Axelsson is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andreas Axelsson, Swedish musician Andreas Axelsson (criminal), Swedish criminal Anton Axelsson (born 1986), Swedish ice hockey player Bjorn Axelsson (born 1942), Swedish organizational theorist Carina Axelsson, live-in companion to Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Christina Axelsson (born 1949), Swedish politician Dick Axelsson (born 1987), Swedish ice hockey player Emil Axelsson (ice hockey) (born 1986), Swedish ice hockey Emil Axelsson (co-driver) (born 1983), Swedish rally co-driver Erik Axelsson Tott (c. 1419–1481), regent of Sweden Jacob Axelsson Lindblom, Swedish scholar Kurt Axelsson (1941-1984), Swedish footballer Lennart Axelsson (born 1941), Swedish trumpet player Majgull Axelsson (born 1947), Swedish journalist and writer Niklas Axelsson (born 1972), Swedish cyclist Nils Axelsson, a Swedish footballer Olle Axelsson (1913-1980), Swedish bobsledder P. J. Axelsson (born 1975), Swedish ice hockey player Per Axelsson (born 1966), Swedish curler Peter Axelsson, Swedish badminton player Ragnar Axelsson (born 1958), Swedish photographer Sun Axelsson (1935–2011), Swedish writer Thor Axelsson, Finnish sprint canoer Ulla Axelsson, Swedish actress also known as Ulla Akselson See also Axelsen Axelson Swedish-language surnames