55.7079° N, 13.1983° E
LUND
Most Famous People Born in Lund, Sweden
- Notable people
- 658
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- Median birth year
- 1920
- Most distinctive
- Ämbetsman 46.2×
A medieval Skåne university town whose page looks like a faculty directory that occasionally wanders into the arts — a Physician bench running at better than four times the global baseline, an Artist concentration at similar heights, a thick nineteenth-century Painter and Architect presence, and, in a twist nobody sees coming, a Handball cluster at better than eight times baseline.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Lund during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Lund Is Known For
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Actor is Lund's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (57).
Lund over-indexes on ämbetsman — 46.2× the global rate.
Lund under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Lund's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Science
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Other
- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Agne Holmström
1893 - 1949
Gunnar Blix
1894 - 1981
Einar Axelsson
1895 - 1971
Axel Ljungdahl
1897 - 1995
John Degerberg
1892 - 1972
Adolf Schück
1897 - 1958
Lily Strömberg-von Essen
1896 - 1990
Bengt Hildebrand
1893 - 1964
Nils Ludvig Olsson
1893 - 1974
Oscar Antonsson
1898 - 1960
Wilhelm Norlind
1895 - 1982
Ragnar Bergendal
1890 - 1980
Erik Fahlbeck
1893 - 1975
Alfhild Degerberg
1893 - 1977
Olga Hellquist
1893 - 1954
Hakon Hedemann-Gade
1891 - 1966
Karin Blix
1890 - 1989
Gunnar Böös
1894 - 1987
Nils Grönvall
1894 - 1983
Carl-Enock Svensson
1895 - 1986
Evald Ask
1894 - 1958
Anton Sjö
1897 - 1953
Henrietta Benjamin
1898 - 1989
Anton Pearson
1892 - 1967
Anna Wieben
1898 - 1999
Karin Wedlin
1893 - 1965