Italian Swedes
Appearance
Total population | |
---|---|
19,087[1] 0.2% of the Swedish population (2012)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Stockholm and Gothenburg | |
Languages | |
Swedish, Italian | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism |
Swedish Italians (Swedish: Svenskitalienare) are Swedish citizens or residents of Italian ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage or identity. There are approximately 8,126 people born in Italy living in Sweden today, as well as 10,961 people born in Sweden with at least one parent born in Italy.[2][1]
Notable Swedish Italians
- Amelia Adamo, editor-in-chief
- Alesso, DJ and producer
- Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, MEP
- Marcus Birro, poet, author and columnist
- Peter Birro, poet, author and columnist
- Lydia Cappolicchio, journalist and hostess
- Johan De Farfalla, musician
- Staffan de Mistura, UN and Arab League envoy to Syria
- Thomas Di Leva, singer-songwriter
- Jonnie Fedel, former football player
- Helena Frith Powell, columnist and author. (Italian mother)
- Claudia Galli, actress
- Messiah Marcolin, heavy metal musician
- Erik Gandini, film director
- John Guidetti, football player
- Sebastian Ingrosso, DJ and producer
- Pauline Kamusewu, singer
- Yvonne Lombard, actress
- Veronica Maggio, singer
- Angelique Magito, opera singer in the 19th century
- Michael Nyqvist, actor
- Hilda Petrini, watchmaker in the 19th century
- Andreas Ravelli, former footballer
- Thomas Ravelli, former footballer
- Paolo Roberto, actor and former boxer
- Mauro Scocco, singer
- Marie Taglioni, ballet dancer in the 19th century
- Roberto Vacchi, former cyclist
- Andreas Vinciguerra, former tennis player
- Alexandra Zazzi, chef
- Oscar Zia, singer