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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Malmoe during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 95 notable births.

What Malmoe Is Known For

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Football is Malmoe's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (112).

Malmoe over-indexes on wrestler6.6× the global rate.

Malmoe under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football112
  2. Actor100
  3. Politician82
  4. Painter79
  5. Artist50
  6. Writer45
  7. Hockey35
  8. Singer29
  1. Wrestler226.6×
  2. Artist504.7×
  3. Swimmer173.4×
  4. Painter792.9×
  5. Hockey352.8×
  6. Architect252.7×
  7. Business201.9×
  8. Actor1001.8×
  1. Politician820.7×

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.

16001650170017501800185019001950
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Showing 82 of 1,041 notable people

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Per Albin Hansson

1885 - 1946

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Alice Bah Kuhnke

Born 1971

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0046 POLITICIAN

Per Gahrton

Born 1943

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0057 POLITICIAN

Gustav Möller

1884 - 1970

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0100 POLITICIAN

Kent Ekeroth

Born 1981

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Tobias Billström

Born 1973

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0195 POLITICIAN

Adolf Ludvig Hamilton

1747 - 1802

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Inga Thorsson

1915 - 1994

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A. W. Norblad

1881 - 1960

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Martin Andreasson

Born 1970

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Barbro Cecilia Johansson

1912 - 1999

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Aleksander Gabelic

Born 1965

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Marie Granlund

Born 1962

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Hillevi Larsson

Born 1974

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Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh

Born 1974

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Jessica Rosencrantz

Born 1987

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Lars-Erik Lövdén

Born 1950

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Angelika Bengtsson

Born 1990

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0421 POLITICIAN

Olle Felten

Born 1953

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Patrick Reslow

Born 1970

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Maria Ferm

Born 1985

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0458 POLITICIAN

Eric Svenning

1901 - 1974

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Joakim Ollén

Born 1952

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0520 POLITICIAN

Knut Dahlberg

1877 - 1949

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0527 POLITICIAN

Ulf Eriksson (politiker)

Born 1945

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0529 POLITICIAN

Signe Höjer

1896 - 1988

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0547 POLITICIAN

Walter Murray

1871 - 1957

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0556 POLITICIAN

Carl Gottreich Beijer

1811 - 1898

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Per Ramhorn

Born 1967

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0584 POLITICIAN

Rikard Larsson

Born 1966

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0592 POLITICIAN

Nina Kain

Born 1973

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0596 POLITICIAN

Bengt Norling

1925 - 2002

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Sara Larsson (politiker)

Born 1977

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0628 POLITICIAN

Karin Falkmer

Born 1936

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0632 POLITICIAN

Johan Peter Bager

1818 - 1888

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0642 POLITICIAN

Sofia Damm

Born 1977

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0666 POLITICIAN

Herman Lindholm

1875 - 1955

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0671 POLITICIAN

Gottfried Beijer

1838 - 1901

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0675 POLITICIAN

Bertil Persson (politiker)

Born 1937

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0684 POLITICIAN

Adolv Olsson

1886 - 1958

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0688 POLITICIAN

Per Klarberg

Born 1965

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0696 POLITICIAN

Robert Darin

1843 - 1923

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0697 POLITICIAN

Kenth Pettersson

1948 - 2007

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0717 POLITICIAN

Amelie von Zweigbergk

Born 1966

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0721 POLITICIAN

Johan Henrik Dieden

1840 - 1923

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0730 POLITICIAN

Harald Danius

1874 - 1945

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0731 POLITICIAN

Lars Püss

Born 1966

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0738 POLITICIAN

Lave Knud Broch

Born 1972

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Gustav Nipe

Born 1988

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0774 POLITICIAN

Lars-Ingvar Ljungman

Born 1953

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0777 POLITICIAN

Simon Liliedahl

1924 - 2020

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0783 POLITICIAN

Carl Frick (politiker, född 1934)

Born 1934

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0787 POLITICIAN

Josefin Malmqvist

Born 1987

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Mattias Bjärnemalm

Born 1979

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0799 POLITICIAN

Bertil Lidgard

1916 - 1984

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Henric Falkman (1701–1767)

1701 - 1767

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Cornelius Faxe

1847 - 1924

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Theodor Flensburg

1822 - 1898

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0826 POLITICIAN

Henric Falkman (1734–1809)

1734 - 1809

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0837 POLITICIAN

Aina Westin

Born 1927

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0868 POLITICIAN

Christer Wahlgren

1900 - 1987

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0872 POLITICIAN

Ralph Bornhöft

Born 1953

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0883 POLITICIAN

Sven Johansson (landshövding)

Born 1928

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Anna Ljungdell

Born 1973

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0906 POLITICIAN

Paul Mengel

1813 - 1889

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0907 POLITICIAN

Walter Edström

1891 - 1962

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0909 POLITICIAN

Olof Ahlström

1833 - 1903

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Gustaf Dieden

1876 - 1943

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Henrik Schönbeck

1810 - 1896

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Ernst Flensburg

1851 - 1917

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Georg Cronquist

1837 - 1914

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0931 POLITICIAN

Adolf Faxe

1811 - 1878

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0939 POLITICIAN

Eugène Clairfelt

1824 - 1879

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0943 POLITICIAN

Carl Andersson i Malmö

1841 - 1907

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0946 POLITICIAN

Gustaf Bergendahl

1845 - 1904

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Gusten Åberg

1870 - 1932

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0957 POLITICIAN

Marta Lindberg

1912 - 2006

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0967 POLITICIAN

August Falkman

1811 - 1890

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0985 POLITICIAN

Johan Larsson i Göteborg

1857 - 1909

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0987 POLITICIAN

Anna Greta Skantz

1923 - 2002

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Rosa Andersson

1908 - 1994

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1026 POLITICIAN

Emil Malmborg

1891 - 1963

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