List of people from Malmö

This is a list of people from Malmö, Sweden, filed by occupation and listed in alphabetical order by surname.

Academia

• Gunilla Florby (1943-2011), professor of English literature

Actors and filmmakers

• Anita Ekberg (1931–2015), model and actress
• Lukas Moodysson (born 1969), film director
• Eva Rydberg (born 1943), singer, actress, comedian, revue-artist and dancer
• Jan Troell (born 1931), film director
• Bo Widerberg (1930–1997), film director

Art and design

• Monika Larsen Dennis (born 1963), sculptor, filmmaker, photographer
• Anna Friberger (born 1944), illustrator and set designer
• Sofia Helin (born 1972), actress, played Saga Norén on The Bridge

Medical

• Caspar Bartholin (1585–1629), medical scholar
• Elina Berglund (born 1984), physicist

Music

• Björn Afzelius (1947–1999), musician
• Hasse Andersson (born 1948), country singer and songwriter
• The Cardigans, since 1994, pop-rock-punk musical band
  • Nina Persson (born 1974), singer and lyricist, The Cardigans
• Adrian Erlandsson (born 1970), musician
• Håkan Hardenberger (born 1961), trumpet player
• Maja Ivarsson (born 1979), lead singer of The Sounds
• Jonny Jakobsen (born 1963), musician
• Arash Labaf (born 1977), singer
• Magnus Martensson (born 1966), musician and comedian
• Amplitude Problem (born 1974), birth name Juan Irming; Swedish-American musician and producer
• Promoe (born 1976), rapper and member of LoopTroop Rockers
• May Qwinten (born 1983), pop and rock singer
• Mats Söderlund (born 1969), singer, club manager, and model
• Timbuktu (born 1975), rapper and reggae artist
• Lilly Walleni (1875–1920), opera singer
• Svea Nordblad Welander (1898–1985), musician and composer
• Jacques Werup (1945–2016), poet, author, jazz musician

Politicians

• Per Engdahl (1909–1994), pro-Nazi politician
• Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946), politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (1932–1946)
• August Palm (1849–1922), politician, founder of the Swedish Social Democratic Party

Sports

• Rasmus Andersson (born 1996), ice hockey player
• André Burakovsky (born 1995), NHL hockey player
• Gustav Freij (1922–1973), wrestler, Olympic gold medalist
• Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 1981), football player
• Ilir Latifi (born 1983), mixed martial arts fighter
• Pontus Jansson (born 1991), football player
• Kim Johnsson (born 1976), ice hockey player
• Fredrik Jonsson (born 1977), tennis player
• Yksel Osmanovski (born 1977), football player
• Mikael Pernfors (born 1963), tennis player
• Christian Wilhelmsson (born 1979), football player
• Anthony Elanga (born 2002), football player, currently representing Nottingham Forest in the Premier League and the Swedish National Football Team

Writers

• Börje Dorch (1929–2004), draughtsman and writer
• Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961), poet, member of the Swedish Academy
• Björn Ranelid (born 1949), author

Others

• Beata Losman (born 1938), Swedish archivist
• Felix von Luckner (1881–1966), sailor
• Henrik Reuterdahl (1795–1870), Archbishop of Uppsala (1856–1870)
• Frans Suell (1744–1818), businessman who built the Malmö harbour