Notable Iranians in Sweden

• Farzan Athari
  Farzan Athari
  Farzan Athari is an Iranian-Swedish fashion model, actor, TV host and TV personality. In just a few short years, Farzan has gone from notoriety from his hometown in Stockholm to global recognition. He is internationally known for his modeling. He has worked as a model in 23 different countries...
  
  , fashion model.
• Golbarg Bashi
  Golbarg Bashi
  Golbarg Bashi , born in Ahvaz, Iran, is an Iranian-Swedish feminist professor of Iranian Studies at Rutgers University in the US. Among other topics, Bashi has published works and given talks about human rights in the Middle East and the situation of women in Iran.-Biography:Golbarg Bashi was born...
  
  , professor of Iranian studies at Rutgers University
  Rutgers University
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
  
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• Arash Bayat
  Arash Bayat
  Arash Bayat is a former Swedish footballer of Iranian origin and current player of Assyriska BK, Arash was voted the best middle eastern player of Sweden in 4 different time. 2001,2002,2003,2005. Arash is famous for his freekicks and his long shots...
  
  , footballer.
• Reza Khelili Dylami
  Reza Khelili Dylami
  Reza Khelili Dylami, born in 1967, is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has been a replacement member of the Riksdag since 2006, replacing Beatrice Ask due to her service as the Minister for Justice.- External links :*...
  
  , politician in Sweden.
• Arash Labaf, platinum-selling artist.
• Lina Leandersson
  Lina Leandersson
  Lina Leandersson is a Swedish child actress. She played a lead role in the 2008 Swedish romantic vampire film Let the Right One In, based on the novel by the same name. Born in Falun, Leandersson started performing at an early age. She acted in local amateur theatre performances, and had a few...
  
  , actress.
• Janet Leon
  Janet Leon
  Janet Ava Leon is a professional Swedish singer and dancer of Persian and Spanish descent.-Time in Play:She joined the pop group Play in late 2003...
  
  , singer.
• Lasse Lindroth
  Lasse Lindroth
  Lars "Lasse" Erik Oliver Lindroth was a Swedish comedian, actor and writer....
  
  , comedian and actor.
• Reza Madadi
  Reza Madadi
  Reza Madadi is a Swedish-Iranian mixed martial artist. Madadi started out as a wrestler when he was 10 years old and kept wrestling until he started with MMA at age 26. He fought his first professional match on September 23, 2006...
  
  , professional MMA fighter.
• Sam Motazedi, professional singer
• Trita Parsi
  Trita Parsi
  Trita Parsi is the current president and founder of the National Iranian American Council, and author of the 2007 book, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States.-Biography:...
  
  , founder and president of the National Iranian American Council
  National Iranian American Council
  The National Iranian American Council is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization "dedicated to advancing the interests of the Iranian-American community." Trita Parsi is the organization's current president and founder.-Formation:...
  
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• Laleh Pourkarim
  Laleh
  Laleh Pourkarim is an Iranian born Swedish singer-songwriter and former actress. She uses her given name Laleh as a stage name. She left Iran when she was a one year old and came to Sweden as a teenager, attending school in the multicultural district of Hammarkullen, Angered of Gothenburg. Before...
  
  , singer-songwriter.
• Sheri Nowrozi
  Sheri Nowrozi
  Sheri Nowrozi is a Swedish pop singer. Sheri's single, "U Got Me Good," reached nr 2 on the Swedish single chart. It is produced by Jörgen Elofsson and is the lead theme in the screen adaptation of Snabba Cash.-Albums:-Singles:- External links :* *...
  
  , singer.
• Said Mahmoudi , Professor of International Law and Dean at the Faculty of Law at Stockholm University
  Stockholm University
  Stockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...
  
  
• Daniel Rahimi
  Daniel Rahimi
  Daniel Rahimi is a Swedish-Iranian professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for HV71 of the Swedish Elitserien. He has previously been a prospect for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
  
  , professional Ice hockey player.
• Behrang Safari
  Behrang Safari
  Behrang Safari is an Iranian-born Swedish international footballer who plays as a defender for Anderlecht in the Belgian Pro League.-Early life:He came to Sweden as a two-year-old from Tehran, Iran with his family...
  
  , Swedish international footballer.
• Nahid Persson Sarvestani, film director.
• Maryam Yazdanfar
  Maryam Yazdanfar
  Maryam Yazdanfar is a Swedish social democratic politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006.-External links:* at the Riksdag website...
  
  , Riksdag
  Riksdag
  The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
  
   poltician.
• Nina Zanjani
  Nina Zanjani
  Nina Nasr Zanjani is a Swedish actress of Persian origin. She played one of the two lead roles in Helena Bergström's directorial debut Mind the Gap as the daughter Yasmin...
  
  , actress .
• Mika Zibanejad, professional Ice hockey player.