Göran

"Joran" redirects here. For the convicted felon, see Joran van der Sloot. For the anime series, see Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood.

This article is about the Swedish name. For the Slavic name, see Goran (Slavic name). For the Kurdish name, see Goran (Kurdish name). For other uses, see Goran (disambiguation).

Göran

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 the Swedish form of George, not to be confused with the Slavic Goran.

Notable people with the name include:

• Göran Andersson, Swedish sport sailor
• Göran Bror Benny Andersson Swedish musician, composer, and member of the group ABBA
• Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football coach
• Göran Folkestad, Swedish musician
• Göran Gentele, Swedish actor
• Göran Gunnarsson, Swedish lieutenant general
• Göran Hägglund, Swedish politician, former leader of the Christian Democrats
• Jöran Hägglund, Swedish politician, secretary of the Centre party
• Göran Högosta, Swedish ice hockey player
• Göran Johansson, Swedish politician, mayor of Gothenburg
• Göran Kropp, Swedish adventurer and mountaineer
• Göran Lagerberg, Swedish musician
• Göran Lennmarker, Swedish politician
• Göran Malmqvist, Swedish linguist, literary historian
• Göran Mårtensson, Swedish Army lieutenant general
• Göran Söllscher, Swedish classical guitarist
• Göran Persson Swedish prime minister (1996–2006)
• Jöran Persson, Swedish official during the 16th century