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
- Filtered to 1670s Clear ×
Carl Gyllenborg
1679 - 1746
Gustaf Adlerfelt
1671 - 1709
Christina Piper
1673 - 1752
Magnus Bromelius
1679 - 1731
Jöran Nordberg
1677 - 1744
Hans Hysing
1678 - 1750
Carl Cronstedt
1672 - 1750
Carl Gustav Heraeus
1671 - 1722
Conrad Quensel (astronom)
1676 - 1732
Maria Gustava Gyllenstierna
1672 - 1737
Lukas von Breda
1676 - 1752
Bengt Richter
1670 - 1737
Ehrenreich Hannibal
1678 - 1741
Anders von Düben den yngre
1673 - 1738
Pehr Lennartsson Ribbing
1670 - 1719
Johan David Schwartz
1678 - 1729
Olof Gyllenborg
1676 - 1737
James Jefferyes
1677 - 1739
Christian Richter
1676 - 1732
Gabriel Cronstedt
1670 - 1757
Gustaf Rålamb
1675 - 1750
Agneta Wrede
1674 - 1730
Johan Klopper
1670 - 1734
Peter Aulævill
1677 - 1767
Otto Fredrik Peterson
1672 - 1729
Conrad Ribbing
1671 - 1736
Thomas Holm (topograf)
1670 - 1702
Olof Cederström
1679 - 1745
Joachim von Düben den äldre
1671 - 1730
Magnus Johan de la Vallée
1670 - 1728
Frans Joachim Ehrenstrahl
1670 - 1727
Bernhard Cederholm
1678 - 1750
Reinhold de Croll
1673 - 1710
Jonas Fredrik Örnfelt
1674 - 1733
Daniel Warou
1673 - 1729
Hans Fredrik Standaerhjelm
1677 - 1759
Magnus Rommel
1676 - 1735
Johan Jacob Waldau
1671 - 1743
Johan Holm (lagman)
1677 - 1743
Gustaf Lohreman den yngre
1678 - 1748