Statistics for Famous Swedes

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HintAnswer% Correct
Chemist, engineer, businessman, inventor of dynamite. His foundation bestows a series of famous awards annuallyAlfred Nobel
96%
Pop group whose hits include "Dancing Queen", "Waterloo" and "Mamma Mia"ABBA
84%
Tennis player who won 11 Grand Slam singles titlesBjörn Borg
76%
Children's writer known for Pippi LongstockingAstrid Lindgren
67%
Prime Minister who was assassinated in 1986Olof Palme
62%
Actress who won three Academy Awards, played Ilsa Lund in Casablanca (1942)Ingrid Bergman
60%
Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland; heiress apparent to the Swedish throneVictoria
58%
Footballer, striker for Paris Saint-GermainZlatan Ibrahimović
56%
Botanist, physician, zoologist, father of modern taxonomy, inventor of binomial nomenclature (eg. Homo sapiens)Carl Linnaeus
55%
Writer of the Millennium trilogyStieg Larsson
52%
Nobleman who led rebellion against Denmark and was proclaimed king, ending the Kalmar Union and beginning hereditary monarchy in Sweden in 1523Gustav I (Gustav Vasa)
50%
Astronomer who developed a temperature scale also known as centigradeAnders Celsius
49%
Director of The Seventh Seal (1957)Ingmar Bergman
48%
Businessman, philantrhopist who founded IKEAIngvar Kamprad
48%
Actress whose credits include Anna Karenina, Mata Hari and NintochkaGreta Garbo
41%
Diplomat who, as envoy to Hungary, saved tens of thousands of Jews from the HolocaustRaoul Wallenberg
37%
Iconoclastic writer known for his novel The Red Room (1879)August Strindberg
33%
First female to receive Nobel Prize in literature (1909), author of "Gösta Berling's Saga" and "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils".Selma Lagerlöf
31%
King who led Sweden into the Thirty Years' War and died in battleGustavus Adolphus (Gustav II Adolf)
28%
18th-century composer and poet whose drinking songs remain popularCarl Michael Bellman
27%
King of Sweden since 1973Carl XVI Gustaf
27%
Queen who studied with Descartes, abdicated and converted to CatholicismChristina
25%
King who fought in the Great Northern War and suffered decisive defeat at Poltava (1709)Charles XII
24%
UN Secretary-General, killed in plane crash in Zambia in 1961Dag Hammaskjöld
23%
King who was assassinated at a masked ball and became the subject of a Verdi operaGustav III
21%
Author of the Wallander crime novelsHenning Mankell
21%
Golfer who won 90 international tournamentsAnnika Sörenstam
20%
Tenor known as the Swedish CarusoJussi Björling
16%
Actor whose roles include knight Antonius Block, Father Lankester Merrin, Jesus and Ernst Stavro BlofeldMax von Sydow
16%
Dramatic soprano whose most famous roles included BrünnhildeBirgit Nilsson
13%
Rock band whose albums include "Life" and "First Band on the Moon"The Cardigans
10%
Philosopher, theologian, mystic. Best known for his book Heaven and Hell (1756)Emanuel Swedenborg
8%

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