Göran

Göran(Swedish name)

Pronunciation	[ˈjœ̂ːran]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Swedish
Origin
Meaning	farmer, earth-worker
Other names
Alternative spelling	Jöran
Related names	George

Göran or Jöran (both pronounced [ˈjœ̂ːran]) is a Swedish form of George, not to be confused with the Slavic Goran.

Notable people with the name include:

• Göran Andersson (sailor, born 1939) (1939–2020), Swedish sailor in the 1960 Olympics
• Göran Andersson (sailor, born 1956), Swedish sailor in the 1980 Olympics
• Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born 1946), Swedish musician, composer, and member of the pop band ABBA
• Göran Folkestad (born 1952), Swedish songwriter, singer, and music professor
• Göran Gentele (1917–1972), Swedish opera manager, director, and actor
• Göran Gunnarsson (born 1950), Swedish lieutenant general
• Göran Hägglund (born 1959), Swedish politician, former leader of the Christian Democrats, and former Minister for Social Affairs
• Göran Högosta (born 1954), Swedish ice hockey player
• Göran Johansson (disambiguation)
• Göran Kropp (1966–2002), Swedish adventurer and mountaineer
• Göran Lagerberg (born 1947), Swedish singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist
• Göran Lennmarker (born 1943), Swedish politician
• Göran Magnusson (chemist) (1942–2000), Swedish chemist
• Göran Magnusson (politician) (1939–2010), Swedish politician
• Göran Malmqvist (1924–2019), Swedish linguist and literary historian
• Göran Mårtensson (born 1960), Swedish Army lieutenant general
• Göran Persson (born 1949), Swedish politician, former prime minister (1996–2006), and former leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party
• Göran or Jöran Persson (c. 1530–1568), King Eric XIV of Sweden's most trusted counsellor and head of the king's network of spies
• Göran Persson i Simrishamn (born 1960), Swedish politician
• Göran Ryding (1916–2007), Swedish diplomat
• Göran Söllscher (born 1955), Swedish classical guitarist

See also

• Joran, a list of people with the given name Jöran, Jøran or Joran