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Famous people that use Snus
Here are some well known people that use Swedish snus.
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Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish Entrepreneur
Founder of IKEA company and one of the richest men in the world. Peddled matches, fish, pens, Christmas cards and other items by bicycle as a teenager. Started selling furniture in 1947. Now his company Ikea, which sells hip designs for the cost conscious, is one of the most beloved retailers in the world, with an almost cultlike following. Ikea, which has stores in 33 countries, continues to expand into new markets such as Guangzhou, China and Moscow. As egalitarian as his brand, Kamprad avoids wearing suits, flies economy class and frequents cheap restaurants. Has been quoted as saying that his luxuries are occasionally buying a nice cravat and eating Swedish fish roe. |
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Therese Alshammar, Swedish Swimmer
Top level swimmer, current world record holder in short course 50 Butterfly, 2 Silver and 1 bronze in the Olympic Games; 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze in the World Championships; 9 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze in the SC World Championships, 8 Gold, 7 Silver and 2 Bronze in the European Championships. |
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Henrik Larsson, Swedish Soccer Player
Henrik or "Henke" which he is called here in Sweden started his career in Swedish Helsingborgs IF, where he scored 50 goals in 56 appearances. He later played for a Dutch club and then Scottish Celtic. Larsson scored 242 goals for Celtic, in 315 matches, making him Celtic's third all-time record goal scorer (in all competitions). This is more remarkable in the fact that he missed almost a year having suffered a horrific injury, breaking his leg in two places, whilst playing against Olympique Lyonnais in a UEFA cup match in France. In 2001 he won the "Golden Boot" award for being Europe's most prolific goal scorer, with 35 league goals. His total in all competitions that season was 53. At the end of the 2003-04 season Larsson signed a one year contract with Barcelona with an option for a second year. In his final game for Barcelona, he won his first UEFA Champions League medal. |
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Tony Rickardsson, Swedish Retired Speedway Rider
Retired Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He is widely acknowledged as being the most successful speedway rider of the current era, having won six Speedway World Championship titles in 15 attempts. |
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Alexander Ovechkin, Russian Ice Hockey Player
Russian professional ice hockey left winger for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Won the World Championships in 2006. |
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Magnus Hedman, Swedish Goalkeeper
He has played 58 matches for the Sweden national football team, and represented his country at two FIFA World Cup and two European Championship tournaments. He has also played as a professional goalkeeper in the English Premier League; Coventry City and Chelsea, but also the Scottish Leage; Celtic. |
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Mikael Persbrandt, Swedish Actor
His interest in acting started when working as an extra in Ingmar Bergman's staging of William Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. In his film career he has so far played several police men, as in Polismördaren (1994) (V), "Anna Holt - polis" (1996) or the movies about Martin Beck, starting with Beck (1997/I). |
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Kattis Ahlström, Swedish TV Personality
Swedish journalist, and TV-presenter. |
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Erik Lallerstedt, Swedish Celebrity Chef
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Sven Wolter, Swedish Actor
Famous actor in Sweden, main role character in many Swedish films. His character King Hrothgar in the Hollywood block buster movie with Antonio Banderas “The 13th Warrior” in more known to the world outside Sweden. |
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Leif GW Persson, Swedish Criminology Expert
Swedish writer and, at one time, professor of criminology at the University of Stockholm. Helps the police in the TV reality show “Efterlyst”. |
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Carina Berg, Swedish TV Personality
Swedish comedian and radio/TV personality. |
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Mikael Tornving, Swedish comedian and radio/TV personality
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Filip Hammar, Swedish TV Personality
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Dan Ekborg, Swedish Actor
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Adam Alsing, Swedish TV Personality
Famous TV & Radio Personality in Sweden. He is the presenter in the Swedish “Big Brother” TV program, and co hosts a morning radio show. |
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Peter Haber, Swedish Actor
The most famous roles that Haber has played are Carl Hamilton in "Fiendens fiende" (Enemy's Enemy) and Martin Beck, the main character in the Swedish Police series “Beck”, from 1997 - present. |
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Kjell Bergkvist, Swedish Actor
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Lars Lagerbäck, Sweden’s National Soccer Team Manager
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Jan Guillou, Swedish Author
Jan Guillou is unarguably on of the best-known writer and journalist in Sweden. He wrote 10 books about Swedish agent Hamilton, and a follow up to the Hamilton series, called Hamlon, in a very limited edition. But his best book is "Ondskan", which he wrote in 1981. It is about a young man called Erik. It's a self biography, Erik is Jan. “Ondskan” was nominated to an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 2004. Jan Guillou was in a Swedish prison for 10 months in the 70s. He had exposed the Swedish intelligence force allegedly doing something illegal. His latest books The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy) resulted in the highest production cost movie ever made in Sweden, it became a big movie success. |
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