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Award
International Swede of the Year Date 1988 (1988 ) Country
Sweden
International Swede of the Year (
Swedish : Årets svensk i världen ) is a prize awarded by the Society for expatriate Swedes (Swedish: Föreningen svenskar i världen).
[1]
Winners
2018:
Nina Stemme , opera singer
2017:
Pia Sundhage , footballer
2016:
Staffan de Mistura , diplomat
2015:
Max Martin , music producer, songwriter
2014:
Martin Lorentzon and
Daniel Ek , IT entrepreneurs, creators of
Spotify
2013:
Zlatan Ibrahimović , footballer
2012:
Hans Rosling
[2] of
Gapminder Foundation
2011:
Peter Wallenberg (1959-) , businessman.
2010:
Annika Sörenstam , golfer
2009:
Hans Blix , diplomat and politician
2008:
Anne Sofie von Otter , opera singer
2007:
Hans Rausing , founder of
Tetra Pak
2006:
Bertil Hult , founder of
EF Education
2005:
Jan-Ove Waldner ,
table tennis champion
2004:
Margot Wallström ,
EU Commissioner
2003:
Jonas af Jochnick and
Robert af Jochnick , entrepreneurs, founders of
Oriflame
[3]
2002:
Yngve Bergqvist , entrepreneur, founder of the
Ice hotel at
Jukkasjärvi
2001:
Sven-Göran Eriksson , football coach
2000:
Håkan Lans , inventor
1999:
Benny Andersson and
Björn Ulvaeus , composers and musicians
1998:
Adolf H. Lundin , oil and mining entrepreneur
1997:
Astrid Lindgren , author
1996:
Peter Jablonski , pianist
1995:
Agneta Nilsson , founder of the
SWEA (Swedish Women's Educational Association)
1994:
Torbjörn Lagerwall , professor
1993:
Lars Gustafsson , member of the
Swedish Academy author and professor
1992:
Percy Barnevik , CEO of
ABB Asea Brown Boveri
1991:
Lennart Bernadotte and Sonja Bernadotte, founder of the
Mainau museum .
1990:
Pontus Hultén , professor
1989:
Ingvar Kamprad , founder of
IKEA
1988:
Oscar Carlsson , missionary and inventor
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