The Långaryd family was according to Guinness World Records the largest documented family in the world. It was noted twice in the Guinness World Records, both for most known relatives (1988) and the largest family reunion (2500 people in 1991, now replaced by another record holder).
The family descended from the churchwarden Nils Andersson (Ackerman) (1620–1717) and his wife Börta (a local variant of Brita) (around 1631-1705) from Våthult in the current Hylte municipality (in southwest Sweden) and includes (unlike the usual) all descendants of him to both male as female part, including some adopted and foster children. The origin of name is that they originally started from Anders Jönsson (1662–1716) who lived in Långaryd the current Gislaved.
As of 2006 the family has 149,000 registered members (including by marriage). 100,000 are directly descendant from Anders Jönsson. 111,500 are still alive (76,000 of them direct descendant). 99,000 live in Sweden. 9,000 live in the US. The family makes up 1.1% of the population of Sweden. The only municipality in Sweden they are not represented in is Bjurholm. The family is represented in 48 of 50 states in the US (Delaware and Mississippi missing). The family lives in 60 countries in all continents.
Ferdinand of Liechtenstein (by marriage)Hanno von LiechtensteinAndreas von LiechtensteinMax von LiechtensteinBjörn Rosengren (s) - former minister of finance (by marriage)Jörgen Andersson (s) - former minister of interior and minister of housingcount Carl B. Hamilton (fp) - professor of economics and member of parliamentJan Nygren (s) - former minister (by marriage)Mikael Odenberg (m) - former minister of defenceSven-Olof Petersson - ambassadeur to EULouise Sylwander (born Nordenskiöld)Carl Block - bishop of GöteborgJohn Cullberg - biskop of VästeråsChristina Odenberg - biskop of LundJohn Bendix - bishop in US MethodismAbd al Haqq Kielan - imam and leader of the Muslims in Sweden (by marriage)Hans-Uno Bengtsson - physics at Lunds universitetBodil Jönsson - physics, author. Active at Lunds universitetJoakim Thåström - known from Ebba Grön and ImperietTitiyo Jah - singerMagnus Carlsson - singer in Barbados and AlcazarDaniel Bellqvist - singer in EskobarWilliam Lind - band leaderWollmar Sandell - pianistTheater and movies
Inga Landgré - actorNils Poppe - comic and actor (by marriage)Torsten Wahlund - actor (by marriage)Andreas Wilson- actorRonny Danielsson - directorArt and design
Erland Cullberg - artistHardy Strid - artistClaes Bondelid - fashion designer (co-living with a family member)Lars Danielsson - artistKristoffer Akselbo - artist, MFARobert Magnusson - WebdesignerGöran Sonnevi - authorSigurd Glans - AftonbladetMaria Schottenius - Dagens NyheterOlle Svenning - journalist and author (by marriage)Lars Madsén - radio reporter (by marriage)Siewert Öholm - TV producer (by marriage)Carl Jehander - railway constructor (built 2000 km), engineer, industrialist and member of parliamentVincent Bendix - from Chicago, inventor of the self-starting automobileÅke Nordlander - executive director of Sveriges verkstadsföreningJohan Staël von Holstein - entrepreneurMats Jingblad - football coachGlenn Hysén - football player (by marriage)Tobias Hysén - football player, son of Glenn HysénJohan Mjällby - football player (by marriage)Michael Svensson - football playerChristian Wilhelmsson - football playerUlf "Tickan" Carlsson - table tennis playerPeter Karlsson - table tennis player (by marriage)
