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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 38 notable births.

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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Showing 9 of 321 notable people

0072 ENGINEER

Arvid Palmgren

1890 - 1971

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0095 ENGINEER

Petrus Tillaeus

1679 - 1754

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0174 ENGINEER

Gunnar Sundblad

1888 - 1976

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0211 ENGINEER

Robert Schough

1832 - 1902

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0232 ENGINEER

Emil Sieurin

1877 - 1962

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0254 ENGINEER

Axel Theorell

1901 - 1990

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0270 ENGINEER

Knut Eriksson (ingenjör)

1868 - 1942

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0284 ENGINEER

Waldemar Carlgren

1869 - 1950

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0306 ENGINEER

Göran Hellsten

1923 - 2014

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