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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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Showing 35 of 658 notable people

0012 POLITICIAN

Ulf Kristersson

Born 1963

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0074 POLITICIAN

Lars von Engeström

1751 - 1826

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0109 POLITICIAN

Ulf Holm

Born 1969

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0123 POLITICIAN

Mathias Rosenblad

1758 - 1847

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0134 POLITICIAN

Jörgen Weibull

1924 - 1998

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0164 POLITICIAN

Peter Egardt

Born 1949

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0192 POLITICIAN

Peter Althin

Born 1941

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0256 POLITICIAN

Waldemar Bülow

1864 - 1934

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0275 POLITICIAN

Karin Granbom Ellison

Born 1977

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0288 POLITICIAN

Robert Mathiasson

Born 1979

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0318 POLITICIAN

Waldemar Skarstedt

1861 - 1931

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0320 POLITICIAN

Axel Bergström (politiker)

1823 - 1893

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0339 POLITICIAN

Carl Göran Regnéll

1916 - 1987

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0349 POLITICIAN

Carl Sprinchorn

1851 - 1927

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0351 POLITICIAN

Thomas Munck af Rosenschöld

1813 - 1893

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0385 POLITICIAN

Cornelius Sjöcrona

1835 - 1917

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0506 POLITICIAN

Åke Zetterberg

1908 - 1985

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0510 POLITICIAN

Martin Jensen

1881 - 1963

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0516 POLITICIAN

Axel Hallberg

Born 1999

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0533 POLITICIAN

Gustaf Kolare

1913 - 1983

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0568 POLITICIAN

Olle Anderberg (politiker)

1920 - 2002

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0571 POLITICIAN

Karl-Axel Levin

1923 - 1997

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0581 POLITICIAN

Elis Nilson

1842 - 1898

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0585 POLITICIAN

Birger Christenson

1875 - 1966

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0595 POLITICIAN

Anton Sjö

1897 - 1953

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0596 POLITICIAN

Theodor Wijkander (1880–1948)

1880 - 1948

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0601 POLITICIAN

Lars Brock

1863 - 1924

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0610 POLITICIAN

Gundelach Bruzelius

1842 - 1917

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0632 POLITICIAN

Erik Lovén

1855 - 1938

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0638 POLITICIAN

Fredrik Holmqvist (jurist)

1811 - 1876

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0642 POLITICIAN

Axel Carlsson i Carlsro

1833 - 1905

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0644 POLITICIAN

Emil Königsfeldt

1823 - 1900

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0645 POLITICIAN

Nils Törnkvist

1868 - 1936

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0646 POLITICIAN

Jöns Åkesson

1852 - 1918

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0648 POLITICIAN

Christen Christenson

1843 - 1904

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