Most Famous Swedish Business People

Sweden has produced 148 notable business people throughout history, led by Ingvar Kamprad. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Ingvar Kamprad — Swedish Business (1926–2018) , ranked #5150
  2. Ivar Kreuger — Swedish Business (1880–1932) , ranked #17097
  3. Axel Wenner-Gren — Swedish Business (1881–1961) , ranked #45582
  4. Jonas Alströmer — Swedish Entrepreneur (1685–1761) , ranked #58807
  5. Niklas Zennström — Swedish Entrepreneur (Born 1966) , ranked #68709
  6. Ruben Rausing — Swedish Entrepreneur (1895–1983) , ranked #74878
  7. Bo Andersson (businessman) — Swedish Entrepreneur (Born 1955) , ranked #91414
  8. Assar Gabrielsson — Swedish Entrepreneur (1891–1962) , ranked #93846
  9. Nils Dacke — Swedish Farmer (1510–1543) , ranked #95118
  10. Tore Wretman — Swedish Restaurateur (1916–2003) , ranked #160061
  11. Harry Järv — Swedish Librarian (1921–2009) , ranked #201256
  12. Carl-Henric Svanberg — Swedish Entrepreneur (Born 1952) , ranked #201286
  13. Carl Richard Nyberg — Swedish Business (1858–1939) , ranked #249431
  14. Boris Hagelin — Swedish Business (1892–1983) , ranked #255367
  15. Eric Wickman — Swedish Business (1887–1954) , ranked #343814
  16. Wilhelmina Skogh — Swedish Manager (1849–1926) , ranked #351510
  17. Adam Dunkels — Swedish Entrepreneur (Born 1978) , ranked #355609
  18. Anders Wall — Swedish Business (Born 1931) , ranked #364888
  19. Bettina Bernadotte — Swedish Business (Born 1974) , ranked #392378
  20. Isak Collijn — Swedish Librarian (1875–1949) , ranked #398869