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Andersson (previously Andjersson) is a
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surname, a form of the surname
Anderson Anderson or Andersson may refer to: Companies * Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910 * Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car * Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer * Anderson ...
. ''Andersson'' is, if several spelling variants are included, the most common surname in
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Notable people with the surname include:


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* Anders Andersson (disambiguation), various people *
Arne Andersson Arne Andersson (27 October 1917 – 1 April 2009) was a Swedish middle distance runner who became famous for his rivalry with his compatriot Gunder Hägg in the 1940s. Anderson set a 1500 metres world record in Gothenburg in August 1943 with a ...
(1917–2009), Swedish middle-distance runner * Augusta Andersson (1856–1938), restaurant owner * Axel Andersson i Österfärnebo (1897–1979), Swedish politician *
Benny Andersson Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, singer, composer and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess'', '' Kristina från Duvemåla'', and '' Mamma M ...
(born 1946), musician (
ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's ...
) *
Bibi Andersson Berit Elisabet Andersson (11 November 1935 – 14 April 2019), known professionally as Bibi Andersson (), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Early life and career Anders ...
(1935–2019), Swedish actress * Birger Andersson (tennis) (born 1951), Swedish tennis player *
Björn Andersson Björn Andersson (born 20 July 1951) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best remembered for representing Bayern Munich and was part of their European Cup victory in 1975. A full international between 1 ...
(born 1951), Swedish footballer * Conny Andersson (disambiguation), various people * Daniel Andersson, various people *
Edoff Andersson Edoff Emanuel Andersson (2 July 1892 in Salem, Sweden – 1934) was a Swedish politician and trade unionist. He was a prominent union leader of the civilian employees in the defense sector as well as a communist member of parliament.Blomqvist, ...
(1902–1934), Swedish politician and trade unionist *
Elsa Andersson Elsa Teresia Andersson (27 April 1897 in Strövelstorp, Sweden – 22 January 1922) was Sweden's first female aviator and stunt parachutist. She was the daughter of a poor farmer in Strövelstorp in the Scanian countryside. Her mother died whe ...
(1897–1922), Swedish aviator and stunt parachutist * Emil Andersson (disambiguation), various people *
Eric Andersson Eric Andersson (born 15 June 1984) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. Career Andersson came to prominence when he reached the final of the 2004 Speedway Under-21 World Championship. In 2006, he joined the Oxford Cheetahs to ri ...
(born 1984), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider * Erik Andersson (disambiguation), various people * Eva Andersson (disambiguation), various people * Georg Andersson (politician) (born 1936), Swedish politician *
Gunnar Andersson (disambiguation) Gunnar Andersson may refer to: * Gunnar Andersson (footballer) (1928–1969), Swedish footballer * Gunnar Andersson (trade unionist) (1890–1946), Swedish trade unionist * Gunnar Andersson (politician) (1896–1956), Finnish politician * Johan Gu ...
, various people * Gustaf Andersson (1884–1961), Swedish politician * Håkan Andersson (born 1945), Swedish motocross racer * Håkan Andersson (born 1965), Swedish amateur hockey scout *
Harriet Andersson Harriet Andersson (born 14 February 1932) is a Swedish actress, best known outside Sweden for being part of director Ingmar Bergman's stock company. She often plays impulsive, working class characters. Film actress Harriet Andersson began her ...
(born 1932), Swedish actress *
Heidi Andersson Heidi Andersson (born 27 February 1981 in the locality of Ensamheten ( en, "Solitude"), Storuman, Sweden) is a Swedish armwrestler. She has won the World Championships in armwrestling eleven times. She is married to Swedish biathlete Björn Ferr ...
(born 1981), Swedish arm wrestler *
Henrik Andersson (badminton) Henrik Andersson (born 19 January 1977) is a retired Swedish badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game ar ...
(born 1977), Swedish badminton player *
Ingemar Andersson Ingemar Andersson (1 June 1928 - 17 July 1992) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the C-1 1000 m event at London London is ...
(1928–1992), Swedish sprint canoer *
Jan Anderson (disambiguation) Jan Anderson or Andersson is the name of: * Jan Anderson (scientist) (1932–2015), New Zealand-born plant scientist active in Australia * Jan Andersson (politician) (born 1947), Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden ...
, various people *
Jessica Andersson Jessica Elisabeth Andersson (born Jessica Arvidsson on 27 October 1973) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She was part of the Swedish duo Fame with Magnus Bäcklund between 2002 and 2006 after they met at the reality television show ''Fame F ...
(born 1973), Swedish singer ( Fame) * Joakim Andersson (diver) (born 1971), Swedish diver *
Joakim Andersson Joakim Anders Andersson (born 5 February 1989) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre who played in the for Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL). Andersson was drafted 88th ...
(born 1989), Swedish ice hockey player * Johan Andersson (disambiguation), various people *
Johan Gunnar Andersson Johan Gunnar Andersson (3 July 1874 – 29 October 1960)"Andersson, Johan Gunnar" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 385. was a Sweden, Swedish arc ...
(1874–1960), Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist, geologist and author


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Kennet Andersson Bernt Kennet Andersson (born 6 October 1967) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Starting off his career with IFK Eskilstuna in the mid-1980s, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Belgium, France, Italy, ...
(born 1967), Swedish footballer *
Kent Andersson (motorcyclist) Kent Andersson (August 1, 1942 – August 29, 2006) was a Swedish professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing between 1966 and 1975, most prominently as a member of the Yamaha factory racing team where he was ...
(1942–2006), Swedish motorcycle racer *
Kim Andersson Kim Andersson (born 21 August 1982) is a Swedish handball player for Ystads IF. He was voted into the ''All-Star Team'' as ''Best right back'' at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship, where Sweden finished 5th. He was part of the Swedi ...
(born 1982), Swedish professional handball player *
Kjell-Åke Andersson Kjell-Åke Gunnar Andersson (born 7 June 1949 in Malmö) is a Swedish film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His 1992 film '' Night of the Orangutan'' was nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 28th Guldbagge ...
(born 1949), Swedish film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer *
Lars Anderson (disambiguation) Lars Anderson may refer to: * Lars Anderson (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player *Lars Anderson (wrestler) (born 1939), American former professional wrestler See also *Larz Anderson Larz Anderson (August 15, 1866 – April 13, ...
, various people *
Magdalena Andersson Eva Magdalena Andersson (born 23 January 1967) is a Swedish politician and economist who has served as Leader of the Opposition since October 2022 and Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021. She has served as a Member of the R ...
(born 1967), Swedish politician *
Maria Andersson (businesswoman) Maria Andersson or Anderson may refer to: Sports * Maria Andersson (athlete) from 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race * Maria Andersson (co-driver) in 2007 World Rally Championship season * Maria Andersson (footballe ...
(1837–1922) *
Mauritz Andersson Mauritz Olof Andersson (22 September 1886 – 1 November 1971) was a middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Sweden. He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known ...
(1886–1971) Swedish wrestler * Mette Andersson (born 1964), Norwegian sociologist *
Nicke Andersson Nicke Andersson (born 1 August 1972), also known as Nick Royale, is a Swedish musician best known for his work as the singer and guitarist for the rock band The Hellacopters and drummer for the death metal band Entombed. He was also briefly the ...
(born 1972), Swedish musician *
Olga Andersson Olga Andersson (1 October 1876 – 6 November 1943) was a Swedish film and stage actress. Quirk p.51 She appeared in 25 films as a character actress between 1920 and her death in 1943. Selected filmography * '' Her Little Majesty'' (1925) * ''The ...
(1876–1943), Swedish actress * Olle Andersson (disambiguation), various people *
Ove Andersson Ove Andersson (3 January 1938 – 11 June 2008), nicknamed ''Påven'' ("the Pope"), was a Swedish rally driver and the first head of Toyota's F1 programme. Early life Andersson was born in Uppsala and grew up on a remote farm. His father bough ...
(1938–2008), Swedish rally driver *
Patrik Andersson Patrik Jonas Andersson (; born 18 August 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the late 1980s, he went on to play professionally in England, Germany, and Spain, an ...
(born 1971), Swedish footballer * Per-Gunnar Andersson (racing driver) (born 1957), Swedish racing driver *
Per-Gunnar Andersson (rally driver) Per-Gunnar "P-G" Andersson (born 10 March 1980 in Årjäng) is a Swedish rally driver. He is a two-time winner of the Junior World Rally Championship. Career Andersson was competing in Junior World Rally Championship since 2003. He became JWR ...
(born 1980), Swedish rally driver * Peter Andersson (disambiguation), various people * Petra Andersson (born 1993), Swedish footballer * Rasmus Andersson (born 1996), Swedish ice hockey player *
Roy Andersson Roy Arne Lennart Andersson (born 31 March 1943) is a Swedish film director, best known for ''A Swedish Love Story'' (1970), '' About Endlessness'' (2019) and his "Living trilogy," which includes '' Songs from the Second Floor'' (2000), '' You, ...
(born 1943), Swedish film director *
Roy Andersson (footballer) Bror Roy Andersson (born 2 August 1949) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender. He won 20 caps for the Sweden national team, and played three matches at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He was a strong central defender for Malmö FF ...
(born 1949), Swedish footballer *
Theresa Andersson Theresa Andersson (born 11 September 1971) is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. History General Andersson came to New Orleans in 1990 to play violin with fellow singer-songwriter and Swede, Anders Osborne. Nine years later, she ...
(born 1971), American musician * Thorsten Andersson (1923-2018), Swedish toponymist *
Torsten Andersson Otto Torsten Andersson (6 June 1926 – 30 May 2009) was a Swedish modernist painter, best known for his theme of the realistic depiction of abstract sculptures, and two-dimensional exploration of three-dimensional objects, where the colors seem ...
(1926–2009), Swedish painter *
Ulf Andersson Ulf Andersson (born 27 June 1951) is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972. Career At his peak, Andersson reached number four on the FIDE rating list. Tourname ...
(born 1951), Swedish chess player


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