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 Liechtenstein
Andreas von Liechtenstein
Max von Liechtenstein
Björn Rosengren (s) - former minister of finance (by marriage)
Jörgen Andersson (s) - former minister of interior and minister of housing
count Carl B. Hamilton (fp) - professor of economics and member of parliament
Jan Nygren (s) - former minister (by marriage)
Mikael Odenberg (m) - former minister of defence
Sven-Olof Petersson - ambassadeur to EU
Louise Sylwander (born Nordenskiöld)
Carl Block - bishop of Göteborg
John Cullberg - biskop of Västerås
Christina Odenberg - biskop of Lund
John Bendix - bishop in US Methodism
Abd al Haqq Kielan - imam and leader of the Muslims in Sweden (by marriage)
Hans-Uno Bengtsson - physics at Lunds universitet
Bodil Jönsson - physics, author. Active at Lunds universitet
Joakim Thåström - known from Ebba Grön and Imperiet
Titiyo Jah - singer
Magnus Carlsson - singer in Barbados and Alcazar
Daniel Bellqvist - singer in Eskobar
William Lind - band leader
Wollmar Sandell - pianist
Theater and movies
Inga Landgré - actor
Nils Poppe - comic and actor (by marriage)
Torsten Wahlund - actor (by marriage)
Andreas Wilson- actor
Ronny Danielsson - director
Art and design
Erland Cullberg - artist
Hardy Strid - artist
Claes Bondelid - fashion designer (co-living with a family member)
Lars Danielsson - artist
Kristoffer Akselbo - artist, MFA
Robert Magnusson - Webdesigner
Göran Sonnevi - author
Sigurd Glans - Aftonbladet
Maria Schottenius - Dagens Nyheter
Olle 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 parliament
Vincent Bendix - from Chicago, inventor of the self-starting automobile
Åke Nordlander - executive director of Sveriges verkstadsförening
Johan Staël von Holstein - entrepreneur
Mats Jingblad - football coach
Glenn Hysén - football player (by marriage)
Tobias Hysén - football player, son of Glenn Hysén
Johan Mjällby - football player (by marriage)
Michael Svensson - football player
Christian Wilhelmsson - football player
Ulf "Tickan" Carlsson - table tennis player
Peter Karlsson - table tennis player (by marriage)
