59.3296° N, 18.0683° E
STOCKHOLM
Most Famous People Born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Notable people
- 8,031
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- Median birth year
- 1909
- Most distinctive
- Draughtswoman 25.2×
An aristocratic capital that became a pop one. Stockholm's most distinctive profession is, improbably, draughtswoman at more than twenty-five times the global rate — a fingerprint of the Royal Academy's long female-illustrator tradition — alongside one of the highest actor and artist shares of any city in the dataset, a legacy of Bergman, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and a strong national film tradition. The 19th century carries an unusually large share of the names, more than in most European capitals.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Stockholm Is Known For
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Actor is Stockholm's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (1,214).
Stockholm over-indexes on draughtswoman — 25.2× the global rate.
Stockholm under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Stockholm's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Sports
- Writing
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Other
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Christina, Queen of Sweden
1626 - 1689
Erik Dahlbergh
1625 - 1703
Gustaf Düben
1628 - 1690
Claes Rålamb
1622 - 1698
Ebba Sparre
1629 - 1662
Jacques-Casimir De la Gardie
1629 - 1658
Johan Sylvius
1620 - 1695
Johan Johansson Aureller den äldre
1626 - 1696
Gustaf Knutsson Posse
1626 - 1676
Jonas Österling
1627 - 1691
Gilius Giliusson Ehrenberg
1622 - 1677
Georg Waldau
1626 - 1674
Johan Leijonbergh
1620 - 1691
Nils Burensköld
1625 - 1669