during the 1980s, lundgren had relationships with jamaican singer grace jones and american model paula barbieri. in 1994, he married anette qviberg, a jewellery designer and fashion stylist, in marbella. the couple decided they liked marbella so much that they rented accommodation there for years, before eventually buying a family home there. they have two daughters: ida sigrid lundgren and greta eveline lundgren, both born in stockholm. lundgren and qviberg cited the reason for living outside hollywood was to give their children as normal a childhood as possible. his father died in 2000.