What famous classical composer came from Sweden?

Answer 1

There are many different answers to this question because there are many different Swedish composers from different eras. Here I have listed some of the Swedish classical composers that I know of in the order oldest born to youngest born:

• Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758) called the "Swedish Handel"
• Johan Agrell (1701-1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell
• Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795)
• Johan Wikmanson (1753-1800)
• Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792)
• Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (1759-1833) born in Germany
• Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838) born in Finland
• Berwald family
  • Friedrich Berwald, violinist, Concert-master in the Swedish Royal Orchestra
  • Georg Berwald, played in the Swedish Royal Orchestra, later in the Russian
  • Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787-1861) violinist, Concert-master of the Swedish Royal Orchestra
  • Franz Adolf Berwald (1796-1868), composer, musician and businessman; and the best-known of the musical Berwalds
  • August Berwald, composer and musician, Concert-master in the Swedish Royal Orchestra
  • Mathilda Berwald, née Cohn (married to Johan B.), singer to the Royal Court
  • Julie Berwald, actress and singer at the Royal Swedish Opera, later married to baron Knut Åkerhielm
• Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793-1878)
• Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878)
• Otto Lindblad (1809-1864)
• Gunnar Wennerberg (1817-1901) uncle of Sara Wennerberg-Reuter
• Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821-1854) member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
• Ludvig Norman (1831-1885) considered by some the outstanding Swedish composer between Franz Berwald and Wilhelm Stenhammar
• Gustav Stolpe (1833-1901)
• Jacob Adolf Hägg (1850-1928)
• Emil Sjögren (1853-1918) late romantic miniaturist
• Wilhelm Harteveld (1859-1927)
• Tor Aulin (1866-1914)
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) full name: Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
• Henning Mankell (1868-1930)
• August Söderman (1832-1876)
• Bertha Tammelin (1836-1915)
• Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
• Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén
• Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875-1959)
• Otto Olsson (1879-1964)
• Edvin Kallstenius (1881-1967)
• Ture Rangström (1884-1947)
• Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974) full name: Kurt Magnus Atterberg
• Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966)
• Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985)
• John Fernström (1897-1961) born in China of Swedish parents
• Yngve Sköld (1899-1992) full name: Karl Yngve Sköld
• Dag Wirén (1905-1986)
• Gunnar de Frumerie (1908-1987)
• Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986)
• Allan Pettersson (1911-1980) full name: Gustav Allan Pettersson
• Ebbe Grims-land (born 1915)
• Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916-1968)
• Sven-Erik Bäck (1919-1994)
• Ingvar Lidholm (born 1921)
• Bo Linde (1933-1970)
• Ralph Lundsten (born 1936)
• Bengt-Göran Sköld (born 1936) nephew of Yngve Sköld
• Bo Nilsson (born 1937)
• Anders Nilsson (born 1954)
• Sven-David Sandström (born 1954)
• Michael Saxell (born 1956)
• Rolf Martinsson (born 1956)
• Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957) One of Sweden's best-known and widely performed composers
• David Swärd (born 1958)
• Fredrik Sixten (born 1962) One of Sweden's most up and coming composers, of mainly church and chamber music
• Robert Wells, (born 1962)
• Mattias Sköld (born 1976) Musician and composer of EAM and choral music, nephew of Bengt-Göran Sköld
• Benjamin Staern (1978-?)
• Adolf Wiklund
• Andrea Tarrodi (born 1981) Composer of orchestral, choral and chamber music.
• Molly Kien (born 1979)
• Ludwig Goransson (born 1984)