55.5943° N, 13.0180° E
MALMOE
Most Famous People Born in Malmoe, Sweden
- Notable people
- 1,041
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1931
- Most distinctive
- Wrestler 6.6×
Sweden's gritty southern port punches improbably hard on the mat, with a Wrestler bench many times the global norm rooted in the old Malmö Brottarklubb tradition. The thick Artist and Painter depth gives the same blue-collar town its bohemian streak, and the Hockey count belongs to Malmö Redhawks and the long Skåne rink culture — more continental than Nordic, in the end.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Malmoe during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Malmoe Is Known For
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Football is Malmoe's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (112).
Malmoe over-indexes on wrestler — 6.6× the global rate.
Malmoe under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Malmoe's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1870s Clear ×
Henry Reuterdahl
1870 - 1925
Ebbe Lieberath
1871 - 1937
Fredrik Ramel
1872 - 1947
Jonas Akesson
1879 - 1970
Knut Stjerna
1874 - 1909
Per Sylvan
1875 - 1945
Bror Berger
1874 - 1948
Ellen Trotzig
1878 - 1949
Agnes Arvidsson
1875 - 1962
Georg A. Nilsson
1871 - 1949
Emil Sommarin
1874 - 1955
Karl Börjesson
1877 - 1941
Knut Dahlberg
1877 - 1949
Walter Murray
1871 - 1957
Otto Gertz
1878 - 1948
August Stoltz
1877 - 1959
Hans Gertz
1876 - 1938
Hjalmar Asp
1879 - 1940
Herman Lindholm
1875 - 1955
Olof Krook
1879 - 1952
Harald Danius
1874 - 1945
Karola Pålsson
1872 - 1931
Gregor Aminoff
1872 - 1934
Frans Henrik Kockum (1878–1941)
1878 - 1941
Gustaf Bergh
1873 - 1928
Wilhelm de Shàrengrad
1870 - 1955
Oscar Borgman
1875 - 1940
Alfred Lundgren (ingenjör)
1879 - 1949
Oscar Henry Arsell
1872 - 1959
Gustaf Dieden
1876 - 1943
Gusten Åberg
1870 - 1932
Berthold Dieden (1879–1946)
1879 - 1946
Malin Wester-Hallberg
1875 - 1928
Emil Westrup
1870 - 1948