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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- Filtered to 1870s Clear ×
Bengt Söderman
1871 - 1897
Björn Harald
1872 - 1952
Kristian Sundstrand
1876 - 1921
Astri Andersen
1876 - 1911
Einar Almgren
1878 - 1971
Gunnar Jacobsson (industriman)
1873 - 1957
Bengt Ingeström
1873 - 1953
Gustav Lagerström
1874 - 1906
Paul Larsson Palm
1876 - 1899
Ester Isakson
1879 - 1956
Torsten Hummel-Gumælius
1873 - 1948
Fredrik Lagerström
1874 - 1955
Sigrid Eklöf-Trobäck
1873 - 1948
Oscar Cassel
1871 - 1931
Ingrid Sandahl (skådespelare)
1875 - 1955
Knut Sprengel
1877 - 1926
Hedvig Lindby
1876 - 1958
Gustaf Horn af Åminne
1871 - 1945
John Falk
1873 - 1956
Tor Wahlman
1878 - 1954
Gerda Höglund
1878 - 1973
Nils Kleen
1872 - 1965
Harald Almström
1870 - 1944
John Roos af Hjelmsäter
1878 - 1957
Erik Törngren
1872 - 1902
Axel Petterson
1877 - 1958
Ivan Öfverholm (1874–1961)
1874 - 1961
Sigrid Kjellin
1876 - 1958
Ruth Hollstén
1874 - 1971
Lisa Ouchterlony
1875 - 1952
Gustaf Adolf Björkman
1871 - 1941
Hans von Holst
1877 - 1962
Gustaf Cedergren
1879 - 1919
Albert Öfverholm
1876 - 1936
Greta Tallberg
1879 - 1947
Carl Forsslund
1872 - 1928
Rudolf Sahlberg
1879 - 1949
Elisabeth Bagge
1874 - 1957
Georg Pegel
1877 - 1963
Eva Béve
1871 - 1922
Maja Setterberg
1876 - 1950
Elsa Åkerhielm af Blombacka
1872 - 1961
Fredrik Almgren (konstnär)
1877 - 1962
Hildur Kjerner
1876 - 1946
Elsa Zetterberg-Ström
1870 - 1939
Gustaf Skog
1874 - 1959
Gerda Uddgren
1875 - 1961
Signe Salén
1871 - 1963
Edla Bohlin
1879 - 1970
Sally Lindgren
1876 - 1964
Elis Bosæus
1876 - 1958
Christina Ekberg
1874 - 1936
Emmy Biberg
1876 - 1962
Märta Lindblom
1871 - 1946
Nils Lilienberg
1872 - 1926
Rikard Westerdahl
1876 - 1955
Astrid Wahlstedt
1877 - 1946
Knut Bergvall
1874 - 1945
Sam Ödmann
1872 - 1902
Anna Balsamo-Stella
1879 - 1957
Knut Wiholm
1873 - 1936
Gustaf Wickman (tecknare)
1879 - 1948
Drika Grundberg
1870 - 1954
Nils Stene
1876 - 1940
Gerda Österlund
1875 - 1942
Ellen Ståhlbrand
1877 - 1958