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.

Through the Decades

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 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.

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1,041 notable people

0601 POLITICIAN

Sara Larsson (politiker)

Born 1977

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0602 FOOTBALL

Ove Karlsson (footballer)

1915 - 1982

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0603 ART HISTORIAN

Karl Erik Steneberg

1903 - 1960

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0604 SINGER

Rebstar

Born 1988

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0605 FOOTBALL

Max Fuxberg

Born 1985

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0606 SWIMMER

Knut Gadd

1916 - 1995

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0607 FILOSOF

Matthaeus Fremling

1745 - 1820

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0608 ARCHITECT

August Stoltz

1877 - 1959

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0609 PHYSIOLOGIST

Hans Gertz

1876 - 1938

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0610 PATHOLOGIST

Ulrik Quensel

1863 - 1934

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0611 BIOLOGIST

Edvin Brorsson

1899 - 1988

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0612 BUSINESS

Carl Kruse

1825 - 1877

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0613 ACTOR

Ullastina Rettig

1917 - 2008

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0614 SAILOR

Wilhelm Moberg (sailor)

1898 - 1977

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0615 PHYSICIST

Bengt Forkman

Born 1930

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0616 AUTHOR

Bo Gentili

Born 1947

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0617 WRITER

Anna Catharina Berlin

1801 - 1882

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0618 BUSINESS

Jan Berggren

Born 1946

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0619 COMPOSER

Johannes Johansson (tonsättare)

1951 - 2012

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0620 SILVERSMITH

Märta af Ekenstam

1880 - 1939

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0621 ACTOR

Jan Lerning

Born 1929

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0622 PAINTER

Hjalmar Asp

1879 - 1940

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0623 SWIMMER

Frans Möller (swimmer)

1897 - 1995

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0624 MISSING

Birger Wahlström

1885 - 1961

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0625 WRESTLER

Jörgen Olsson

Born 1968

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0626 ACTOR

Iggy Malmborg

Born 1987

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0627 ACTOR

Göte Arnbring

1919 - 1993

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0628 POLITICIAN

Karin Falkmer

Born 1936

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0629 HOCKEY

Kim Rosdahl

Born 1996

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0630 ACTOR

Mary-Anne Gyllenstierna

1926 - 2012

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0631 MILITAR

Stefan Kristiansson

Born 1951

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0632 POLITICIAN

Johan Peter Bager

1818 - 1888

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0633 ACTOR

Tore Bengtsson (skådespelare)

1931 - 2015

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0634 ORGANIST

Cecilia Franke

Born 1955

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0635 WRITER

Berndt Sörenson

1886 - 1954

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0636 BUSINESS

Carl Frick

1863 - 1924

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0637 SKIPPER

Ragnar Gripe

1883 - 1942

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0638 ARTIST

Elsa Andersson (artist)

1915 - 1996

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0639 FILM

Anders Ångström (regissör)

1921 - 1974

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0640 ARTIST

Einar Lynge-Ahlberg

1913 - 1980

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0641 JOURNALIST

Gustaf Theodor Gullberg

1859 - 1911

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0642 POLITICIAN

Sofia Damm

Born 1977

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0643 SWIMMER

Åke Bergman

1896 - 1941

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0644 ACTOR

Ninni Löfberg

1918 - 2008

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0645 ATHLETIC

Lena Solli-Reimann

Born 1969

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0646 ARTIST

Lars Gösta Lundberg

Born 1938

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0647 MODEL

Dani Karlsson

Born 1985

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0648 ACTOR

Katarina Strandmark

Born 1949

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0649 BUSINESS

Wilhelm Edner

Born 1868

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0650 ANATOM

Carl Fredrik Naumann

1816 - 1892

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0651 FOOTBALL

Daniel Jovanović

Born 1988

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0652 JOURNALIST

Bengt Göransson (journalist)

Born 1946

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0653 ACTOR

Kjell Nordenskiöld

1917 - 2008

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0654 ACTOR

Johan Petersson

Born 1969

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0655 PAINTER

Sune Rudnert

1938 - 2007

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0656 BUSINESS

Karl Nilsson (företagsledare)

1907 - 1986

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0657 PHYSICIAN

Kilian Stobæus den yngre

1717 - 1792

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0658 LAWYER

Staffan Magnusson

1936 - 2019

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0659 SOCIOLOGIST

Eva Kärfve

Born 1949

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0660 BUSINESS

Peter Agnefjäll

Born 1971

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0661 WRESTLER

Axel Frank

1888 - 1970

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0662 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Bernhard Lundgren

1843 - 1897

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0663 ACTOR

Jan Jönson

Born 1947

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0664 WRESTLER

Ewald Persson

1891 - 1936

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0665 ARCHITECT

Erik Wåhlin

1906 - 1984

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0666 POLITICIAN

Herman Lindholm

1875 - 1955

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0667 HOCKEY

Jonas Håkansson

Born 1974

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0668 TEACHER

Werner Cronquist

1846 - 1910

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0669 FOOTBALL

Kristian Benkő

Born 1994

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0670 ARTIST

Sune Alehammar

1922 - 1991

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0671 POLITICIAN

Gottfried Beijer

1838 - 1901

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0672 FOOTBALL

Michael Hansson

Born 1972

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0673 ACTOR

Niklas Riesbeck

Born 1973

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0674 ACTOR

Niclas Angerborn

Born 1966

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0675 POLITICIAN

Bertil Persson (politiker)

Born 1937

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0676 MILITAR

Ernest H. Bjorkman

1881 - 1912

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0677 ACTOR

Olof Krook

1879 - 1952

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0678 FOOTBALL

Michel Termanini

Born 1998

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0679 FOOTBALL

Tibor Čiča

Born 1993

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0680 ORGANIST

Hans Jacob Tengwall

1787 - 1863

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0681 GOLF

Peter Malmgren

Born 1971

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0682 HOCKEY

Robin Dahse

Born 1992

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0683 PIANIST

Lalle Larsson

Born 1974

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0684 POLITICIAN

Adolv Olsson

1886 - 1958

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0685 ARTIST

Kristina Munklinde

Born 1936

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0686 BASKET

Andrée Michelsson

Born 1997

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0687 ACTOR

Nina Pressing

Born 1974

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0688 POLITICIAN

Per Klarberg

Born 1965

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0689 CHEMIST

Jan T. Andersson

Born 1947

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0690 ARCHITECT

Carl-Axel Stoltz

1904 - 1975

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0691 THEATRE

Anders Albien

Born 1951

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0692 SPORT

Anna Ljunggren

Born 1973

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0693 ORGANIST

Svea Welander

1898 - 1985

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0694 CHOREOGRAPHER

Lisa Alvgrim

Born 1970

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0695 ENGINEER

Paul Åberg

1896 - 1961

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0696 POLITICIAN

Robert Darin

1843 - 1923

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0697 POLITICIAN

Kenth Pettersson

1948 - 2007

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0698 BANK

Herman Ahlström

1864 - 1932

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0699 PAINTER

Carl Conrad Dahlberg

1805 - 1870

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0700 CINEMA

Anders Lindkvist

1889 - 1950

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0701 RAPPER

Lilleman

Born 1986

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0702 ACTOR

Rebecca Pawlo

Born 1952

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0703 JOURNALIST

Mats Nileskär

Born 1959

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0704 ACTOR

Sofie Lindberg

Born 1963

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0705 LAWYER

Gunnar Biörklund

1898 - 1973

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0706 SKRIBENT

Jan Runnqvist

Born 1929

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0707 ACTOR

Tage Linde

1904 - 1979

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0708 ARTIST

Karl Enock Ohlsson

1889 - 1958

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0709 SCREENWRITER

Wiktor Ericsson

Born 1973

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0710 PAINTER

Bertil Gadö

1916 - 2014

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0711 LIBRARIAN

Helena Sandblad

1937 - 1998

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0712 DESIGNER

Björn Ed

Born 1943

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0713 STÅTHÅLLARE

Per Johan Bråkenhielm

1840 - 1910

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0714 ARTIST

Jon Pärson

1933 - 2018

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0715 HOCKEY

Karl-Gustav Richter

Born 1954

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0716 ACTOR

Björn Wallde

Born 1943

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0717 POLITICIAN

Amelie von Zweigbergk

Born 1966

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0718 SINGER

Gunnar Petersén

1885 - 1936

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0719 INDUSTRIAL

Josias Hegardt

1683 - 1762

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0720 WRESTLER

Jim Pettersson

Born 1983

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0721 POLITICIAN

Johan Henrik Dieden

1840 - 1923

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0722 JOURNALIST

Anna Lisa Berkling

1908 - 1987

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0723 JOCKEY

Staffan Ehrlin

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0724 ARCHITECT

Arnold Salomon-Sörensen

1887 - 1972

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0725 PAINTER

Helge Cardell

1902 - 1972

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0726 SINGER

Sture Lundquist

1924 - 2015

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0727 SCREENWRITER

Jeanette Nevrin

Born 1962

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0728 ARTIST

Hasse Hasselgren

1933 - 2002

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0729 PROSECUTOR

Håkan Roswall (åklagare)

Born 1947

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0730 POLITICIAN

Harald Danius

1874 - 1945

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0731 POLITICIAN

Lars Püss

Born 1966

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0732 LÄRARE

Karola Pålsson

1872 - 1931

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0733 ATHLETIC

Börje Rendin

1921 - 2016

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0734 EDUCATION

Paul Johan Christopher Dubb

1822 - 1879

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0735 TYPOGRAPHER

Sigvard Ranelid

1915 - 1985

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0736 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Gustaf Strandberg

1882 - 1977

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0737 ACTOR

Helene Lundström

Born 1975

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0738 POLITICIAN

Lave Knud Broch

Born 1972

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0739 LAWYER

Edvin Stenmarck

1891 - 1964

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0740 ACTOR

Algot Persson

1884 - 1947

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0741 ACTOR

Lena Nylén

Born 1963

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0742 FOOTBALL

Gert Nilsson

1932 - 2016

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0743 FOOTBALL

Niklas Uddenäs

Born 1986

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0744 ARTIST

Ann-Charlotte Johannesson

Born 1943

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0745 GOLF

Fredrik Lindgren (golfer)

Born 1966

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0746 SCULPTOR

Edvard Trulsson

1881 - 1969

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0747 WRESTLER

Johan Nilsson (wrestler)

1890 - 1959

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0748 ACTOR

Gudrun Östbye

Born 1934

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0749 HOCKEY

Nicklas Jadeland

Born 1986

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0750 FOOTBALL

Patrick Winqvist

Born 1976

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0751 BUSINESS

Walter Wehtje

1897 - 1990

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0752 PRIEST

Carl Greek

1909 - 1991

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0753 ACTOR

Sonja Hejdeman

Born 1948

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0754 PAINTER

Albert Larsson (konstnär)

1869 - 1952

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0755 PAINTER

Leo Reis

1926 - 2001

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0756 FOOTBALL

Jetmir Haliti

Born 1996

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0757 WRESTLER

Otto Borgström

1895 - 1962

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0758 POLITICIAN

Gustav Nipe

Born 1988

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0759 ATHLETIC

Curt Wiberg

1898 - 1988

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0760 ACADEMIC

Ulf Balldin

Born 1939

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0761 PHYSICIAN

Otto Löfberg

1881 - 1954

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0762 SCENOGRAPHER

Max Linder (scenografo)

1901 - 1948

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0763 SCULPTOR

Thure Thörn

1918 - 2005

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0764 PAINTER

Folke Ranelid

1904 - 1967

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0765 SPORT

Tord Andersson

Born 1942

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0766 BUSINESS

Nils Mathiasson

1868 - 1959

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0767 HOCKEY

Hampus Gustafsson (ishockeyspelare född 1991) –

Born 1991

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0768 MISSING

Hugo Olsson

1900 - 1966

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0769 MILITAR

Gregor Aminoff

1872 - 1934

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0770 WRESTLER

Bruno Åkesson

1887 - 1971

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0771 SINGER

Peter Clemmedson

Born 1948

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0772 WRESTLER

Gottfrid Lindgren

1892 - 1975

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0773 DIVER

Ellen Ek

Born 1997

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0774 POLITICIAN

Lars-Ingvar Ljungman

Born 1953

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0775 SCULPTOR

Sigge Berggren

1911 - 1968

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0776 MUSIC

Kaya Ålander

Born 1946

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0777 POLITICIAN

Simon Liliedahl

1924 - 2020

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0778 BASKET

William Copeland

Born 1979

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0779 ACTOR

Malin Holmberg-Karim

Born 1971

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0780 PHYSICIAN

Ann-Marie Göransson

Born 1947

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0781 LAWYER

Gunnel Norell Söderblom

1930 - 2009

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0782 MISSING

Gösta Granerus

1907 - 1990

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0783 POLITICIAN

Carl Frick (politiker, född 1934)

Born 1934

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0784 CIVIL SERVICE

Ann Mettler

Born 1971

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0785 ECOLOGIST

Caspar Trendelenburg

1755 - 1820

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0786 WRESTLER

Bror Flygare

1888 - 1943

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0787 POLITICIAN

Josefin Malmqvist

Born 1987

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0788 LAWYER

Anders Ulrik Isberg den yngre

1867 - 1940

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0789 ACTOR

Minna Larsson

1888 - 1981

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0790 PAINTER

Olle Lindqvist

1944 - 2017

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0791 ACTOR

Philip Lithner

Born 1989

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0792 FOOTBALL

Kjell Cronqvist

1912 - 2008

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0793 POLITICIAN

Mattias Bjärnemalm

Born 1979

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0794 ATHLETE

Casandra Ikonen

Born 1994

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0795 INDUSTRIAL

Frans Henrik Kockum (1878–1941)

1878 - 1941

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0796 ARCHITECT

Torvald Åkesson

1910 - 1990

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0797 PLAYER

Carin Anderholm

Born 1966

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0798 BUSINESS

Henric Falkman (1774–1839)

1774 - 1839

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0799 POLITICIAN

Bertil Lidgard

1916 - 1984

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0800 PHARMACIST

Gustaf Bergh

1873 - 1928

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0801 MILITAR

Gösta Hökmark

1920 - 1993

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0802 CHEF

Christel Tholse Willers

Born 1971

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0803 ENGINEER

Wilhelm de Shàrengrad

1870 - 1955

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0804 SCULPTOR

Kjerstin Holm

1909 - 1953

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0805 PRODUCER

Gun-Britt Holgersson

1939 - 2019

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0806 PAINTER

Ida Abdon

1884 - 1959

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0807 CERAMIST

Bertil Persson (potter)

Born 1940

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0808 SINGER

Pia Fridhill

Born 1970

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0809 TOLK

Rolf Gauffin

1926 - 2007

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0810 PAINTER

Bror Forssell

1883 - 1959

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0811 ACTOR

Evy Tibell

1914 - 2000

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0812 POLITICIAN

Henric Falkman (1701–1767)

1701 - 1767

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0813 PENSIONERAD

Bert Stenfeldt

Born 1933

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0814 SPORT

Stefan Jonsson (idrottare)

Born 1956

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0815 DENTIST

Edit Agrell

1885 - 1972

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0816 POLITICIAN

Cornelius Faxe

1847 - 1924

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0817 BUSINESS

Emil Flensburg

1843 - 1919

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0818 SWIMMER

Margareta Westeson

Born 1936

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0819 POLITICIAN

Theodor Flensburg

1822 - 1898

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0820 ARCHITECT

Oscar Borgman

1875 - 1940

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0821 TRANSLATOR

Aino Moravec

1920 - 2015

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0822 ACTOR

Anders Palm

Born 1949

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0823 SINGER

Maria Knutsson (musiker)

Born 1971

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0824 ARCHITECT

Gottfried Beijer (arkitekt)

1891 - 1983

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0825 BUSINESS

Oscar Flensburg (1820–1883)

1820 - 1883

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0826 POLITICIAN

Henric Falkman (1734–1809)

1734 - 1809

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0827 BUSINESS

Erik Gjörloff

1732 - 1803

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0828 PAINTER

Ellie Olin

Born 1923

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0829 ARCHITECT

Gösta Olson (arkitekt)

1894 - 1969

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0830 CONDUCTOR

Janåke Larson

Born 1940

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0831 WRITER

Hugo Kamras

1913 - 1988

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0832 ARCHITECT

Victor Breikull

1884 - 1967

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0833 BUSINESS

Louis Asp

1848 - 1922

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0834 TECKNARE

Richard Holmström

1916 - 2000

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0835 PAINTER

Doris Ahnsjö

1905 - 1984

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0836 BUSINESS

August Flensburg

1811 - 1861

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0837 POLITICIAN

Aina Westin

Born 1927

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0838 ACADEMIC

Julius Möller

1856 - 1906

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0839 ARCHITECT

Herbert Kockum

1899 - 1960

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0840 ACTOR

Helena Nizic

Born 1974

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0841 PHOTOGRAPHER

Patrik Giardino

Born 1966

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0842 ARCHITECT

Adolf Andersson

1890 - 1977

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0843 SCENOGRAPHER

Peter Holm (scenograf)

Born 1948

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0844 PAINTER

Jan Sjögren

Born 1937

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0845 ARCHITECT

Ossian Lindqvist

1890 - 1958

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0846 PLAYER

Gustav Detter

Born 1986

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0847 ACTOR

Gunnar Gyllander

1884 - 1929

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0848 ARCHITECT

Ivan Wahlberg

1890 - 1957

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0849 PAINTER

Sixten Ström

1904 - 1979

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0850 ACTOR

Viktor Hallin

1882 - 1932

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0851 WRITER

Ylva Floreman

Born 1954

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0852 ENGINEER

Alfred Lundgren (ingenjör)

1879 - 1949

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0853 ARTIST

Ingrid Ung

Born 1973

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0854 FOOTBALL

Morgan Zeba

Born 1974

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0855 ENGINEER

Thomas Engevall

Born 1960

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0856 SPORT

Axel Löfström

1899 - 1982

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0857 JÄRNVÄG

Carl Henning

1880 - 1965

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0858 ACTOR

Anne-Marie Machnow

Born 1937

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0859 HANDLARE

Gotthard Zätterström

1864 - 1923

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0860 PHYSICIAN

Bertil Magnusson

1915 - 1980

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0861 DRAMA

Jan Mark (dramaturg)

Born 1944

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0862 ACTOR

Arvid Petersén

1889 - 1937

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0863 PAINTER

Torsten Torstenson

1901 - 1974

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0864 WRITER

Ingrid Ydén-Sandgren

1924 - 2019

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0865 PENSIONERAD

Rolf Clementson

Born 1935

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0866 PAINTER

Lizzie Svefors

1919 - 2019

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0867 SWIMMER

Ingrid Stenmarck

1917 - 2011

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0868 POLITICIAN

Christer Wahlgren

1900 - 1987

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0869 PHYSICIAN

Daniel Stålhammar (neurokirurg)

1940 - 2012

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0870 VETENSKAP

Tobias Ollén

Born 1977

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0871 MISSING

Henrik Larsson (biljardspelare)

Born 1971

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0872 POLITICIAN

Ralph Bornhöft

Born 1953

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0873 ACTOR

Peter Zell

Born 1973

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0874 SINGER

Ester Estéry

1915 - 2012

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0875 HANDEL

Lorens Kockum

1773 - 1825

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0876 FILMREGISSÖR

Peter Borg

Born 1964

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0877 KAJAK

Ida Nord

Born 1990

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0878 LAWYER

Oscar Henry Arsell

1872 - 1959

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0879 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marko T Wramén

Born 1968

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0880 ACTOR

Helena Thornqvist

Born 1978

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0881 MILITAR

Axel Edström

1897 - 1974

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0882 PAINTER

Helge Högbom

1910 - 1966

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0883 POLITICIAN

Sven Johansson (landshövding)

Born 1928

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0884 PAINTER

David Christian Larsson

1943 - 1996

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0885 ACTOR

Vilhelm Olin

1862 - 1940

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0886 BUSINESS

Gunnar Agrell

1911 - 1999

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0887 FRIIDROTT

Nils Brundin

1909 - 1982

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0888 ARTIST

Karin Schultz

1919 - 2008

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0889 ARTIST

Annika Eriksson (konstnär)

Born 1956

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0890 ACTOR

Hanna Normann

Born 1981

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0891 SONGWRITER

Andreas Johansson (låtskrivare)

Born 1981

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0892 CIVIL SERVICE

Gustaf Stenmarck

1886 - 1969

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0893 ARCHITECT

August Lönnberg

1856 - 1930

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0894 ENGINEER

Bruno Bruch

1915 - 1998

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0895 MERCHANT

Waldemar Beijer

1861 - 1931

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0896 PENSIONERAD

Robert Palmgren

Born 1947

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0897 DESIGN

Peter Bruhn

1969 - 2014

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0898 FLYGARE

Kjell Rasmusson

1912 - 1987

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0899 SPORT

Bertil Sollevi

Born 1956

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0900 ARTIST

Brita Streijffert

1917 - 2006

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