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FALUN

Most Famous People Born in Falun, Sweden

Notable people
321
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1918
Most distinctive
Psychiatrist 15.6×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Falun during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Falun Is Known For

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Painter is Falun's biggest profession — 8% of all notables (25).

Falun over-indexes on psychiatrist — 15.6× the global rate.

Falun under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Painter25
  2. Hockey20
  3. Politician19
  4. Writer17
  5. Actor16
  6. Football13
  7. Artist13
  8. Sport11
  1. Psychiatrist515.6×
  2. Skier67.3×
  3. Hockey205.3×
  4. Engineer94.5×
  5. Artist133.9×
  6. Painter253.0×
  7. Missing52.3×
  8. Physician52.3×
  1. Football130.4×
  2. Politician190.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Falun's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0031 POET

Kurt Almqvist

1912 - 2001

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0037 COMPOSER

Yngve Stoor

1912 - 1985

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0039 COMPOSER

Jan Håkan Åberg

1916 - 2012

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0043 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh

1910 - 1948

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0101 ACADEMIC

Gustav Korlén

1915 - 2014

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0119 CERAMIC

Gocken Jobs

1914 - 1995

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0121 WRITER

Nils Parling

1914 - 2002

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0131 ACTOR

Gunnar Öhlund

1918 - 1999

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0144 ARCHITECT

Sven Silow

1918 - 2001

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0163 LITERARY

Karl-Ivar Hildeman

1919 - 1996

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0165 HÖVDING

Bengt Lyberg

1912 - 1995

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0175 PAINTER

Anders Olsson (konstnär, född 1913)

1913 - 1999

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0201 BUSINESS

Wilhelm Ekman (1912–1986)

1912 - 1986

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0214 ARTIST

Karin Glasell

1912 - 1989

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0249 POLITICIAN

Bengt Olsson (landshövding)

1918 - 1990

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0253 PSYCHIATRIST

Arne Bergsman

1918 - 1995

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0263 MISSING

Ulf Cappelen-Smith

1919 - 2006

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0271 BROR

Erland Ljungh

1910 - 1996

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0272 ARTIST

Peer Jobs

1913 - 1989

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0296 PSYCHIATRIST

Per-Erik Kôersner

1917 - 1991

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