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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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  • Art & Design
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Film & TV
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
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Showing 57 of 658 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Max von Sydow

1929 - 2020

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0008 ACTOR

Sverrir Gudnason

Born 1978

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0011 ACTOR

Jakob Cedergren

Born 1973

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0014 ACTOR

Alf Kjellin

1920 - 1988

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0027 ACTOR

Torkel Petersson

Born 1969

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0042 ACTOR

David Batra

Born 1972

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0051 ACTOR

Eva Remaeus

1950 - 1993

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0054 ACTOR

Michael Segerström

Born 1944

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0062 ACTOR

Peter Eggers

Born 1980

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0090 ACTOR

Einar Axelsson

1895 - 1971

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0092 ACTOR

David Wiberg

Born 1973

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0114 ACTOR

Karl-Ewert Christenson

1888 - 1965

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0142 ACTOR

Anna-Lena Bergelin

Born 1959

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0150 ACTOR

Mim Persson

1902 - 1982

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0151 ACTOR

Tobias Aspelin

Born 1968

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0174 ACTOR

Åsa Elmgren

Born 1966

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0179 ACTOR

Robin Stegmar

Born 1974

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0185 ACTOR

Ingvar Andersson (skådespelare)

Born 1937

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0187 ACTOR

Harald Leander

Born 1962

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0197 ACTOR

John Degerberg

1892 - 1972

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0203 ACTOR

Maria Fahl Vikander

Born 1951

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0205 ACTOR

Thomas Segerström

Born 1946

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0214 ACTOR

Cilla Ingvar

1931 - 1998

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0220 ACTOR

Ana Gil de Melo Nascimento

Born 1977

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0221 ACTOR

Jonas Karlström

Born 1978

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0232 ACTOR

Christian Fex

Born 1957

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0236 ACTOR

Linn Bülow

Born 1986

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0247 ACTOR

Kristian Lima de Faria

Born 1965

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0250 ACTOR

Hilda Castegren

1864 - 1945

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0261 ACTOR

Martin Lima de Faria

Born 1963

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0266 ACTOR

Leif Forstenberg

1932 - 2002

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0283 ACTOR

Karin Nordström

1923 - 2017

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0284 ACTOR

Gotti Sigurdarson

Born 1974

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0293 ACTOR

Ingela Bohlin

Born 1970

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0319 ACTOR

Olof Wallberg

Born 1973

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0324 ACTOR

Nina Fex

Born 1969

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0329 ACTOR

Åsa Forsblad Morisse

Born 1967

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0338 ACTOR

Bengt Schött

Born 1927

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0352 ACTOR

Peter Wanngren

Born 1952

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0382 ACTOR

Alfhild Degerberg

1893 - 1977

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0383 ACTOR

Saga Petersson

Born 2000

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0384 ACTOR

Malena Laszlo

Born 1970

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0394 ACTOR

Håkan Mohede

Born 1949

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0397 ACTOR

Olga Hellquist

1893 - 1954

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0415 ACTOR

Åsa Widéen

Born 1976

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0419 ACTOR

Annika Kofoed

Born 1966

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0464 ACTOR

Ida Gyllensten

Born 1980

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0466 ACTOR

Hedda Rehnberg

Born 1986

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0469 ACTOR

Anders Andersson (komiker)

Born 1972

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0470 ACTOR

Lill Arncloo

1924 - 1969

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0475 ACTOR

Tjelvar Eriksson

Born 1971

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0486 ACTOR

Åsa Söderling

Born 1964

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0491 ACTOR

Mats Hellerstedt Thorin

Born 1958

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0494 ACTOR

Maj-Lis Lüning

1919 - 2010

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0499 ACTOR

Anna Parrow

Born 1965

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0541 ACTOR

Judith Hörndahl

1883 - 1969

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0554 ACTOR

Evert Lindberg

1928 - 1976

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