Most Famous Swedish Explorers

Sweden has produced 71 notable explorers throughout history, led by Alfred Nobel. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Alfred Nobel — Swedish Engineer (1833–1896) , ranked #1030
  2. John Ericsson — Swedish Engineer (1803–1889) , ranked #13835
  3. Gustaf Dalén — Swedish Engineer (1869–1937) , ranked #14133
  4. Salomon August Andrée — Swedish Explorer (1854–1897) , ranked #20074
  5. Christopher Polhem — Swedish Inventor (1661–1751) , ranked #27058
  6. Gustaf de Laval — Swedish Engineer (1845–1913) , ranked #28878
  7. Lars Magnus Ericsson — Swedish Inventor (1846–1926) , ranked #52423
  8. Thorsten Nordenfelt — Swedish Inventor (1842–1920) , ranked #75638
  9. Johan August Brinell — Swedish Engineer (1849–1925) , ranked #76901
  10. Charles John Andersson — Swedish Explorer (1827–1867) , ranked #79029
  11. Gideon Sundback — Swedish Engineer (1880–1954) , ranked #83254
  12. Carl Edvard Johansson — Swedish Engineer (1864–1943) , ranked #97921
  13. Johan Petter Johansson — Swedish Inventor (1853–1943) , ranked #108356
  14. Nils Ericson — Swedish Engineer (1802–1870) , ranked #117464
  15. Willgodt Theophil Odhner — Swedish Inventor (1845–1905) , ranked #167916
  16. Jonas Wenström — Swedish Inventor (1855–1893) , ranked #197212
  17. Nils Alwall — Swedish Inventor (1904–1986) , ranked #214053
  18. Carl Munters — Swedish Engineer (1897–1989) , ranked #264413
  19. Jonas Hesselman — Swedish Engineer (1877–1957) , ranked #274301
  20. Martin Wiberg — Swedish Inventor (1826–1905) , ranked #285705