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.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1910s with 55 notable births.

What Lund Is Known For

Click any row to filter the list of people below.

Actor is Lund's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (57).

Lund over-indexes on ämbetsman46.2× the global rate.

Lund under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Actor57
  2. Writer44
  3. Painter40
  4. Politician35
  5. Artist32
  6. Physician22
  7. Football19
  8. Handball18
  1. Ämbetsman746.2×
  2. Handball188.8×
  3. Son76.7×
  4. Physician224.8×
  5. Artist324.7×
  6. Professor73.9×
  7. Architect142.4×
  8. Sculptor102.3×
  1. Football190.3×
  2. Politician350.5×
  3. Singer80.6×
  4. Lawyer80.7×

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.

16501700175018001850190019502000
  • Art & Design
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Film & TV
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
All658
Sort By

Showing 52 of 658 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Max von Sydow

1929 - 2020

Preview
0014 ACTOR

Alf Kjellin

1920 - 1988

Preview
0061 PRIEST

Bertil Werkström

1928 - 2010

Preview
0065 DESIGNER

Gillis Lundgren

1929 - 2016

Preview
0071 FOOTBALL

Stellan Nilsson

1922 - 2003

Preview
0099 FOOTBALL

Nils-Åke Sandell

1927 - 1992

Preview
0127 INVENTOR

Aina Wifalk

1928 - 1983

Preview
0134 POLITICIAN

Jörgen Weibull

1924 - 1998

Preview
0180 AUTHOR

Karl-Aage Schwartzkopf

1920 - 2009

Preview
0181 BUSINESS

Stig Ramel

1927 - 2006

Preview
0210 PHYSICIAN

David H. Ingvar

1924 - 2000

Preview
0242 PAINTER

Gerhard Nordström

1925 - 2019

Preview
0253 DIPLOMAT

Karl-Anders Wollter

1927 - 2017

Preview
0277 ARTIST

Bertil Lundberg

1922 - 2000

Preview
0283 ACTOR

Karin Nordström

1923 - 2017

Preview
0292 JOURNALIST

Karl Anders Adrup

1921 - 1994

Preview
0306 AUTHOR

Erland Lagerroth

1925 - 2016

Preview
0322 TRANSLATOR

Kurt Aspelin

1929 - 1977

Preview
0338 ACTOR

Bengt Schött

Born 1927

Preview
0353 WRITER

Bo Sköld

Born 1924

Preview
0354 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Margareta Hallerdt

1927 - 2018

Preview
0405 ARTIST

Viveka Nygren

1925 - 2015

Preview
0422 LAWYER

Folke Lindh

1921 - 1998

Preview
0424 MISSING

Karleric Liliedahl

1929 - 2005

Preview
0425 CHEMIST

Jan Sandström (kemist)

Born 1925

Preview
0436 ÄMBETSMAN

Göte Fridh

1926 - 1996

Preview
0444 ETNOLOG

Maj Nodermann

Born 1925

Preview
0460 HANDBALL

Per-Olof Larsson

1924 - 2008

Preview
0461 BIOLOG

Ragnar Fänge

1920 - 1999

Preview
0470 ACTOR

Lill Arncloo

1924 - 1969

Preview
0481 ARCHITECT

Hans Beskow

1920 - 2016

Preview
0497 ARCHITECT

Torsten Leon-Nilson

1920 - 1993

Preview
0498 KEMIST

Ernst-Gunnar Samuelsson

1923 - 1998

Preview
0501 KYRKA

Karin Andrén

1927 - 2017

Preview
0505 ARCHITECT

Torgny Gynnerstedt

1927 - 2009

Preview
0507 PAINTER

Nils Guttorp

1920 - 2013

Preview
0509 ARTIST

Nils-Göran Brunner

1923 - 1986

Preview
0530 PAINTER

Umar Tell

1927 - 2007

Preview
0537 STATISTICIAN

Martin Weibull (statistiker)

1920 - 1998

Preview
0540 ACADEMIC

Bengt Enander

1928 - 1981

Preview
0554 ACTOR

Evert Lindberg

1928 - 1976

Preview
0563 PHYSIOLOGIST

Bengt Erik Andersson

Born 1923

Preview
0568 POLITICIAN

Olle Anderberg (politiker)

1920 - 2002

Preview
0571 POLITICIAN

Karl-Axel Levin

1923 - 1997

Preview
0573 BANK

Alf Åkerman

1923 - 1999

Preview
0577 PHYSIOLOGIST

Sven Landgren

1921 - 2016

Preview
0588 PAINTER

Claës Wallbrand

1927 - 2008

Preview
0589 ZOOLOGIST

Bertil Åkesson

1927 - 2013

Preview
0590 LIBRARIAN

Ulla Reimer

1921 - 2009

Preview
0618 PAINTER

Bo Johnsson (född 1920)

1920 - 1949

Preview
0621 ARTIST

Bertil Arrklev

1924 - 2011

Preview
0653 PAINTER

Inga Sjöholm

1921 - 2001

Preview