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
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- Writing
- Music
- Politics & Law
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- Filtered to 1770s Clear ×
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
1778 - 1837
Karl Rudolphi
1771 - 1832
Carl Löwenhielm
1772 - 1861
Gustaf Löwenhielm
1771 - 1856
Carl Johan Schönherr
1772 - 1848
Per Krafft the Younger
1777 - 1863
Johan Wilhelm Palmstruch
1770 - 1811
Erik Gustaf Göthe
1779 - 1838
Lars Hjortsberg
1772 - 1843
Louis Deland
1772 - 1823
Wilhelmina Krafft
1778 - 1828
Eleonora Charlotta d'Albedyhll
1770 - 1835
Carl Fredrik Akrell
1779 - 1868
Israel af Ström
1778 - 1856
Carl Abraham Arfwedson
1774 - 1861
Johann Anton August Lüdeke
1772 - 1838
Euphrosyne Löf
1772 - 1828
Johan Peter Strömberg
1773 - 1834
Gustaf Abraham Silverstolpe
1772 - 1824
Johanna Emerentia von Bilang
1777 - 1857
Carl Dahlén
1770 - 1851
Charlotta Arfwedson
1776 - 1862
Lisette Stenberg
1770 - 1847
Erik Gadelius
1778 - 1827
Axel Leonhard Klinckowström
1775 - 1837
Hedda Hjortsberg
1777 - 1867
Otto Wilhelm Klinckowström
1778 - 1850
Per Nordquist
1771 - 1805
Margareta Sofia Lagerqvist
1771 - 1800
Carl Fredrik Plagemann
1779 - 1864
Johan Didrik af Wingård
1778 - 1854
Daniel Ehrenfried Gravallius
1777 - 1849
Eric Gabriel von Rosén
1775 - 1866
Pehr Estenberg
1772 - 1848
Carolina Kuhlman
1778 - 1866
Eleonora Säfström
1770 - 1857
Axel Gabriel De la Gardie
1772 - 1838
Samuel Anderson
1773 - 1857
Anette Hasselgren
1775 - 1818
Gustaf Collin
1772 - 1826
Samuel Wilander
1779 - 1832
Mikael von Törne (1775–1854)
1775 - 1854
Johan Lagerbielke
1778 - 1856
Carl Henric Röslein
1774 - 1840
Gustaf Daniel Wilcke
1776 - 1863
Fredrik Frans Wallenstråle
1771 - 1857
Carl Dreijer
1770 - 1802
Lorenz Ludvig Lorichs
1778 - 1866
Eva Säfström
1770 - 1831
Josef August Lambert
1776 - 1837
Charles Törnström
1778 - 1815
Carl Gustaf Carlsson
1774 - 1855
Gustaf Adolf Klint
1774 - 1822
Georg Lars af Schmidt
1771 - 1842
Johan Blomqvist
1775 - 1851
Sven Johan von Engeström
1774 - 1838
Per Otto von Gedda
1771 - 1813
August Pfeiffer
1777 - 1842
Anders Fredrik Spong
1775 - 1840
Erik Johan Zimmerman
1779 - 1817
Johan Törnström den yngre
1775 - 1834
Johan Ståhlberg
1779 - 1845
Charlotta Ulrica Schürer von Waldheim
1770 - 1835
Cordelia von Wedderkop
1774 - 1841
Andreas Qvist
1776 - 1807
Erik Wilhelm Tharmout
1772 - 1818
Daniel Wilhelm Westrell
1775 - 1839