Most Famous Swedish Politicians

Sweden has produced 684 notable politicians throughout history, led by Dag Hammarskjöld. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

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DH
Dag Hammarskjöld Swedish Politician 1905 – 1961
# 1,331
FR
Fredrik Reinfeldt Swedish Politician Born 1965
# 7,542
AL
Anna Lindh Swedish Politician 1957 – 2003
# 10,194
SL
Stefan Löfven Swedish Politician Born 1957
# 10,573
TE
Tage Erlander Swedish Politician 1901 – 1985
# 11,095
GP
Göran Persson Swedish Politician Born 1949
# 11,564
PA
Per Albin Hansson Swedish Politician 1885 – 1946
# 11,968
TF
Thorbjörn Fälldin Swedish Politician 1926 – 2016
# 16,772
IC
Ingvar Carlsson Swedish Politician Born 1934
# 16,820
MW
Margot Wallström Swedish Politician Born 1954
# 20,572
SS
Sten Sture the Elder Swedish Politician 1440 – 1503
# 24,467
KP
Klas Pontus Arnoldson Swedish Politician 1844 – 1916
# 27,551
GM
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt Swedish Politician 1757 – 1814
# 29,559
HH
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld Swedish Politician 1862 – 1953
# 34,204
EE
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson Swedish Politician 1390 – 1436
# 34,597
GF
Gustav Fridolin Swedish Politician Born 1983
# 37,700
AL
Arvid Lindman Swedish Politician 1862 – 1936
# 41,894
LG
Louis Gerhard De Geer Swedish Politician 1818 – 1896
# 41,918
AH
Arvid Horn Swedish Politician 1664 – 1742
# 49,162
Jimmie Åkesson Swedish Politician Born 1979
# 49,862