Johannes Swedborg, (5 July 1824 in Skara - 16 June 1888 in Vänersborg) was a Swedish classical language man and newspaper publisher.
Swedborg grew up in a poor home and made it into the Skara skola.
The studies he financed by working as a private teacher in his spare time.
At the age of 23 in 1847 he entered Uppsala University where he became a bachelor in 1856 and received his master's degree in 1857.In 1866 he became a newspaper publisher when he launched the liberal newspaper Wenersborgs-Posten, he was also the editor-in-chief, the paper was published twice weekly until 1872.
Swedborg was married to Sofia Amalia Ramstedt with whom he had sons Anders (1863-1889), Herman Swedborg (1865-1926) and Ernst (1867-1934).