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Max von Sydow was a Swedish actor and director. In an illustrious career spanning seven decades, Max contributed immensely to American and European cinema, theatre, and television. He appeared in 11 of Ingmar Bergman's films, including The Seventh Seal, which houses the iconic scene where Max's character challenges the personification of Death to a game of chess.
Kirsten Rausing is a Swedish industrialist best known for her association with Tetra Laval where she is one of the board members. She is also known as the granddaughter of Ruben Rausing, who founded Tetra Pak in 1951. In 2020, Kirsten Rausing was included in Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires.
Swedish professor of anatomy Anders Retzius is best remembered for his ground-breaking research on craniometry, or the human skull. He was associated with the Karolinska Medic-Kirurgiska Institutet in Stockholm. A Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences member, he was also the father of renowned Swedish physican Gustaf Retzius.
Highly acclaimed and versatile, Swedish stage-television-film actor, musical star and singer Jan Malmsjö is known for his on-stage performance in productions like Hamlet and La Cage aux Folles. On screen, he is known for his performance in Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander. In music, the award-winning artist’s Swedish language recording of Willkommen, (Välkomna till Cabaret), is hailed as a masterpiece.
Paul Rey is a Swedish singer-songwriter who achieved popularity in 2020 when he competed in Melodifestivalen with the song Talking in My Sleep. The following year, he once again took part in the competition with the song The Missing Piece. Paul Rey, who started his career as a rapper, has established himself as a popular pop singer in Sweden.
Internationally known as a successful artist manager, Laila Bagge Wahlgren began her career as a singer-songwriter, releasing her debut album in 1998 before working as a talent scout in Sweden and USA. Owner of a dance studio and a television personality, she played important part in forming the well-known Swedish group, Play and continued to co-manage it till its dissolution.
Märta Stenevi is a Swedish politician who served as the Minister for Housing as well as the Minister for Gender Equality from 5 February 2021 to 30 November 2021. An important member of the Green Party, Märta Stenevi also served as the Secretary-General of the party from 2019 to 2021.
Kai Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist best remembered for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1981. He shared the Nobel Prize with Arthur Schawlow and Nicolaas Bloembergen for their contribution to laser spectroscopy. Kai Siegbahn also served as a professor at Uppsala University and the Royal Institute of Technology.
