Göran or Jöran (both pronounced ) is the
Swedish
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form of
George
George may refer to:
People
* George (given name)
* George (surname)
* George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George
* George Washington, First President of the United States
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, not to be confused with the
Slavic Goran.
Notable people with the name include:
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Göran Andersson
Göran Andersson (born 14 February 1956) is a sailor from Sweden, who represented his country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, as crew member in the Soling
The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International cla ...
, Swedish sport sailor
*Göran Bror
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 ...
Swedish musician, composer, and member of the group
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 ...
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Sven-Göran Eriksson
Sven-Göran Eriksson (; born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player.
After an unassuming playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 ...
, Swedish
football
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coach
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Göran Folkestad
Göran Folkestad (born 1952) is a Swedish songwriter and singer. He is professor of music pedagogy at Malmö Academy of Music.Göran F ...
, Swedish musician
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Göran Gentele
Göran Gentele (29 September 1917 – 18 July 1972) was a Swedish actor, director, and opera manager. He was briefly the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1972.
Biography
Born in Stockholm, Gentele studied from 19 ...
, Swedish actor
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Göran Gunnarsson
Lieutenant General Claes Göran Gunnarsson (born 8 March 1950) is a retired Swedish Coastal Artillery/Swedish Amphibious Corps officer. His senior commands include as head of the General Training and Management Directorate. Gunnarsson is known for ...
, Swedish lieutenant general
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Göran Hägglund
Bo Göran Hägglund (born 27 January 1959) is a Swedish politician of the Christian Democrats. He was Leader of the Christian Democrats from 2004 to 2015, Member of the Riksdag from 1991 to 2015, and served as Minister for Social Affairs from 2 ...
, Swedish politician, former leader of the
Christian Democrats
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Jöran Hägglund
Jöran Hägglund (born 29 July 1959) is a Swedish politician. He is a member of the Centre Party. Hägglund was State Secretary of Sweden
State Secretary ( sv, statssekreterare) is the title of the senior political appointee, second in rank t ...
, Swedish politician, secretary of the
Centre party
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Göran Högosta
Alf Göran Högosta (born April 15, 1954 in Äppelbo, Sweden) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Högosta played one game for the New York Islanders in 1977-78 and in 21 games with the Quebec Nordiques in 1979-80. In Sweden ...
, Swedish
ice hockey
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player
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Göran Johansson, Swedish politician, mayor of
Gothenburg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...
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Göran Kropp
Lars Olof Göran Kropp (11 December 1966 – 30 September 2002) was a Swedish adventurer and mountaineer, the first Scandinavian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. He made a solo ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen or Sherp ...
, Swedish adventurer and mountaineer
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Göran Lagerberg
Göran Bertil Lagerberg (; born 20 September 1947) is a Swedish musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist and co-lead vocalist in Swedish rock band Tages and later progressive rock act Kebnekajse. In the 1990s, he was a ...
, Swedish musician
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Göran Lennmarker
Rolf Göran Lennmarker (born 7 December 1943 in Norberg, Västmanland County) is a Swedish moderate politician who has been a member of the Riksdag from 1991 to 2010. From 2006 until 2010 he was the Chair of the Riksdag's Committee on Foreign Affa ...
, Swedish politician
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Göran Magnusson (1939–2010), Swedish politician
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Göran Malmqvist
Nils Göran David Malmqvist (6 June 1924 – 17 October 2019) was a Swedish linguist, literary historian, sinologist and translator. He was also a member of the Swedish Academy between 1985 and 2019.
Biography
Göran Malmqvist was born on 6 Ju ...
, Swedish linguist, literary historian
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Göran Mårtensson
Lieutenant General Carl Göran Mårtensson (born 26 May 1960) is a Swedish Army officer. He is currently the Director General of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration.
Career
Mårtensson was born in Kristianstad, Sweden. He became a lieuten ...
, Swedish Army lieutenant general
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Göran Söllscher
Göran Söllscher (born 31 December 1955) is a Swedish award-winning virtuoso classical guitarist known for his broad range of musical interpretations, ranging from Bach to the Beatles. Söllscher's international career began during his years of ed ...
, Swedish classical guitarist
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Göran Persson
Hans Göran Persson (; born 20 January 1949) is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007.
Persson was first elected to the Swedish Parlia ...
Swedish
prime minister
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(1996–2006)
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Jöran Persson
Jöran Persson, alternatively Göran Persson (c. 1530 – September 1568), was King Eric XIV of Sweden's favorite, most trusted counsellor and head of the King's network of spies. He was widely seen as a Machiavellian figure, and as holding t ...
, Swedish official during the 16th century
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Swedish masculine given names