Axelsson is a Swedish surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
Andreas Axelsson, a Swedish musicianAndreas Axelsson (criminal), a Swedish criminalAnton Axelsson (born 1986), Swedish ice hockey playerBjorn Axelsson (born 1942), Swedish organizational theoristCarina Axelsson, live-in companion to Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-BerleburgChristina Axelsson (born 1949), Swedish politicianDick Axelsson (born 1987), Swedish ice hockey playerEmil Axelsson (born 1986), Swedish ice hockey playerErik Axelsson Tott (regent of Sweden)Jacob Axelsson Lindblom, a Swedish scholarKurt Axelsson (1941-1984), Swedish footballerLennart Axelsson (born 1941), Swedish trumpet playerMajgull Axelsson (born 1947), Swedish journalist and writerNiklas Axelsson (born 1972), Swedish cyclistNils Axelsson, a Swedish footballerOlle Axelsson (1913-1980), Swedish bobsledderP. J. Axelsson (born 1975), Swedish ice hockey playerPeter Axelsson, Swedish badminton playerRagnar Axelsson (born 1958), Swedish photographerSun Axelsson (born 1935), Swedish writerThor Axelsson, a Finnish sprint canoerUlla Axelsson, a Swedish actress also known as Ulla Akselson