1. Katarina Beskow (1867)

Swedish Chess Player

Katarina Beskow Froeken was a Swedish chess master. She was a four-time Women's World Chess Championship challenger. She took second place behind Vera Menchik at the first Women's World Championship...

2. Bengt Ekenberg (1912)

Swedish Chess Player

Bengt August Edvard Ekenberg was a Swedish chess master. He twice won the Swedish Chess Championship at Malmö 1943 and Örnsköldsvik 1962.

3. Allan Nilsson (1899)

Swedish Chess Player

Allan Nilsson was a Swedish chess master. He was Swedish Champion in 1924-1929 and played four matches for the title all in Gothenburg.

4. Karl Berndtsson (1892)

Swedish Chess Player

Karl Mathias Berndtsson Kullberg was a Swedish chess master who was born and died in Göteborg. He won at Copenhagen 1916 and lost a match for the Swedish Chess Championship...

5. Folke Ekström (1906)

Swedish Chess Player

Ekström was a Swedish International Master of chess and of Correspondence chess. Ekström was active in high-level national Swedish and international chess during a short period of about five years...

6. Nils Bergkvist (Unknow)

Swedish Chess Player

Nils Valentin Bergkvist or Nils Bergqvist was a Swedish chess master. He shared first in the national tournament at Lund 1933 took 5th at Stockholm 1937 played a match with...

7. Folke Rogard (1899)

Swedish Chess Player

Bror Axel Folke Per Rogard was a Swedish lawyer and chess official. He was born in Stockholm. Rogard was Vice-President of the international chess governing body FIDE from 1947 to...

8. Ove Kinnmark (1944)

Swedish Chess Player

Ove Kinnmark a Swedish chess master. At the beginning of his career he won Swedish Junior championships at Växjö 1958 and played at Halle 1963. He represented thrice Sweden in...

9. Anton Olson (1881)

Swedish Chess Player

Anton Olson was a Swedish chess master. He was Swedish Champion in 1921 and thrice played matches for the title all in Stockholm.

10. Gustaf Nyholm (1880)

Swedish Chess Player

Gustaf Nyholm was a Swedish chess master. He was the first Swedish Champion and a Nordic Champion in 1917. In 1907 he took 6th in Copenhagen. In 1909 he took...

11. Olof Kinnmark (1897)

Swedish Chess Player

Olof Kinnmark was a Swedish chess master. He won a tournament at Trollhättan 1925 took 3rd at Karlskrona 1932 and took 12th in Nordic Chess Championship at Copenhagen 1934.

12. Gösta Danielsson (1912)

Swedish Chess Player

Gösta Erik Vilhelm Danielsson was a Swedish chess master. He took 4th at Stockholm 1934 tied for 3rd-4th at Falun 1934 tied for 3rd-4th behind Paul Felix Schmidt and Paul...

13. Ernst Jacobson (1889)

Swedish Chess Player

Ernst Jacobson was a Swedish chess master. He took 8th at Copenhagen 1916 took 2nd at Stockholm 1916 tied for 7-8th at Göteborg 1920 took 3rd and won ahead of...

14. Gösta Stoltz (1904)

Swedish Chess Player

Gösta Stoltz was a Swedish chess grandmaster.

15. Otto Löwenborg (1888)

Swedish Chess Player

Otto von Löwenborg was a Swedish chess master. In January 1912 he won a simultaneous exhibition game against Frank James Marshall in Stockholm.

16. Stig Lundholm (1917)

Swedish Chess Player

Stig Lundholm was a Swedish chess master. He won at Stockholm 1942 tied with Folke Ekström ahead of both Gösta Stoltz and Erik Lundin took second place behind Ekström at...

17. Ernst Larsson (1897)

Swedish Chess Player

Ernst Larsson was a Swedish chess master. He won in the Swedish Chess Championship at Borås 1936.

18. Joel Fridlizius (1869)

Swedish Chess Player

Joel Fridlizius was a Swedish chess master. He took 2nd behind Jorgen Moeller at Gothenburg 1901 won ahead of Gustaf Nyholm at Gothenburg 1909 and tied for 7-9th but won...

19. Erik Lundin (1904)

Swedish Chess Player

Erik Ruben Lundin was a Swedish chess master. In 1928 he won in Oslo took 5th in Helsingborg tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm. In 1929 he took 2nd in Göteborg...

20. Stellan Brynell (1962)

Swedish Chess Player

Stellan Brynell is a chess grandmaster from Sweden. He became Swedish champion on 1991 and on 2005. He represents Swedish club Limhamns SK

21. Slavko Cicak (1969)

Swedish Chess Player

Slavko Cicak is a Swedish chess Grandmaster. He played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads of 2006 2008 and 2010. In 2005 he tied for 6th–9th with Normunds Miezis Joel...

22. Tiger Hillarp Persson (1970)

Swedish Chess Player

Tiger Hillarp Persson is a Swedish chess Grandmaster. He won tournaments in Gentofte Barcelona Sants 2003 and The Guernsey International Open. He finished second in the Nordic Championship in Vammala...