenant General Carl Göran Mårtensson (born 26 May 1960) is a Swedish Army officer. He is currently the Director General of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration.
Career
Mårtensson was born in Kristianstad, Sweden. He became a lieut ...
, Swedish Army lieutenant general
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Göran Söllscher
Göran Söllscher (born 31 December 1955) is a Swedish award-winning virtuoso classical guitarist known for his broad range of musical interpretations, ranging from Bach to the Beatles. Söllscher's international career began during his years of e ...
, Swedish classical guitarist
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Göran Persson
Hans Göran Persson (; born 20 January 1949) is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007.
Persson was first elected to the Swedish Parlia ...
Swedish
prime minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is ...
(1996–2006)
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Jöran Persson
Jöran Persson, alternatively Göran Persson (c. 1530 – September 1568), was King Eric XIV of Sweden's favorite, most trusted counsellor and head of the King's network of spies. He was widely seen as a Machiavellian figure, and as holdin ...
, Swedish official during the 16th century
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Swedish masculine given names