High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Historiens 100 viktigaste svenskar (The 100 Greatest Swedes) is a book by Niklas Ekdal and Petter Karlsson, published in 2009. Before the book was released, the list was published by Dagens Nyheter between April 14 and May 6. The book is a list of the 100 Swedes that according to the authors has had "the greatest influence on swedish peoples lives, and also peoples lives around the world". There are 84 men and 16 women on the list. Around 40 of them lived in the last century and 16 are still alive today.