Top chess players in Sweden

The highest-rated active players from Sweden on FIDE's October 2026 classical list.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMNils Grandelius SWE	2603	0	#146	1993
2	GMFerdinand Hellers SWE	2581	0	#193	1969
3	GMPlaton Galperin SWE	2509	0	#512	2003
4	IMJung Min Seo SWE	2505	+2	#550	2002
5	GMVitaly Sivuk SWE	2485	+9	#695	1992
6	GMErik Blomqvist SWE	2481	−1	#724	1990
7	IMEdvin Trost SWE	2478	+6	#750	2007
8	GMEmanuel Berg SWE	2472	−2	#800	1981
9	GMJonathan Westerberg SWE	2452	0	#985	1994
10	IMKaan Kucuksari SWE	2448	+3	#1045	2003
11	IMIsak Storme SWE	2445	0	#1074	2001
12	GMSlavko Cicak SWE	2444	0	#1082	1969
13	IMMilton Pantzar SWE	2441	0	#1112	2001
14	IMLudvig Carlsson SWE	2437	0	#1159	2003
15	GMAxel Smith SWE	2428	0	#1263	1986
16	GMJonny Hector SWE	2425	0	#1295	1964
17	IMPatrik Lyrberg SWE	2423	−1	#1317	1976
18	IMLinus Johansson SWE	2421	0	#1348	1995
19	IMHampus Sorensen SWE	2421	−7	#1351	2003
20	IMMartin Lokander SWE	2418	0	#1393	1996
21	GMTiger Hillarp Persson SWE	2417	−10	#1414	1970
22	GMLars Karlsson SWE	2416	0	#1427	1955
23	IMLars Degerman SWE	2416	0	#1428	1963
24	Faruk Tairi SWE	2410	0	#1508	1969
25	FMJoar Ostlund SWE	2409	+4	#1519	2005
26	IMPontus Sjodahl SWE	2404	0	#1614	1971
27	GMDaniel Semcesen SWE	2400	0	#1698	1986
28	FMBo 1984 Lindberg SWE	2390	0	#1866	1984
29	IMEmil Hermansson SWE	2387	−3	#1928	1971
30	FMAdrian Soderstrom SWE	2387	0	#1929	2007
31	FMJoar Olund SWE	2386	0	#1956	1996
32	IMJonas Barkhagen SWE	2385	0	#1972	1974
33	IMChristian Jepson SWE	2385	0	#1973	1972
34	GMPia Cramling SWE	2380	−8	#2069	1963
35	IMWilliam Olsson SWE	2376	0	#2135	2005
36	IMJohan Eriksson SWE	2374	+5	#2186	1973
37	FMDeniz Arman SWE	2374	0	#2189	1985
38	IMAxel Falkevall SWE	2372	0	#2230	2006
39	FMAnton Frisk Kockum SWE	2370	+9	#2269	1987
40	IMPhilip Lindgren SWE	2369	+2	#2284	1994
41	FMSebastian Mauritsson SWE	2368	0	#2301	1985
42	FMCarl Cederstam SWE	2360	+26	#2482	1993
43	IMBjorn Ahlander SWE	2357	0	#2542	1963
44	FMEric Thorn SWE	2354	−10	#2611	1992
45	GMTom Wedberg SWE	2353	+3	#2632	1953
46	FMMartin Jogstad SWE	2352	+2	#2665	1999
47	FMMarten Aronsson SWE	2352	+8	#2666	1976
48	IMTommy Andersson SWE	2349	0	#2737	1978
49	IMStefan Schneider SWE	2348	0	#2764	1977
50	FMGustav Torngren SWE	2348	−10	#2765	2004
51	FMPeter Laveryd SWE	2346	0	#2811	1970
52	IMRikard Winsnes SWE	2343	0	#2878	1968
53	FMArvin Rasti SWE	2340	0	#2943	2005
54	FMAlexander Strom-Engdahl SWE	2336	0	#3054	2006
55	Ludvig Sandstrom SWE	2333	0	#3135	1965
56	GMStellan Brynell SWE	2332	0	#3159	1962
57	FMHugo Wernberg SWE	2332	−4	#3160	2006
58	IMAnton Aaberg SWE	2331	+5	#3188	1972
59	FMTheodor Kenneskog SWE	2325	+3	#3359	1995
60	FMDrazen Dragicevic SWE	2319	0	#3498	1989
61	FMJohan Norberg SWE	2317	0	#3560	1985
62	FMLucas Sandberg SWE	2317	−19	#3561	2009
63	Dan Uddenfeldt SWE	2316	0	#3591	1951
64	GMRalf Akesson SWE	2315	+2	#3615	1961
65	FMChristopher Lissang SWE	2314	0	#3646	1989
66	FMTom Rydstrom SWE	2311	0	#3731	1997
67	FMVidar Grahn SWE	2310	+8	#3760	2006
68	Ingvar Andreasson SWE	2308	0	#3836	1959
69	FMSimon Rosberg SWE	2307	0	#3855	1990
70	IMDan Cramling SWE	2299	+2	#4142	1959
71	Eric Vaarala SWE	2299	0	#4143	1993
72	IMNils-Gustaf Renman SWE	2297	0	#4215	1950
73	FMMarek Religa SWE	2297	−6	#4216	2008
74	Amir Mohammadi SWE	2290	0	#4442	1985
75	Kezli Ahlfors SWE	2289	0	#4467	1987
76	IMThomas Engqvist SWE	2288	0	#4493	1963
77	FMMats Welin SWE	2284	+10	#4625	1977
78	IMBengt Lindberg SWE	2280	−1	#4768	1960
79	FMMats Persson SWE	2280	0	#4769	1977
80	IMAri Ziegler SWE	2279	−5	#4809	1966
81	IMJohan Furhoff SWE	2279	+2	#4810	1969
82	IMBengt 1960 Svensson SWE	2278	0	#4847	1960
83	Per Vernersson SWE	2277	0	#4887	1969
84	FMPeter Bergstrom SWE	2273	0	#5023	1974
85	FMReynir Helgason SWE	2271	+8	#5094	1968
86	IMErik Hedman SWE	2270	0	#5138	1976
87	IMSamir Lejlic SWE	2269	0	#5176	1964
88	IMRobert Bator SWE	2267	−12	#5257	1963
89	Peter Fransson SWE	2267	0	#5258	1963
90	Jesper Hamark SWE	2267	0	#5259	1973
91	FMOsmani Penalver SWE	2265	0	#5342	1969
92	FMLinus Olsson SWE	2263	0	#5411	1984
93	IMJan Johansson SWE	2261	0	#5494	1960
94	FMNiclas Hjelm SWE	2260	0	#5534	1971
95	FMGosta Svenn SWE	2260	0	#5535	1962
96	FMVidar Seiger SWE	2258	−6	#5617	2009
97	FMMladen Gajic SWE	2256	0	#5685	1989
98	Stefan Sanden SWE	2250	0	#5900	1967
99	FMNicolaj Zadruzny SWE	2250	0	#5901	1990
100	FMAnders Livner SWE	2249	−12	#5937	1978

Ratings from FIDE's official October 2026 list. The +/− column is the change from the previous month. Inactive players are not ranked.