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
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Gustav III of Sweden
1746 - 1792
Charles XIII of Sweden
1748 - 1818
Carl Michael Bellman
1740 - 1795
Johan Tobias Sergel
1740 - 1814
Carl August Ehrensvärd
1745 - 1800
Johan Andreas Murray
1740 - 1791
Elisabeth Olin
1740 - 1828
Georg Haupt
1741 - 1784
Uno von Troil
1746 - 1803
Erik Palmstedt
1741 - 1803
Samuel Gustaf Hermelin
1744 - 1820
Maria Kristina Kiellström
1744 - 1798
Elis Schröderheim
1747 - 1795
Carl Gustaf Nordin
1749 - 1812
Friedrich Ludwig Karl Finck von Finckenstein
1745 - 1818
Catharina Charlotta Swedenmarck
1744 - 1813
Johan Gustaf Acrel
1741 - 1801
Hedda Piper
1746 - 1812
Gustaf Murray
1747 - 1825
Carl Bernhard Wadström
1746 - 1799
Margareta Seuerling
1747 - 1820
Carl Gustaf Fehrman
1746 - 1798
Charlotte Du Rietz
1744 - 1820
Fredrik Adolf Ulrik Cronstedt
1744 - 1829
Pehr Zethelius
1740 - 1810
Johanna Lohm
1747 - 1834
Emanuel De Geer (1748–1803)
1748 - 1803
Magnus Swederus
1748 - 1836
Per Olof von Asp
1745 - 1808
Samuel Olof Tilas
1744 - 1772
Carl Eric Lagerheim
1742 - 1813
Pehr Ljung
1743 - 1819
Johan Christopher Holmberg
1743 - 1810
Carl Petter Blomberg
1748 - 1820
Carl Johan Gyllenborg
1741 - 1811
Karl Gustaf Bungencrona
1747 - 1795
Johan Magnus af Nordin
1746 - 1823
Erik Gustaf Béron
1748 - 1780
Fredrik Wittingh
1744 - 1811
Carl Fredrik Ekerman
1743 - 1792
Christian Ernst Boecler
1742 - 1800
Hedvig Lovisa Pasch
1744 - 1796
Fredrik Gottman
1746 - 1801
Leonard von Hauswolff
1746 - 1826
Gustaf Silfverstråhle
1748 - 1816
Jean Frederic Bedoire
1747 - 1830
Johan Fredrik Lilliehorn
1745 - 1811
Katharina Christina Ålenning-Krey
1746 - 1790
Carl Fredrik Östedt
1744 - 1826
Adolf Robsahm
1744 - 1774