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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Charles XI of Sweden
1655 - 1697
Michael Dahl
1659 - 1743
Sophia Elisabet Brenner
1659 - 1730
Cornelius Anckarstjerna
1655 - 1714
Raimund Faltz
1658 - 1703
Carl Raab
1659 - 1724
Nicolas Keder
1659 - 1735
Gustaf von Düben den yngre
1659 - 1726
Johann Gerdes (Mediziner)
1656 - 1700
Jacob Reenstierna den yngre
1659 - 1716
Johan Martin Rothlöben
1657 - 1701
Carl Gabriel Bååt
1650 - 1698
Jacob Burensköld
1655 - 1738
Gerhard von Buhrman
1653 - 1701
Paul Ludvig Leijonsparre
1657 - 1733
Johan Dargemann
1659 - 1739
Henrik Schütz
1650 - 1701
Jacob Grundel
1657 - 1737
Christina Ulfeldt
1653 - 1717
Nicolaus Düben
1657 - 1677
Christian Thum (konstnär)
1658 - 1718