WThe following is a list of notable related in a significant way with the Swedish island of Gotland. The list is sortable by name, date of birth and death, location on Gotland and notability.
WJacob Niclas Ahlström was a Swedish Kapellmeister and composer.
WSonja Åkesson was a Swedish poet, writer, and artist born in Buttle, Gotland.
WDiana Allen was a Swedish-American actress and Ziegfeld girl who starred in silent films such as 1921's Miss 139, which is now lost.
WTheresa Andersson is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
WElfrida Andrée, was a Swedish organist, composer, and conductor. A 1996 recording on the Caprice label features Andrée's piano quintet, along with a piano sonata, the string quartet in D minor, and vocal music.
WJakob Johan Adolf Appellöf was a Swedish marine zoologist.
WMaj Bylock was a Swedish children's writer, translator, and teacher. Her works have been translated into Danish, English, Finnish, Faroese, Dutch, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Sami, Turkish, and German. She is the recipient of the Litteris et Artibus medal among other awards.
WSven Einar Englund was a Finnish composer.
WEric I, Duke of Mecklenburg was a Duke of Mecklenburg and heir to the throne of Sweden.
WEric of Pomerania was the ruler of the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439, succeeding his grandaunt, Queen Margaret I. He is numbered Eric III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Eric VII as King of Denmark (1396–1439) and Eric XIII as King of Sweden. Later, in all three countries he became more commonly known as Erik av Pommern, a pejorative intended to point out that he belonged elsewhere. Pomerania is a historic region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe. Eric was ultimately deposed from all three kingdoms of the union, but in 1449 he inherited one of the partitions of the Duchy of Pomerania and ruled it as duke until his death.
WEric Gadd is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He has released thirteen music albums since his debut in 1987 and has also participated in Melodifestivalen.
WAnna Maria Gardell-Ericson was a Swedish painter and watercolorist. She specialized in coastal scenes and landscapes with lakes or rivers.
WAlexander Gerndt is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Lugano in the Swiss Super League.
WLars Gunnar Victor Gullin was a Swedish jazz saxophonist.
WGabriel Adolf Gustafson was a Swedish-Norwegian archaeologist. He was responsible for the excavation and conservation of the Oseberg Ship (Osebergfunnet).
WLinnea Gustafsson is a Swedish orienteering competitor. She won a bronze medal in the middle distance and finished fifth in the sprint at the World Games in 2009. She won a silver medal in sprint at the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc, Hungary.
WJane Hilda Charlotta Gylling was a Swedish freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1920 she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and finished sixth in the individual 100 m and 300 m events. In 1924 she was eliminated in the preliminaries of the 400 m freestyle race.
WAxel Herman Haig ; was a Swedish-born artist, illustrator and architect. His paintings, illustrations and etchings, undertaken for himself and on behalf of many of the foremost architects of the Victorian period made him "the Piranesi of the Gothic Revival."
WAndreas Enrique Anatole Vera Ibáñez is a male Swedish racewalker. He has represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics on four occasions, from 2011 to 2017. He walked for Sweden at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships seven times consecutively from 2004 to 2016. He also competed at the European Athletics Championships in 2010, 2014 and 2018.
WAnna Maria Angelika Jansson is a Swedish crime writer and nurse from Visby, Gotland. She started her career as a surgeon nurse, but soon went over to the lung clinic due to her frequent fainting from seeing blood.
WOle (Olaus) Judichær was a Danish shipbuilder and admiral in the Royal Danish Navy.
WVice Admiral Nils Oscar Jakob Krokstedt was a Swedish Navy officer. His senior commands include Chief of the Naval Staff, head of the Swedish National Defence College and military commander of the Western Military District and the Southern Military District.
WBarbro Karin Viola Westerlund Larsson, better known as Babben, is a Swedish actress and comedian.
WJohan Oskar Torgny Larsson is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played with the Minnesota Wild and the Buffalo Sabres.
WVice Admiral Claës Olof Lindsström was a Swedish Navy officer. Lindsström's senior commands include postings as commanding officer of Karlskrona and Stockholm Naval Stations, the South and East Coast Naval District, and as Chief of the Naval Staff. Lindsström was active during the era of the Sverige-class coastal defence ships and made significant efforts to develop this type of coastal defence ship.
WGustaf Lindström was a Swedish paleontologist.
WThomas Löfkvist is a Swedish former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for the UCI Professional Continental team IAM Cycling. Since 2015 Thomas Löfkvist is general manager of Swedish professional cycling team Team Tre Berg–PostNord. He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in FDJeux.com at the age of 19 in 2004. Löfkvist was a good time trialist with solid climbing abilities, winning the Monte Paschi Eroica in 2009 with a powerful attack during the steep final kilometer ascent. He has previously used, both within and outside of the cycling world, the surname spelling 'Lövkvist'. Beginning with the cycling season of 2010 he is using his legal surname Löfkvist throughout.
WHåkan Per Loob is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player for Färjestad BK of the Elitserien and the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the head of European Scouting for the Calgary Flames after resigning as president of Hockey Operations for Färjestad. Considered one of the greatest Swedish hockey players of all time, he was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Swedish ice hockey Hall of Fame in 2012. The Elitserien created the Håkan Loob Trophy, awarded to the league's top goal scorer, in his honour in 2005 and Färjestad has retired his jersey number 5.
WJacob Madsen was a Danish merchant, shipowner and builder with close ties to the crown during the late reign of Christian IV. He was mayor of Christianshavn from 1641 to 1653.
WFrans Oscar Malmborg, a veteran of the Mexican War, became famous for his ostentatious manner in training recruits for the American Civil War, primarily the 55th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment in which he served.
WLieutenant General Mertil Börje Melin is a retired Swedish Army officer. Melin started his military career as a ranger at Norrland's Dragoons in Umeå and after several position and courses he became Chief of Army Staff (1996-1998) and military commander of the Northern Military District (1998-2000) in Boden. After some time at the European Union Military Committee in Brussels he finished his career as the Crown Equerry of the Royal Court of Sweden.
WHenrik Vilhelm Munthe was a Swedish geologist.
WNano Omar, better known as simply Nano, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He first came to prominence while competing in Melodifestivalen 2017.
WPetrus de Dacia was a 13th-century Swedish monk of the Dominican Order. He was most noted for his correspondence with the mystic and ecstatic Christina von Stommeln. Though he wrote in Latin, Petrus de Dacia is often credited as the first author in Sweden.
WHjördis Olga Maria Petterson was a Swedish actress. She has appeared in more than 140 films. She was born in Visby, Sweden and died in Stockholm.
WChristopher Polhammar better known as Christopher Polhem, which he took after his ennoblement in 1716, was a Swedish scientist, inventor and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining. He was ennobled by King Charles XII of Sweden for his contributions to Swedish technological development.
WFrida Karolina Röhl, is a Swedish actress and director. And since 2004 the artistic director for Teater Tribunalen in Stockholm. Röhl is educated at Teaterhögskolan in Malmö and she has become a known name also as a director. She also is a teacher at Stockholms dramatiska högskola, and from March 2014 she is the boss at Folkteatern in Gothenburg.
WMajor General Alf Robert Sandqvist is a retired Swedish Army officer. Sandqvist's senior commands include the Chief of Home Guard and Inspector [General] of the Swedish Army.
WGuje Agneta Sevón is a Swedish and Finnish academic in psychology, and management and organization. She is currently focusing her research on individuals and organizations in a world of travelling management ideas and mutable resources.
WJesper Jens Joakim Skalberg Karlsson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He was Member of the Riksdag from January 2015 to September 2018, representing his home constituency Gotland County. He replaced Gustaf Hoffstedt who resigned his seat. He is also Baby of the House since taking office, replacing Dennis Dioukarev who is only 3 months older.
WLorentina Wilhelmina Skogh, born Wahlgren was a hotel manager and owned a number of hotels and restaurants in Sweden.
WCarl Torsten Leopold Sylvan was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He and his horse Anita finished ninth in the individual eventing and won a silver medal with the Swedish eventing team.
WErnst Mathias Peter von Vegesack was a Swedish Army officer and volunteer in the Union Army during American Civil War and later on was a member of the parliament of Sweden. After his return to Sweden, he was awarded the brevet grade of Brigadier general of volunteers and in 1893 he received the Medal of Honor for bravery in the Battle of Gaines's Mill.
WHanna Carolina Westerén is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Swedish Social Democratic Party. She is currently taking up seat number 13 in the Riksdag for the constituency of Gotland County. Since 2018 she has been a member of the Committee on Environment and Agriculture.