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.
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August Strindberg
1849 - 1912
Gösta Mittag-Leffler
1846 - 1927
Oscar Montelius
1843 - 1921
Per Teodor Cleve
1840 - 1905
Gustaf Cederström
1845 - 1933
Anne Charlotte Leffler
1849 - 1892
Erik Gustaf Boström
1842 - 1907
Gustaf Retzius
1842 - 1919
Carl Snoilsky
1841 - 1903
Thure de Thulstrup
1848 - 1930
Hans Hildebrand
1842 - 1913
Gustav Eisen
1847 - 1940
Jeanna Bauck
1840 - 1926
Robert Themptander
1844 - 1897
Wilhelmina von Hallwyl
1844 - 1930
Hugo Salmson
1843 - 1894
Carl Bovallius
1849 - 1907
Anna Hierta-Retzius
1841 - 1924
Amanda Sidwall
1844 - 1892
Gustaf Cederschiöld
1849 - 1928
Hanna Styrell
1842 - 1904
Rudolf Fredrik Berg
1846 - 1907
Joël Blomqvist
1840 - 1930
Adolf Melander
1845 - 1933
Erik Wilhelm Dahlgren
1848 - 1934
Albertina Carlsson
1848 - 1930
Emil Hildebrand
1848 - 1919
Selma Jacobsson
1841 - 1899
Gustaf Fredrik Östberg
1847 - 1924
Herman Ygberg
1844 - 1917
Sigfrid Oskar Immanuel Almquist
1844 - 1923
Wilhelm T. Unge
1845 - 1915
Olena Falkman
1849 - 1928
Fredrik Olaus Lindström
1847 - 1919
Kerstin Cardon
1843 - 1924
Erik Nyström
1842 - 1907
Maria Ribbing
1842 - 1910
Sophie Cysch
1847 - 1917
Ingel Fallstedt
1848 - 1899
Amanda Forsberg
1846 - 1870
Amanda Sandborg Waesterberg
1842 - 1918
Isaak Hirsch
1843 - 1917
August Wijkander
1849 - 1913
Edvard Erdmann
1840 - 1923
Carl Grabow
1847 - 1922
Edvard Bäckström
1841 - 1886
Seved Ribbing (professor)
1845 - 1921
Magnus Lagerberg
1844 - 1920
Richard Gustafsson
1840 - 1918
Vilhelm Svedbom
1843 - 1904
Isidor Kjellberg
1841 - 1895
Hilda Lund
1840 - 1911
Hélène Tham
1843 - 1925
Frits Läffler
1847 - 1921
Frans Hodell
1840 - 1890
Max Högqvist
1840 - 1872
Anna Billing
1849 - 1927
Robert Haglund
1844 - 1930
Gustaf Emil Broms
1849 - 1903
Erik Hugo Tryggelin
1846 - 1925
Anders Oscar Bolander
1840 - 1914
Jenny Maria Ödmann
1847 - 1917
Nils Selander
1845 - 1922
Ida Falander
1842 - 1927
Adolf Hellander
1848 - 1906
Carl Ludvig Looström
1848 - 1922
Hanny Flygare
1841 - 1924
Wilhelm Meyer (konstnär)
1844 - 1944
Johan Hagströmer
1845 - 1910
Curt Wallis
1845 - 1922
Aleph Anrep
1845 - 1911
Fredrik Fehr
1849 - 1895
Johan Cantzler
1844 - 1921
Olga Sandberg
1844 - 1926
Per Johan Wising
1842 - 1912
Carl Axel Strindberg
1845 - 1927
Oscar Heinrich Dumrath
1844 - 1929
Bernhard Lundstedt
1846 - 1914
Joseph Stephens
1841 - 1934
Wilhelmina Strandberg
1845 - 1914
Hedvig Willman
1841 - 1887
Amanda Nerman
1841 - 1919
Alfred Levertin
1843 - 1919
Aron Alexanderson
1841 - 1930
John Personne
1849 - 1926
Clara Löfgren
1843 - 1923
Staffan Cederschiöld
1847 - 1927
Georges de Crombrugghe de Looringhe
1841 - 1922
Hugo Martin
1849 - 1899
Robert Benckert
1846 - 1938
Hjalmar Sandberg
1847 - 1888
Axel Hjalmar Lindqvist
1843 - 1917
Filip Boström
1843 - 1908
Otto Magnus Höglund
1846 - 1933
Axel Bosin
1840 - 1910
Johan Gustaf Linderoth
1848 - 1924
Gustaf Mallander
1840 - 1888
Sven Dahlgren
1849 - 1937
Joseph Müller
1843 - 1936
August Gyldenstolpe (1849–1928)
1849 - 1928
Emil Eckhoff
1846 - 1923
Isidor Bonnier
1848 - 1925
Gustaf Engström
1841 - 1874
Carl Silfverstolpe
1840 - 1899
Victor Holmquist
1842 - 1895
Lotten Dorsch
1849 - 1908
Albin Hildebrand
1844 - 1917
Georg Göthe
1846 - 1933
Tom Edgar Wilson
1849 - 1923
Hildur Carlberg
1843 - 1920
Frithiof Raa
1840 - 1872
Oscar Lamm
1848 - 1930
Lennart Groll
1845 - 1896
Alexander Carlsson
1846 - 1878
Gurli Åberg
1843 - 1922
Carl Gustaf Lundquist
1841 - 1917
Robert Geete
1849 - 1928
Henrik Christiernsson
1845 - 1915
Albert Gotthard Nestor Cedergren
1849 - 1921
Carl Hellström (konstnär)
1841 - 1916
Eugenie Brummer
1846 - 1919
Frans Isak von Heland
1843 - 1923
Hjalmar Sandels
1843 - 1910
Maria Ekman (donator)
1846 - 1915
Agnes Ekermann
1849 - 1939
Karl Malmsten
1849 - 1923
Otto Fahnehjelm
1846 - 1911
August Fredrik Dörum
1841 - 1880
Carl Lagercrantz (överste)
1846 - 1897
Oscar Almgren (politiker)
1842 - 1910
Victor Bernström
1845 - 1907
Carl Gottfried Reinhold Littmarck
1842 - 1899
Adolf Ahlsell
1844 - 1916
Julius Hodell
1845 - 1912
Oscar Hirsch
1847 - 1931
Knut Tivander
1842 - 1889
Hans Sundström
1845 - 1909
Ebba Åkerhielm
1841 - 1913
Hilda Klefberg
1845 - 1912
John Lovén
1840 - 1924
Carl Alexanderson
1845 - 1932
Mathilda Bergström
1845 - 1901
Carl Birger Hasselrot
1842 - 1911
Herman Friedländer
1842 - 1920
Johan von Holst (konstnär)
1841 - 1917
Axel Jacobsson
Born 1846
Johan af Zellén
1844 - 1906
Clara Gardt
1849 - 1895
Gustaf Callmén
1842 - 1915
Carl Sandahl
1840 - 1890
Gustav Adolf Gardt
1844 - 1902
Gustaf Benedicks
1848 - 1918
Anna Kinmansson
1842 - 1909
Johan Unman
1843 - 1913
Fredrik von Rosen (1849–1917)
1849 - 1917
Richard Wagner (skådespelare)
1841 - 1903
Mary Hammarfeldt
1840 - 1890
Martin Nisser
1840 - 1913
Nils Ludvig Stahre
1843 - 1909
Carl Eduard von Horn
1845 - 1920
Hilma Tengmark
1849 - 1922
Gustaf Ullberg
1840 - 1893
Lars Åkerhielm den yngre
1846 - 1920
Eugèn Lundin
1848 - 1929
Hanna Tivander
1843 - 1883
Selfrid Kinmanson
1849 - 1911
Sophie Södergren
1847 - 1923
Albert Ericson
1840 - 1910
Gusti Cederschiöld
1843 - 1884
Herman Müller
1840 - 1919
Carl Wilhelm Sebardt
1841 - 1918
Otto Gripensvärd
1847 - 1933
Carl Cederström i Fredrikslund
1841 - 1925
Sigurd Lovén
1849 - 1888
Lilly Sundström
1849 - 1943
Fredric Althainz
1845 - 1910
Theodor Nygren
1843 - 1926
Johan Dahlberg
1843 - 1915
Erik Gabriel Poppius
1840 - 1907
Elisabeth Nyström
1848 - 1889
Ernst Wallis
1842 - 1919
Alida Rossander
1843 - 1909
Alfred Söderlund, Långbro
1843 - 1930
Ellen Levertin
1847 - 1911
Axel Santesson
1844 - 1909
Gustaf Fredrik Munthe
1849 - 1919
Emil Malmsten
1846 - 1918
Magnus Westergren
1844 - 1864
Oscar Torssell
1844 - 1880
Georg Gottfrid Törnquist
1846 - 1907
Theodor Mazer
1845 - 1936
Carl Höök
1848 - 1927
Hugo Winroth
1849 - 1936
Anna Fleetwood-Derby
1846 - 1927
Henning Biörklund
1849 - 1937
Oscar Ringwall
1845 - 1916
Amy Lagergren
1842 - 1921
Wilhelm Hoffman
1844 - 1901
Otto Samson
1846 - 1916
Carl Otto Östman
1840 - 1920
Herman Ölander
1841 - 1900
Emil Westerberg
1844 - 1925
Axel Meijer
1842 - 1905
Johan Wahlgren (1843–1906)
1843 - 1906
Johan Axel Wilhelm Wulfcrona
1840 - 1919
Fredrik Wilhelm Åkerberg
1845 - 1931
Lizinka Sörensen
1847 - 1924
Jenny Wahlberg
1842 - 1911
Nils Willman
1846 - 1890