List of Swedish metal musicians
This list includes Swedish musicians from the metal genre . It lists those musicians who have their own Wikipedia article or who can be heard on an album that made it into the top ten of the charts in any state. Hard rock musicians who also play metal may also be included, but musicians who only play hard rock are not. The list does not claim to be complete.
The list of Swedish metal bands serves as a supplement .
The instruments are abbreviated as follows in the list: "B" - electric bass , "G" - vocals , "Git" - guitar , "K" - keyboard , "Sch" - drums . Only instruments should be listed that are relevant to the musician.
| Surname | Instrument (s) | Band (s) | Genre (s) | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikael Åkerfeldt | G, Git | Bloodbath , Opeth | Death Metal , Progressive Metal | Stockholm |
| Fredrik Åkesson | Git | Arch Enemy , Opeth | Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal , Progressive Metal | Stockholm |
| Christopher Amott | Git | Armageddon , Arch Enemy, solo | Melodic Death Metal | Halmstad |
| Michael Amott | Git | Arch Enemy, Carnage , Spiritual Beggars | Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Stoner Metal | London (grew up in Halmstad) |
| Devo Andersson | Git | Cardinal Sin , Marduk | Black metal | Norrkoping |
| Fredrik Andersson | Sch | Amon Amarth | Melodic Death Metal | Stockholm |
| Daniel Antonsson | Git, B | Dark Tranquility , Dimension Zero , Soilwork | Melodic death metal, thrash metal | Sweden |
| Martin Axenrot | Sch | Opeth | Death Metal, Progressive Metal | Linkoping |
| Mats Bjorkman | Git | Candlemass | Epic Doom | Sweden |
| Martin Brändström | K | Dark Tranquility | Melodic Death Metal | Sweden |
| Joakim Brodén | G, K | Sabaton | Power metal | Falun |
| Joacim Cans | G | Hammerfall , solo | Power metal | Mora |
| Hannes Van Dahl | Sch | Evergrey , Sabaton | Power metal, progressive metal | Sweden |
| Henrik Danhage | Git | Evergrey | Progressive metal | Sweden |
| Mikkey Dee | Sch | King Diamond , Motorhead , Scorpions | Hard rock , heavy metal , speed metal | Gothenburg |
| Oscar Dronjak | Git | Hammerfall | Power metal | Mölndal |
| Leif Edling | B. | Candlemass | Epic Doom | Sweden |
| Johan Edlund | G, Git, K | Tiamat | Death Metal, Gothic Metal | Södertälje |
| Jonas Ekdahl | Sch | Evergrey | Progressive metal | Gothenburg |
| Stefan Elmgren | Git | Hammerfall | Power metal | Sweden |
| Niclas Engelin | Git | Engel , In Flames , Passenger | Alternative metal, melodic death metal | Gothenburg |
| Thorbjörn Englund | Git, G, B | Predator , Sabaton, Solo | Power metal | Luleå |
| Tom S. Englund | G, Git | Evergrey | Progressive metal | Sweden |
| Daniel Erlandsson | Sch | Arch Enemy | Melodic Death Metal | Malmo |
| Not so Fridén | G | Dark Tranquility, In Flames, Passenger | Alternative metal, melodic death metal | Sweden |
| Tobias Forge | G, Git | Ghost (as Papa Emeritus and Cardinal Copia), Repugnant (as Mary Goore) | Heavy metal , doom metal , death metal | Linkoping |
| Bjorn Gelotte | Git | In Flames | Alternative metal, melodic death metal | Sweden |
| Daniel Gildenlöw | Git, G | Pain of Salvation | Progressive metal | Eskilstuna |
| Joakim Goethberg | G, Sch | Marduk | Black metal | Sweden |
| Tobias Gustafsson | Sch | Amon Amarth | Melodic Death Metal | Sweden |
| Johan Hallgren | Git | Pain of Salvation | Progressive metal | Sweden |
| Johan Hegg | G | Amon Amarth | Melodic Death Metal | Sweden |
| Martin Henriksson | B. | Dark Tranquility | Melodic Death Metal | Sweden |
| Fredrik Hermansson | K | Pain of Salvation | Progressive metal | Sweden |
| Par Hulkoff | G, Git, K | Nuclear power , Hulkoff, predator | Industrial metal , power metal | Karungi |
| Iwers is different | Git, B | Ceremonial Oath , Dark Tranquility, Tiamat | Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal | Sweden |
| Peter Iwers | B. | In Flames | Alternative metal, melodic death metal | Sweden |
| Jivarp is different | Sch | Dark Tranquility | Melodic Death Metal | Sweden |
| Johansson is different | Sch | Hammerfall, Hulkoff, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force | Heavy metal, power metal | Gothenburg |
| Lars Johansson | Git | Candlemass | Epic Doom | Sweden |
| Nils Patrik Johansson | G | Astral Doors , Civil War | Heavy metal, power metal | Bor length |
| Tommy Johansson | Git, G, K | ReinXeed , Sabaton | Power metal, symphonic metal | ground |
| Christofer Johnsson | G, B | Therion | Death metal , symphonic metal | Stockholm |
| Jonas Kjellgren | Git, B, G | Carnal Forge , Centinex , Predator, Scar Symmetry | Death metal, industrial metal | Avesta |
| Fredrik Larsson | B. | Hammerfall | Power metal | Sweden |
| legion | G | Marduk | Black metal | Sweden |
| Mathias Lind | Sch | Predator | Industrial metal, power metal | Sweden |
| Tomas Lindberg | Git, B, G | Ceremonial Oath | Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal | Sweden |
| Peter Lindgren | Git, B | Opeth | Death Metal, Progressive Metal | Sweden |
| Jan Lindh | Sch | Candlemass | Epic Doom | Sweden |
| Ted Lundström | B. | Amon Amarth | Melodic Death Metal | Sweden |
| Yngwie Malmsteen | Git | solo | Hard rock , heavy metal, classical music | Stockholm |
| Olavi Mikkonen | Git | Amon Amarth, Scum | Melodic Death Metal | Stockholm |
| Oskar Montelius | Git | Civil War, Sabaton | Power metal | Falun |
| Daniel Mullback | Sch | Civil War, Sabaton | Power metal | Falun |
| Daniel Mÿhr | K | Civil War, Sabaton | Power metal | Sweden |
| Michael Nicklasson | Git, B | Dark Tranquility | Melodic Death Metal | Sweden |
| Johan Niemann | B. | Evergrey, The Murder of My Sweet , Therion | Death Metal, Hard Rock, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal | Sweden |
| Jon Nödtveidt | G, Git | Dissection | Death metal , black metal | Stockholm |
| Pontus Norgren | Git | Hammerfall | Power metal | Sweden |
| Anette Olzon | G | Nightwish , solo | Symphonic metal | Katrineholm |
| Daniel Palmqvist | Git | The Murder of My Sweet | Hard rock, symphonic metal | Sweden |
| David Parland | Git | Dark Funeral , Necrophobic , War | Black metal , death metal | Sweden |
| Jonas Renkse | G, Git, Sch | Katatonia | Dark metal , death doom , death metal | Stockholm |
| Chris Rörland | Git | Sabaton | Power metal | Falun |
| Magnus Rosén | B. | Hammerfall | Power metal | Sweden |
| Angelica Rylin | G | The Murder of My Sweet | Hard rock, symphonic metal | Sweden |
| Wony Särkkä | G | Abrupt , Vondur , War | Black metal, death metal | Stockholm |
| Snowy Shaw | G, Sch, Git, B | Dream Evil , King Diamond, Sabaton , solo, Therion | Heavy metal, power metal | Gothenburg |
| Johan Söderberg | Git | Amon Amarth | Melodic Death Metal | Sweden |
| Mikael Stanne | G, Git | Dark Tranquility | Melodic Death Metal | Gothenburg |
| Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson | Git | Marduk | Black metal | Sweden |
| Bjorn Strid | G | Disarmonia Mundi , Soilwork, Terror 2000 | Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore , Thrash Metal | Sweden |
| Jesper Strömblad | Git, S. | Hammerfall, In Flames | Alternative metal, melodic death metal, power metal | Sweden |
| Rikard Sundén | Git | Civil War, Sabaton | Power metal | Falun |
| Niklas Sundin | Git | Dark Tranquility, Hammerfall | Melodic Death Metal | Gothenburg |
| Par Sundström | B. | Sabaton | Power metal | Falun |
| Joakim Svalberg | K | Opeth | Death Metal, Progressive Metal | Sweden |
| Daniel Svensson | Sch | In Flames | Alternative metal, melodic death metal | Sweden |
| Dan Swanö | Git, G | Bloodbath, Katatonia | Death Metal, Progressive Metal | Finspång |
| Peter Tagtgren | Git, G, Sch, B, K | Hypocrisy , Lindemann , Pain | Death metal, industrial metal | Greater Stockholm |
| Fredrik Thordendal | Git | Meshuggah | Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal | Umeå |
| David Wallin | Sch | Hammerfall, Pain | Industrial metal, power metal | Stockholm |
| Rikard Zander | K | Evergrey | Progressive metal | Sweden |