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.

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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.

  1. Actor 1,214 2.8×
  2. Painter 578 2.7×
  3. Writer 489 1.9×
  4. Artist 404 4.9×
  5. Politician 401 0.4×
  6. Hockey 256 2.7×
  7. Football 235 0.3×
  8. Architect 230 3.2×
  1. Draughtswoman 96 25.2×
  2. Artist 404 4.9×
  3. Architect 230 3.2×
  4. Actor 1,214 2.8×
  5. Painter 578 2.7×
  6. Hockey 256 2.7×
  7. Swimmer 80 2.1×
  8. Sculptor 104 2.0×
  1. Football 235 0.3×
  2. Politician 401 0.4×

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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4828 WRITER

Hans Henrik Brummer

Born 1937

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4863 BASSIST

Torbjörn Hultcrantz

1937 - 1994

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4900 LAWYER

Johan Lind (jurist)

Born 1934

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4906 ACTOR

Gun-Britt Öhrström

1935 - 1999

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4958 JOURNALIST

Gary Engman

1938 - 2000

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4959 ACTOR

Anne-Marie Hilton

Born 1933

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4966 PRODUCER

Ursula Richter

1932 - 2007

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4996 ACTOR

Barbara Florian

Born 1931

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5003 PHOTOGRAPHER

Staffan Liljander

1932 - 1982

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5040 ACTOR

Emelie Lagergren

Born 1934

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5056 TRUBADUR

Sid Jansson

1939 - 2019

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5075 WRITER

Gunnar Rydström

1935 - 2007

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5093 DANCER

Caj Selling

1935 - 2005

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5127 PHYSICIAN

Lennart Kaijser

Born 1937

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5182 ACTOR

Viola Sundberg

1934 - 2010

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5190 ARTIST

Margareta Hallek

Born 1932

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5199 ACTOR

Jerk Liljefors

Born 1934

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5200 PHYSICIAN

Birgitta Alexius

1939 - 2015

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5211 SINGER

Ulla Hallin

1939 - 1970

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5232 JOURNALIST

Bo A. Karlsson

1938 - 2006

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5238 ACTOR

Birgitta Grönwald

Born 1936

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5242 ACTOR

Lilian Elgö

1934 - 2009

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5263 ACTOR

Peder Dam

1939 - 1987

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5284 WRITER

Björn Wigardt

1930 - 1997

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5287 ARTIST

Jörgen Hammar

Born 1935

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5315 MUSIC

Styrbjörn Bergelt

1939 - 2006

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5324 ACTOR

Richard Lindskog

Born 1935

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5330 PAINTER

Peder Duke

1938 - 2003

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5331 LAWYER

Carl-Ivar Skarstedt

1930 - 1998

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5345 ACTOR

Yvonne Brosset

1935 - 2019

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5422 PRESENTER

Lena Fürst

Born 1936

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5428 ACTOR

Jan Bjelkelöv

1933 - 1996

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5484 ACTOR

Bengt Andersson (dansare)

1933 - 1977

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5523 POLITICIAN

Gunilla Wünsche

1937 - 2015

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5542 BUSINESS

Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg

Born 1937

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5578 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ulla Sjöström

Born 1934

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5625 ACTOR

Amy Jelf

1930 - 1991

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5656 ACTOR

Lena Malmsjö

1934 - 2004

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5664 BUSINESS

Tom Wachtmeister

1931 - 2011

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5694 ACTOR

Lars Korposoff

Born 1930

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5695 TRANSLATOR

Carl Olof Nyman

1931 - 2020

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5713 ACTOR

Ulla Grimlund

Born 1932

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5748 ACTOR

Maud Nygren

Born 1931

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5761 ACTOR

Claes-Håkan Westergren

1935 - 2020

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5796 SINGER

Berit Hallqvist

Born 1938

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5815 LIBRARIAN

Margareta Törngren

Born 1935

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5836 SCULPTOR

Ulf Sucksdorff

1932 - 1989

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5837 PAINTER

Margareta Carlstedt

Born 1934

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5870 SCEN

Göran Wassberg

Born 1939

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5872 ACTOR

Lars Hofgård

Born 1933

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5889 BUSINESS

Karl-Adam Bonnier

Born 1934

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5892 ACTOR

Elisabeth Liljenroth

Born 1935

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5949 ARTIST

Margareta Lööf Eriksson

Born 1937

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5961 SILVERSMITH

Stig-Åke Lund

Born 1932

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5966 ACTOR

Lennart Skoogh

1932 - 2000

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5995 ARTIST

Lars Huck Hultgren

1931 - 2018

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6000 ACTOR

Barbro Elfvik

Born 1932

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6023 DIALECTOLOGIST

Maj Reinhammar

Born 1935

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6028 ORGANIST

Olle Elgenmark

1936 - 2016

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6043 KONSULT

Britt-Marie Bystedt

Born 1931

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6049 CERAMIST

Märit Lindberg-Freund

Born 1934

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6060 ARCHITECT

Gösta Blücher

1936 - 2018

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6069 MILITAR

Erik Rossander

Born 1939

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6072 DRAMA

Claes von Rettig

1931 - 2013

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6079 ACTOR

Margareta Henning

Born 1936

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6085 MUSIC

Berndt Petterson

1930 - 2002

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6096 ACTOR

Berit Tancred

1938 - 2016

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6101 ARTIST

Martina Clason

Born 1938

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6115 PROFESSOR

Madeleine von Heland

1938 - 2013

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6147 CHEF

Christine Malmström Barke

1932 - 2003

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6185 ACTOR

Eva Stellby

Born 1936

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6205 MUSIC

Bengt Sundström

1938 - 1994

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6249 WRITER

Jan Olov Ullén

Born 1934

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6257 WRITER

Rune Barnéus

Born 1938

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6305 SAILOR

Bo Kaiser

Born 1935

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6321 PHOTOGRAPHER

Arne Brandhild

1933 - 1988

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6348 PRODUCENT

Agneta Ginsburg

Born 1938

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6360 POLITICIAN

Tommy Franzén

1938 - 2004

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6378 SCULPTOR

Eva Lange

Born 1935

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6379 ARTIST

Lasse Trollberg

1931 - 1986

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6381 SPRINT

Agneta Hannerz

1936 - 2018

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6384 ARTIST

Jan Brauner

1931 - 2015

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6405 ARTIST

Lars Hofsjö

1931 - 2011

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6422 MUSIC

Bo Stenhammar

Born 1939

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6429 ARCHITECT

Yngve Lundquist

1931 - 2007

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6447 JOURNALIST

Vanna Beckman

Born 1938

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6454 ACTOR

Yvonne Lundeqvist

Born 1937

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6501 POLITICIAN

Bo G. Jenevall

Born 1933

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6522 SWIMMER

Tommie Lindström

Born 1938

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6540 SWIMMER

Per-Olof Ericsson

Born 1938

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6546 COUSIN

Stefan Sundelin

1936 - 2003

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6552 ACTOR

Ulla Rodhe

1932 - 2012

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6559 ENGINEER

Tommy Ivarsson

Born 1939

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6561 ACTOR

Olle Davide

Born 1930

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6567 BUSINESS

Harry Faulkner

Born 1931

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6568 ACTOR

Birgitta Hålenius-Hofgård

Born 1936

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6575 POLITICIAN

Barbro Sandberg

Born 1935

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6604 ACTOR

Britt Olofsson

Born 1936

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6615 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Birgitta Lundberg-Söderström

Born 1935

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6626 PHYSICIAN

Bo Rybeck

1935 - 2019

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6627 ANNOUNCER

Amelie Appelin

1937 - 2004

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6630 SPORT

Vivi-Anne Wassdahl

Born 1932

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6644 SPORT

Jan-Erik Åkerström

Born 1935

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6648 SPORT

Kjell Lutteman

Born 1937

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6655 SKÅDESPELARE

Hans Elfvin

1937 - 1989

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6656 PRODUCER

Anders Bauer

Born 1937

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6680 MILITAR

Roland Magndahl

1932 - 2015

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6687 POLITICIAN

Carl-Anders Ifvarsson

Born 1939

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6709 ARTIST

Olle Strandberg (konstnär och sjöbefäl)

1938 - 2000

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6729 SLITTINISTA

Per-Ulf Helander

1935 - 2012

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6758 MILITAR

Ulf Rubarth

Born 1939

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6760 MISSING

Sven Colling

1939 - 2015

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6772 LAWYER

Bengt Ljungqvist

Born 1937

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6779 FILMMAKER

Lars Hjelm

1933 - 1996

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6780 MODELL

Eva Ekman

Born 1938

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6781 PAINTER

Lasse Stevenfeldt

1930 - 2014

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6794 SON

Göran William-Olsson

1932 - 1993

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6833 WRITER

Nina Yunkers

Born 1939

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6840 LITERARY

Bo Georgii-Hemming

Born 1938

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6842 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Stig Vänje

Born 1931

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6851 WRITER

Barbro Myrberg

1933 - 1993

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6854 MILITAR

Johan Palmgren (militär)

1931 - 2018

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6872 SINGER

Margaret Bienert

1934 - 2019

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6883 HERALDIST

Lars C. Stolt

Born 1932

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6897 WRITER

Lillemor Widgren Matlack

Born 1934

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6898 ARTIST

Gunilla Serner

Born 1932

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6904 JOURNALIST

Gunnar Milles

Born 1936

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6923 BUSINESS

Bertil Almgren (förlagsman)

1932 - 2018

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6937 PHYSICIAN

Ann-Marie Stalfelt

1932 - 2007

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6949 RESEARCH

Lars Kallings

Born 1930

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6958 ECONOMIST

Peter Bohm

1935 - 2005

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7010 WRITER

Antoinette Baker

Born 1934

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7051 ACTOR

Hans Wallbom

1934 - 1968

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7062 SCULPTOR

Barbro Lindvall-Liljander

1932 - 2018

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7071 VETERINÄR

Birger Schantz

1932 - 2010

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7082 ARTIST

Ulf Törneman

1932 - 2002

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7095 ENGINEER

Åke Persson (företagsledare)

Born 1939

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7100 HOCKEY

Bo Tovland

1936 - 2015

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7105 ACTOR

Egon Engström

1936 - 1998

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7118 PENSIONERAD

Gillis Weingarth

Born 1936

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7143 PENSIONERAD

Lennart Brodin

Born 1938

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7154 ARCHITECT

Ingemar Goliath

1931 - 2017

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7173 SPORT

Bosse Hellberg

1932 - 2012

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7178 ORGANIST

Lars Moberg (kyrkomusiker)

1933 - 2009

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7226 ARTIST

Jan Forsberg (konstnär)

Born 1932

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7263 SILVERSMED

Carl-Gustaf Jansson

Born 1935

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7271 MILITAR

Per Lundbeck

Born 1936

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7274 SCULPTOR

Marie Stenqvist

Born 1935

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7285 PAINTER

Rune Grönjord

Born 1934

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7291 BUSINESS

Hans Hammar

Born 1936

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7309 PAINTER

John Waller

Born 1935

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7341 POLITICIAN

Staffan Anderberg

Born 1935

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7354 WRITER

Carl Johan Bernhard

Born 1939

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7369 ARTIST

Sven Möller

Born 1931

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7378 ARTIST

Björn Adegren

1931 - 2015

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7434 ARTIST

Roland Klang

1930 - 2009

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7438 PAINTER

Barbro Runefelt-Taltavull

Born 1938

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7483 ARTIST

Ingvar Hurtig

Born 1934

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7496 FEMINIST

Solveig Svanbom

Born 1939

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7530 PAINTER

Birgitta Fahlbeck

Born 1936

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7531 PAINTER

Per Anders Palmqvist

1933 - 2014

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7587 SCULPTOR

Åsa Scherdin-Lambert

Born 1932

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7591 PIANIST

Tore Almgren

Born 1935

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7613 ARTIST

Kerstin Apelman-Öberg

Born 1934

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7636 ARTIST

Monica Andersson (designer)

1939 - 2016

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7641 SILVERSMITH

Olof Barve

1930 - 2014

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7642 ARTIST

Charlotte Ågård

1936 - 2014

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7659 ARCHITECT

Anna Dehlin-Englund

Born 1938

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7721 ARTIST

Elisabeth Strokirk Budrys

1930 - 1982

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7729 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

May Strandberg

Born 1930

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7734 ARTIST

Kersti Fulton

Born 1930

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7745 PAINTER

Grigorij Priklonsky

Born 1939

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7751 ARCHITECT

Torbjörn Vogt

Born 1932

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7756 ARTIST

Mette Prawitz

Born 1934

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7757 PAINTER

Rune Ånman

1934 - 2015

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7784 CERAMIST

Gabriella Önstad

1934 - 2015

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7815 PAINTER

Torgil Smith

1933 - 1970

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7820 PAINTER

Lena Åhlman

Born 1931

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7852 CERAMIST

Birgitta Tillander

1931 - 2006

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7855 PAINTER

Staffan Thorén

1936 - 1992

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7859 PAINTER

Rolf Wilhelmson

Born 1935

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7890 POET

Sigurd Samuelson

1930 - 1954

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7891 PAINTER

Hans Zättervall

1932 - 2010

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7959 ARTIST

Lennart Schönbeck

Born 1933

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7964 PAINTER

Jan Twerin

Born 1939

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7970 PAINTER

Lena Westman-von Strokirch

Born 1936

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7986 PAINTER

Lennart Öhrström

Born 1938

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7989 PAINTER

Magnus Wibom

1939 - 2010

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8004 PAINTER

Arne Ingemann

Born 1932

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8005 PAINTER

Patrik Söderkvist

Born 1939

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8012 PAINTER

Göran Östergren

Born 1937

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