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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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Stockholm during each.

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 draughtswoman25.2× the global rate.

Stockholm under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Actor1,214
  2. Painter578
  3. Writer489
  4. Artist404
  5. Politician401
  6. Hockey256
  7. Football235
  8. Architect230
  1. Draughtswoman9625.2×
  2. Artist4044.9×
  3. Architect2303.2×
  4. Actor1,2142.8×
  5. Painter5782.7×
  6. Hockey2562.7×
  7. Swimmer802.1×
  8. Sculptor1042.0×
  1. Football2350.3×
  2. Politician4010.4×

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.

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  • Art & Design
  • Film & TV
  • Sports
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Science
  • Other
All8,031
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Showing 22 of 8,031 notable people

0473 STATESPERSON

Carl Piper

1647 - 1716

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0695 POLITICIAN

Nils Bielke

1644 - 1716

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0755 OFFICER

Hans Wachtmeister

1641 - 1714

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1753 MILITAR

Gustav Carlsson von Börring

1649 - 1708

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1964 PIRATE

Christina Anna Skytte

1643 - 1677

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2558 JUDGE

Wilhelm Julius Coyet

1647 - 1709

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2843 AMBASSADÖR

Carl Bonde (1648–1699)

1648 - 1699

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3032 ÄMBETSMAN

Claes Fleming (1649–1685)

1649 - 1685

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3283 POLITICIAN

Gustaf Adolf De la Gardie

1647 - 1695

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3797 COLLECTOR

Johan Gabriel Stenbock

1640 - 1705

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4352 MILITAR

Axel Wachtmeister, Count of Mälsåker

1643 - 1699

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4694 MILITAR

Eberhard Friedrich Taube von Odenkat

1648 - 1703

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4921 CHAMBERLAIN

Carl Sparre (1648–1716)

1648 - 1716

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5160 ÄMBETSMAN

Johan Rosenhane (1642–1710)

1642 - 1710

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5317 GOVERNOR

Jöran Adlersteen

1640 - 1713

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6012 KRIGARE

Axel von Schaar

1641 - 1702

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6224 MILITAR

Nils Djurklou (1641–1714)

1641 - 1714

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6956 SCULPTOR

Petter Schultz

1647 - 1698

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7880 SCULPTOR

Claes Schütz

1643 - 1664

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7956 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Abraham Svansköld

1644 - 1708

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7980 PAINTER

Daniel Stahl

Born 1645

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7991 SILVERSMITH

Jeronimus Wessel

1645 - 1701

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