Swede is a nickname for:

• Carl Anderson (American football) (1898–1978), American college football head coach
• Swede Ellstrom (1906–1994), American National Football League player
• Geary Eppley (1895–1978), American university administrator, professor, agronomist, military officer, athlete and track and field coach
• Swede Hagberg (1907–1960), American National Football League player
• Swede Halbrook (1933–1988), American National Basketball Association player
• Andy Hansen (1924-2002), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Tom Hanson (American football) (1907–1985), American National Football League player
• Swede Johnston (1910–2002), American National Football League player
• Swede Knox (1948–2021), Canadian hockey linesman
• Swede Larson (c. 1899–1945), 23rd head football coach for the United States Naval Academy
• Hugo Leistner (1902–2002), American hurdler
• Swede Masin (1920–2005), American multi-sport college athlete and professional basketball player
• Charles Momsen (1896–1967), American pioneer in submarine rescue and US Navy vice admiral
• Swede Nordstrom (1896–1963), American National Football League player
• Andy Oberlander (1905–1968), All-American football halfback
• Norman Ralston (1916–2007), American pilot, flight instructor and businessman
• Erwin Righter (1897–1985), college football and basketball player and coach
• Swede Risberg (1894–1975), American Major League Baseball player
• Swede Roos (1913–1979), American professional basketball player and coach
• Swede Savage (1946–1973), American race car driver
• Swede Vejtasa (1914–2013), American World War II flying ace
• Swede Youngstrom (1897–1968), American National Football League player

See also

• Tillie Anderson (1875–1965), Swedish-born American road and track cyclist known as "the Terrible Swede"
• John Lawson (cyclist) (1872–1902), Swedish-American professional cyclist known as "the Terrible Swede"
• Emory Parnell (1892–1979), American vaudeville performer and actor nicknamed "the Big Swede"