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

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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.

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Showing 46 of 658 notable people

0031 FILM

Marianne Ahrne

Born 1940

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0044 WRITER

Anna Wahlgren

Born 1942

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0054 ACTOR

Michael Segerström

Born 1944

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0056 FILM

Peter Cohen (director)

Born 1946

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0067 CARTOONIST

Cecilia Torudd

Born 1942

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0098 DIPLOMAT

Tomas Bertelman

Born 1945

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0104 ACADEMIC

Peter Aaby

Born 1944

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0108 FLAUTIST

Gunilla von Bahr

1941 - 2013

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0112 JUDGE

Karin Maria Bruzelius

Born 1941

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0118 CHEMIST

Bengt Nordén

Born 1945

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0131 THEOLOGIAN

Erik Aurelius

Born 1946

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0133 ENGINEER

Anders Lindquist

Born 1942

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0138 ARTIST

Sune Nordgren

Born 1948

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0140 WRITER

Mecka Lind

Born 1942

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0164 POLITICIAN

Peter Egardt

Born 1949

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0192 POLITICIAN

Peter Althin

Born 1941

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0205 ACTOR

Thomas Segerström

Born 1946

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0211 WRITER

Malena Ivarsson

Born 1949

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0227 TEATER

Christian Lund

1943 - 2007

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0229 PRODUCENT

Göran Lindström

Born 1943

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0238 WRITER

Nordal Åkerman

Born 1941

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0258 ASTRONOMER

Dainis Dravins

Born 1949

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0269 ACADEMIC

Marga Persson

Born 1943

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0294 FILM

Magnus Magnusson (Filmschaffender)

Born 1941

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0304 FENCER

Orvar Lindwall

Born 1941

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0310 WRITER

Örjan Björkhem

1946 - 1996

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0314 ARCHAEOLOGY

Johan Callmer

Born 1945

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0321 PROFESSOR

Beata Agrell

Born 1944

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0332 WRITER

Carin Stenström

Born 1947

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0335 JOURNALIST

Mats Holmberg

1943 - 2016

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0350 WRITER

Lena Persson

1944 - 1999

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0360 BASS

Lucas Lindholm

Born 1943

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0365 HANDBALL

Olle Olsson

Born 1948

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0366 SONGWRITER

Bert Månson

1941 - 2019

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0368 BOTANIST

Thomas Karlsson (botánico)

1945 - 2020

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0394 ACTOR

Håkan Mohede

Born 1949

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0396 PHYSICIST

Inger-Lena Hultberg

Born 1942

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0398 HANDBALL

Staffan Holmqvist

1942 - 2007

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0406 PRIEST

Hans Börje Hammar

1941 - 2017

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0437 COMPOSER

Bengt Nilsson (kyrkomusiker)

Born 1948

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0454 WRITER

Öjevind Lång

1948 - 2011

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0500 VÅRDARE

Lars Hultén

1943 - 2017

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0517 PHOTOGRAPHER

Calle Ballonka

1946 - 2000

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0553 MILITAR

Bo Waldemarsson

Born 1949

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0560 PHYSICIAN

Per Belfrage

Born 1940

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0598 MILITAR

Christer Ljung

Born 1942

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