List of personalities from the city of Västerås
This is a list of personalities from the city of Västerås . The list does not claim to be complete.
sons and daughters of the town
The following personalities were born in the city. They are listed chronologically according to the year of birth. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Västerås is irrelevant.
17th to 19th century
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- Olof Rudbeck the Elder (1630–1702), polyhistor
- Johan Browall (1707–1755), doctor, botanist, politician and bishop
- Jon Arvid Afzelius (1856-1918), textbook writer
- Ester Textorius (1883–1972), actress
- Gunnar Sköld (1894–1971), racing cyclist
20th century
- Set Svanholm (1904–1964), tenor
- Maria Lang (1914–1991), writer
- Lars-Magnus Lindgren (1922–2004), director and screenwriter
- Lars Pettersson (1925–1971), ice hockey player
- Olof Thunberg (1925–2020), actor, voice actor and director
- Mai Zetterling (1925–1994), film actress
- Lars Gustafsson (1936–2016), writer and philosopher
- Uno Öhrlund (* 1937), ice hockey player
- Lars Olof Larsson (* 1938), art historian
- Bobo Stenson (* 1944), jazz pianist
- Pugh Rogefeldt (* 1947), musician, singer and songwriter
- Esbjörn Hagberg (* 1950), Lutheran bishop in the Karlstad diocese
- Ulf Andersson (* 1951), chess player
- Ann Petrén (born 1954), actress
- Torbjörn Nilsson (* 1954), football player
- Ola Rydstrand (born 1955), football player
- Clarry Bartha (* 1956), Swedish-Hungarian opera singer (soprano)
- Mats Nilsson (* 1956), Lieutenant General
- Matz Hammarström (* 1959), politician (Miljöpartiet de Gröna), member of the Riksdag
- Stefan Pettersson (* 1963), soccer player
- Lars Ivarsson (* 1963), ice hockey player and coach
- Esbjörn Svensson (1964–2008), jazz pianist and composer
- Ann Hallenberg (* 1967), mezzo-soprano, opera singer
- Leif Rohlin (* 1968), ice hockey player
- Åsa Linderborg (* 1968), writer, journalist and historian
- Robert Venäläinen (* 1969), handball player
- Pontus Kåmark (* 1969), football player
- Daniel Rydmark (* 1970), ice hockey player
- Nicklas Lidström (* 1970), ice hockey player
- Pandora (born 1970), singer
- Peter Markstedt (* 1972), soccer player and coach
- Greger Artursson (* 1972), ice hockey player
- Maria Bonnevie (* 1973), Norwegian-Swedish actress
- Magnus Lindgren (* 1974), jazz saxophonist, flautist, composer and arranger
- Christofer Fjellner (* 1976), politician, MEP
- Marie Picasso (* 1979), singer and television presenter
- Janne Niskala (* 1981), Finnish ice hockey player
- Jan Lennartsson (* 1981), handball player
- Josef Özer (* 1983), singer
- Richard Kappelin (* 1983), handball player
- Johan Andersson (* 1984), wheelchair tennis player
- Viktor Kjäll (* 1985), curler
- Frida Hansdotter (* 1985), ski racer
- Niklas Backman (* 1988), soccer player
- Patrik Berglund (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Mikael Backlund (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Filip Tronêt (* 1993), football player
- Victor Lindelöf (* 1994), football player
- Jonna Adlerteg (* 1995), gymnast
- Gustav Lindh (* 1995), actor
- Felicia Lindqvist (* 1995), biathlete
Personalities who have worked on site
- Tomas Tranströmmer (1931–2015), poet and later Nobel Prize winner; lived in Västerås for many years. In his honor the city has been awarding the Tomas Tranströmerpriset every two years since 1997 .