Stefan Persson Stefan Persson was born on December 22 1954 in Umea, Sweden and he is a hockey player. Stefan Persson chairs the hugely successful clothing retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB, a company founded by his father in Sweden in 1947.[...]

John Ericsson John Ericsson was born in Varmland, Sweden, in 1803. As a young boy he developed an interest in engineering and at the age of 13 produced technical drawings for the Gota Canal. Her served as an officer in the Swedish Army (1816-26) before moving to England to seek sponsorship for a new type of heat engine he had invented, which used the expansion of superheated air as the driving force. [...]

Carl Wilhelm Scheele Carl Wilhelm Scheele was born on Sunday, December 09, 1742 in Stralsund and he was a famous chemist from Sweden. In the 44 years of Carl Wilhelm Scheele’s (pronounced Shay-ler) lifetime he helped to lay the foundation of inorganic chemistry, gas preparation, organic chemistry, photography and heat physics.[...]

Nils Gustaf Dalén Gustaf Dalen (Nils Gustaf Dalen) was born on Tuesday, November 30, 1869 in Stenstorp and he was a famous inventor from Sweden. After his preliminary education, he entered a School of Agriculture to study dairy farming but he was later advised by Gustaf de Laval, who recognized his natural gift for mechanics, to seek a technical education. [...]

Svante August Arrhenius Svante Arrhenius (Svante August Arrhenius) was born on Saturday, February 19, 1859 in Vik and he was a famous chemist from Sweden. Belonging to a farming family, his father was an administrator and an agricultural surveyor.[...]