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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Sune Lindström
1906 - 1989
Carl Möller
1857 - 1933
Nils Tesch
1907 - 1975
Elsa Gullberg
1886 - 1984
Frans Ekelund
1882 - 1965
Georg A. Nilsson
1871 - 1949
Erik Lundberg (arkitekt)
1895 - 1969
Alfred Arwidius
1861 - 1915
August Stoltz
1877 - 1959
Erik Wåhlin
1906 - 1984
Carl-Axel Stoltz
1904 - 1975
Arnold Salomon-Sörensen
1887 - 1972
Torvald Åkesson
1910 - 1990
Oscar Borgman
1875 - 1940
Gottfried Beijer (arkitekt)
1891 - 1983
Gösta Olson (arkitekt)
1894 - 1969
Victor Breikull
1884 - 1967
Herbert Kockum
1899 - 1960
Adolf Andersson
1890 - 1977
Ossian Lindqvist
1890 - 1958
Ivan Wahlberg
1890 - 1957
August Lönnberg
1856 - 1930
John Wahlberg
1917 - 2005
Göran von Essen
1908 - 1966
Ivan Lönnberg (arkitekt)
1882 - 1965