List of Swedish entrepreneurs

This is a list of Swedish entrepreneurs and business people.

• Ola Ahlvarsson (born 1970), founder of Result
• David Axmark, co-founder of MySQL
• Percy Barnevik (born 1941), industry leader (ABB)
• Per-Ingvar Brånemark (1929–2014), osseointegration, titanium dental prostheses
• Gustaf Dalén (1869–1937), founder of AGA and Nobel Prize laureate
• Nils Ericson (1802–1860), railroad pioneer (SJ)
• John Ericsson (1803–1889), inventor and engineer (USS Monitor)
• Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846–1926), founder of Ericsson
• Joakim Fohlman, founder of Safer Uppsala County and the Foundation for Safer Sweden
• Assar Gabrielsson (1891–1962), industrialist, co-founder of Volvo
• Ellen Hodakova Larsson (fl. 2020s), founder of the clothing label Hodakova
• Bertil Hult (born 1941), businessman, founder of EF Education First
• Jonas af Jochnick (1937–2019), founder of Oriflame
• Kerstin af Jochnick (born 1958), banker
• Robert af Jochnick (born 1940), founder of Oriflame
• Johan Petter Johansson (1853–1943), inventor
• Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018), founder of IKEA
• Bert Karlsson (born 1945), owner and manager of Mariann Grammofon AB
• Mathilda Hamilton (1864–1935), missionary and entrepreneur
• Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932), industrialist and financier
• Håkan Lans (born 1947), inventor
• Per E. Larsson, CEO and businessperson
• Gustav de Laval (1845–1913), founder of Alfa Laval
• Beatrice Lesslie (1890–1967), ran the Gothenburg clothing firm Konfektions AB Lesslie
• Birger Ljungström (1872–1948), engineer
• Fredrik Ljungström (1875–1964), industrialist
• Adolf H. Lundin (1932–2006), oil and mining entrepreneur
• Alfred Nobel (1833–1896), industrialist, instituted the Nobel Prizes
• Birger Nordholm (1897–1989), entrepreneur
• Erling Persson (1917–2002), founder of Hennes & Mauritz
• Markus Persson (born 1979), founder of Mojang AB, creator of Minecraft
• Johanna Petersson (1807–1899), pioneering businesswoman from Ödeshög
• Ruben Rausing (1895–1983), founder of Tetra Pak
• Carl Fredrik Sammeli (born 1971), entrepreneur, business developer
• Pär Olof Sandå (born 1965), entrepreneur, developer and stockbroker
• Lars Olsson Smith (1836–1913), spirits manufacturer
• Jessie Sommarström (born 1979), chef
• Johan Stael von Holstein, founder of Icon MediaLab
• Helena Stjernholm (born 1970), CEO of the financial firm Industrivärden
• Frans Suell (1744–1818), founder of Malmö harbour
• Johan Ullman (born 1953), working in ergonomy, occupational orthopedics
• Torsten Ullman
• Olof Wallenius (1902–1970)
• Axel Wenner-Gren, founder of Electrolux
• Jonas Wenström, industrialist
• Sven Wingquist (1876–1953), engineer, inventor, industrialist, co-founder of SKF
• Niklas Zennström, founder of KaZaA and Skype

See also

• Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
• List of Swedish companies
• Stockholm Stock Exchange