Swede or Swedes may refer to:

People

*Swede, a resident or citizen of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

Swedes Swedes ( sv, svenskar) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the Nordic region, primarily their nation state of Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countr ...

, a Germanic ethnic group * Swedes (Germanic tribe), an ancient North Germanic tribe inhabiting parts of modern-day Sweden and Finland

Individuals

Swede (nickname) Swede is a nickname for: * Carl Anderson (American football) (1898–1978), American college football head coach * Swede Ellstrom (1906–1994), American National Football League player * Geary Eppley (1895–1978), American university administrat ...

, a list of people *

George Swede George Swede ( lv, Juris Švēde), (born as ''Juris Puriņš'', November 20, 1940 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian Canadian psychologist, poet and children's writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is a major figure in English-language haiku, k ...

(born 1940), Canadian psychologist, poet and children's writer * Puma Swede (born 1976), Swedish porn star *

Swede Hanson (wrestler) Robert Fort Hanson (March 27, 1933 – February 19, 2002) was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Swede Hanson. He spent much of his career wrestling as part of a tag team with Rip Hawk. Together, they held champions ...

(1933–2002), ring name of American professional wrestler Robert Fort Hanson

Characters

*Seymour "Swede" Levov, protagonist in the Philip Roth novel ''

American Pastoral ''American Pastoral'' is a Philip Roth novel published in 1997 concerning Seymour "Swede" Levov, a successful Jewish American businessman and former high school star athlete from Newark, New Jersey. Levov's happy and conventional upper middle cla ...

'' *"The Swede", a Norwegian on the AMC TV show '' Hell on Wheels''

Other uses

* Swede (vegetable), a root vegetable, called rutabaga in North America *

Swede Lake Swede Lake is a lake in Carver County, Minnesota, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consist ...

, Minnesota, United States *

Swede Mountain Swede Mountain is a mountain in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York. It is located southwest of Ticonderoga and north of Glens Falls in Warren County. The Swede Mountain Fire Observation Station is located on top of the mountain. Histo ...

, New York, United States

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