Sweden

Technology

Sebastian Siemiatkowski

Swedish co-founder and CEO of Klarna

Born 1981

Technology

Martin Lorentzon

Swedish co-founder of Spotify and Tradedoubler

Born 1969

Technology

Lars Magnus Ericsson

Swedish inventor who founded the telephone company Ericsson

1846 – 1926

Technology

Niklas Zennström

Swedish co-founder of Skype and Kazaa and founder of Atomico

Born 1966

Technology

Markus Persson

Swedish creator of Minecraft, the best-selling video game in history

Born 1979

Music

Daniel Ek

Swedish founder of Spotify, now its executive chairman

Born 1983