Halmstad
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Swedish Surrealism is largely associated with the Halmstad Group, which consisted of six painters with links to the town with the same name: Brothers Axel and Erik Olson, Stellan Morner, Waldemar Lorentzon, Esaias Thoren, Sven Jonson. They heavily borrowed form Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali and Yves Tanguy.
Notable natives
- Daniel Alexandersson - football player
- Niclas Alexandersson - football player
- Christopher Amott - musician (Arch Enemy/Armageddon)
- Michael Amott - musician (Spiritual Beggars/Arch Enemy/Carcass)
- Fredrik Andersson Hed - professional golfer
- Sofia Arvidsson - professional tennis player
- Jonas Altberg - musician, Dj (Basshunter)
- Carl Bildt - politician, former prime minister, present foreign minister
- Dusan Djuric - football player
- Per Gessle - musician (Roxette/Gyllene Tider)
- Halmstadgruppen - Painter group
- Bengt Johansson - Handball coach
- Niklas Kvarforth - musician (Shining/Den Saakaldte/Skitliv)
- Ola Lindgren - Handball player
- Fredrik Ljungberg - football player
- Susanne Ljungskog - Cyclist
- Magnus Mandersson - Executive Vice President of Ericsson
- Sven Nordqvist - Author
- Gustav Nyquist - ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
- Erik Olson - Painter (Halmstadgruppen)
- Jörgen Persson - table tennis player
- Thomas Pettersson - stand-up comedian
- Bengt I. Samuelsson - Nobel prize winner
- Johan Staël von Holstein - Entrepreneur
- Peter Wahlbäck - stand-up comedian
- Ernst Wigforss - politician, former Minister of Finance
See also
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