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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- Music
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- Filtered to 1860s Clear ×
Gottfrid Törnell
1861 - 1930
Gunnar Cassel
1865 - 1943
Knut Andersson
1868 - 1938
Richard Bergström (kammarråd)
1868 - 1928
Carl Olof Bartels
1869 - 1958
Carl Gustaf Taube von Odenkat
1867 - 1941
William Bergman
1860 - 1929
Carl Ulrik Palm
1864 - 1954
Erik Leijonhufvud (1863–1950)
1863 - 1950
Gösta Leijonhufvud
1869 - 1938
August Lillienau
1862 - 1944
Fritz Edelstam
1865 - 1919
Emil Bovin
1868 - 1962
Erica Bergenson-Söderman
1864 - 1904
Gerda Ljungstedt
1860 - 1942
Hjalmar Jansson
1863 - 1928
Sigrid Engström
1863 - 1924
John Leonard Brolin
1867 - 1927
Ivar Öhman
1868 - 1937
Anna Stoopendaal
1866 - 1943
Ester Lindahl
1868 - 1920
Axel Öfverstén
1866 - 1950
John Svenson
1860 - 1934
Knut Almqvist
1863 - 1937
Anna Fjæstad
1865 - 1946
Gustaf Rydberg (musiker)
1860 - 1904
Olof Almström
1869 - 1949
Edvin Sjöberg
1865 - 1894
Maria Rudbeck
1866 - 1955
Axel Westman (rådman)
1861 - 1935
Carl Gehrman
1867 - 1946
Wilhelm Eurenius
1863 - 1925
Henning Nyberg (xylograf)
1865 - 1943
Christian Sandqvist
1860 - 1938
Amalia Fjæstad
1862 - 1938
William Forssell
1867 - 1933
Gustaf Krehl
1860 - 1899
Anne Charlotte Sjöberg
1864 - 1947
Alfred Berg (politiker)
1862 - 1924
Ernst Hogner
1863 - 1931
Erik Wagner
1862 - 1956
Theresia Ekblom
1867 - 1941
Julius Wagner
1860 - 1916
Frances Wachtmeister
1868 - 1922
Fredrik Constantin Bjarke
1862 - 1895
Carl Axel Nyström
1866 - 1939
Åke Ingeström
1867 - 1928
Elisabeth af Sillén
1863 - 1940
Carl-Fredrik Beckman
1862 - 1930
Fia Öhman
1864 - 1954
Jacob Fredric Wallenberg
1864 - 1937
Edit von Sydow
1866 - 1953
Hildur Meijer
1862 - 1929
Axel Leopold Wiberg
1867 - 1890
Christian Wagner
1869 - 1900
Thor Nerpin
1868 - 1957
Gustaf Bergström (godsägare)
1864 - 1920
Axel Walfrid Lundström
1866 - 1941
Calla Wåhlin
1868 - 1957
Valfrid Klingvall
1869 - 1944