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

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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0011 WRITER

Henning Mankell

1948 - 2015

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0015 SINGER

Benny Andersson

Born 1946

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0030 ACTOR

Britt Ekland

Born 1942

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0040 CARTOONIST

Art Spiegelman

Born 1948

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0045 FILM

Lasse Hallström

Born 1946

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0087 ACTOR

Lena Nyman

1944 - 2011

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0100 POET

Lars Norén

Born 1944

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0101 WRITER

Leif G. W. Persson

Born 1945

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0105 SINGER

Ulf Lundell

Born 1949

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0152 ACTOR

Pia Degermark

Born 1949

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0186 SINGER

Åse Kleveland

Born 1949

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0206 WRITER

Agneta Pleijel

Born 1940

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0211 ACTOR

Camilla Sparv

Born 1943

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0223 SINGER

Georg Wadenius

Born 1945

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0238 BUSINESS

Stefan Persson (magnate)

Born 1947

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0249 ACTOR

Uschi Digard

Born 1948

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0251 ACTOR

Marika Green

Born 1943

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0260 FILM

Marie-Louise Ekman

Born 1944

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0280 MATHEMATICIAN

Per Martin-Löf

Born 1942

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0282 ACTOR

Brasse Brännström

1945 - 2014

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0294 AUTHOR

Katarina Mazetti

Born 1944

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0295 FILM

Suzanne Osten

Born 1944

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0303 SINGER

Janne Schaffer

Born 1945

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0332 SINGER

Lasse Holm

Born 1943

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0337 OPERA

Gösta Winbergh

1943 - 2002

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0358 SINGER

Anna-Lena Löfgren

1944 - 2010

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0359 RUNNER

Anders Gärderud

Born 1946

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0379 GUITAR

Mikael Wiehe

Born 1946

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0408 AUTHOR

Herman Lindqvist (journalist)

Born 1943

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0412 ACTOR

Johannes Brost

1946 - 2018

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0438 POLITICIAN

Anders Wijkman

Born 1944

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0472 SINGER

Mikael Rickfors

Born 1948

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0495 BANDLEADER

Palle Danielsson

Born 1946

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0518 POLITICIAN

Björn von Sydow

Born 1945

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0524 WRITER

Anna-Clara Tidholm

Born 1946

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0530 MATHEMATICIAN

Per Enflo

Born 1944

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0538 POLITICIAN

Ulf Adelsohn

Born 1941

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0547 ACTOR

Eddie Axberg

Born 1947

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0582 NOVELIST

Inger Frimansson

Born 1944

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0598 ACTOR

Johan Rabaeus

Born 1947

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0605 SINGER

Ola Håkansson

Born 1945

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0606 FILM

Solveig Nordlund

Born 1943

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0610 SKATER

Göran Claeson

Born 1945

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0622 ACTOR

Jörgen Lantz

Born 1943

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0628 BUSINESS

Jan Stenbeck

1942 - 2002

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0646 AUTHOR

Sam J. Lundwall

Born 1941

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0651 ACTOR

Chatarina Larsson

Born 1947

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0654 WRITER

Rose Lagercrantz

Born 1947

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0655 ACTOR

Claire Wikholm

Born 1944

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0680 WRITER

Birger Schlaug

Born 1949

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0685 POLITICIAN

Anne Wibble

1943 - 2000

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0687 SINGER

Evabritt Strandberg

Born 1943

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0692 MATHEMATICIAN

Björn Engquist

Born 1945

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0714 HISTORIAN

Ola Tunander

Born 1948

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0724 ACTOR

Anita Wall

Born 1940

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0739 MATHEMATICIAN

Anders Björner

Born 1947

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0785 ACTOR

Louise Edlind Friberg

Born 1946

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0787 POLITICIAN

Gert Fylking

Born 1945

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0802 SOCIOLOGIST

Richard Swedberg

Born 1948

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0813 POLITICIAN

Lennart Daléus

Born 1946

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0835 WRITER

Fam Ekman

Born 1946

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0849 HISTORIAN

Yvonne Hirdman

Born 1943

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0854 ACTOR

Stig Engström

Born 1942

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0904 PRIEST

Christina Odenberg

Born 1940

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0907 JOURNALIST

Magdalena Ribbing

1940 - 2017

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0910 ACTOR

Kari Sylwan

Born 1940

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0943 POLITICIAN

Göran Färm

Born 1949

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0947 ACTOR

Nina Lizell

Born 1944

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0970 AUTHOR

Jujja Wieslander

Born 1944

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0973 COMPOSER

Bengt Berger

Born 1942

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0985 SINGER

Kristina Hautala

Born 1948

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0986 PRIEST

Caroline Krook

Born 1944

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0998 FILM

Mats Arehn

Born 1946

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0999 POLITICIAN

Erik Åsbrink

Born 1947

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1012 ACTOR

Thomas Hellberg

Born 1941

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1022 ACTOR

Tomas Bolme

Born 1945

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1026 DIPLOMAT

Staffan de Mistura

Born 1947

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1055 SWIMMER

Jane Cederqvist

Born 1945

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1066 CINEMA

Jens Fischer

Born 1946

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1069 PROFESSOR

Daniel Tarschys

Born 1943

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1075 ACTOR

Jonas Bergström (actor)

Born 1946

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1080 AUTHOR

Inger Alfvén

Born 1940

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1092 HISTORIAN

Svante Lindqvist

Born 1948

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1093 POET

Juris Kronbergs

1946 - 2020

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1106 FOOTBALL

Tommy Söderberg

Born 1948

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1108 OPERA

Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö

Born 1942

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1109 ACTOR

Lis Nilheim

Born 1944

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1158 NOVELIST

Carola Hansson

Born 1942

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1161 NEUROSCIENTIST

Sten Grillner

Born 1941

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1162 ACTOR

Lena Bergman

Born 1943

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1178 WRITER

Linda Olsson

Born 1948

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1180 POLITICIAN

Mats Hellström

Born 1942

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1187 RESTAURATEUR

Leif Mannerström

Born 1940

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1188 PHYSICIAN

Karl-Henrik Robèrt

Born 1947

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1198 LAWYER

Sten Heckscher

Born 1942

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1210 LAWYER

Claes Borgström

1944 - 2020

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1233 ECONOMIST

Lars Calmfors

Born 1948

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1248 ACTOR

Monica Nordquist

1941 - 2017

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1253 WRITER

George Johansson

Born 1946

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1270 ACTOR

Ted Åström

Born 1945

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1273 POLITICIAN

Björn Rosengren

Born 1942

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1294 ENTREPRENEUR

Bertil Hult

Born 1941

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1300 ACTOR

Wallis Grahn

1945 - 2018

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1310 POLITICIAN

Martin Linton

Born 1944

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1330 ACTOR

Mia Benson

Born 1947

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1344 JOURNALIST

Tom Alandh

Born 1944

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1345 DRUMMER

Fredrik Norén

1941 - 2016

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1366 WRITER

Kjell Johansson (Schriftsteller)

Born 1941

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1367 NEUROSCIENTIST

Tomas Hökfelt

Born 1940

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1381 BUSINESS

Sven Hagströmer

Born 1943

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1411 PHOTOGRAPHER

Johanna Hald

Born 1945

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1421 JOURNALIST

Olle Wästberg

Born 1945

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1433 FENCER

Hans Jacobson

1947 - 1984

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1440 WRITER

Lars Klinting

1948 - 2006

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1441 ACTOR

Rolf Skoglund

Born 1940

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1450 DRUMMER

Rune Carlsson

1940 - 2013

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1469 PSYCHIATRIST

Ulf Durling

Born 1940

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1490 POLITICIAN

Ann-Christin Nykvist

Born 1948

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1497 POET

Tobias Berggren

1940 - 2020

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1517 AUTHOR

John-Henri Holmberg

Born 1949

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1524 ACTOR

Ulf Brunnberg

Born 1947

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1537 CIVIL SERVANT

Björn Eriksson (civil servant)

Born 1945

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1550 ARTIST

Helena Hernmarck

Born 1941

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1561 WRITER

Richard Swartz

Born 1945

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1564 JOURNALIST

Annika Hagström

Born 1942

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1601 ACTOR

Niklas Ek

Born 1943

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1604 SKIPPER

Jörgen Sundelin

Born 1945

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1620 WRITER

Britt Arenander

Born 1941

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1622 WRITER

Health Consumer Powerhouse

Born 1947

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1632 MUSIC

Lasse Tennander

Born 1945

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1654 BANJOIST

Lars Edegran

Born 1944

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1661 WRITER

Johan Hagelbäck

Born 1946

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1727 ACTOR

Lil Terselius

Born 1944

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1732 ACTOR

Peder Falk

Born 1947

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1742 BIOCHEMIST

Jan-Åke Gustafsson

Born 1943

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1759 CHOREOGRAPHER

Jessica Iwanson

Born 1948

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1763 MUSIC

Marcus Österdahl

Born 1943

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1786 FILM

Solveig Hoogesteijn

Born 1946

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1794 FOOTBALL

Kenneth Ohlsson

Born 1948

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1834 FILM

Göran Nilsson (cinematographer)

1946 - 2012

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1840 PRIEST

Thomas Söderberg

Born 1948

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1863 WRITER

Anders Carlberg

1943 - 2013

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1867 ACTOR

Lilian Johansson

Born 1948

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1875 POLITICIAN

Henrik S. Järrel

Born 1948

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1888 WRITER

Harald Norbelie

1944 - 2015

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1894 PRESENTER

Ragnar Dahlberg

Born 1943

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1895 WRITER

Bengt Jangfeldt

Born 1948

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1915 ACTOR

Per Sandborgh

Born 1945

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1919 DANCER

Sonja Lund

Born 1942

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1951 WRITER

Peter Mosskin

Born 1945

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1955 MUSIC

Boris Lindqvist

1940 - 2017

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1958 ACTOR

Lars Green

Born 1944

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1979 DESIGNER

Margit Fischer

Born 1943

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2004 POLITICIAN

Bo Könberg

Born 1945

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2009 BUSINESS

Tord Magnuson

Born 1941

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2014 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jens S. Jensen

1946 - 2015

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2018 ASTRONOMER

Hans Rickman

Born 1949

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2019 ACTOR

Irene Lindh

Born 1945

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2023 WRITER

Tomas Wieslander

1940 - 1996

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2041 POLITICIAN

Anitra Steen

Born 1949

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2043 JAVELIN THROWER

Terje Thorslund

Born 1945

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2075 PHOTOGRAPHER

Kirsten Klein

Born 1945

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2079 SINGER

Mikael Ramel

Born 1949

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2084 DRIVER

Kalle Grundel

Born 1948

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2087 JOURNALIST

Claes Elfsberg

Born 1948

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2094 ENGINEER

Sven Grahn

Born 1946

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2110 WRITER

Patrick Boman

Born 1948

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2133 ACTOR

Pale Olofsson

Born 1947

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2135 SCIENTIST

Anders Gullberg

Born 1947

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2136 COMMANDER

Ulf Henricsson

Born 1942

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2151 PAINTER

John-Erik Franzén

Born 1942

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2152 ACTOR

Thomas Oredsson

Born 1946

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2178 ACTOR

Barbro Oborg

Born 1941

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2190 SINGER

Annica Risberg

Born 1941

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2194 ARTIST

Marianne Lindberg De Geer

Born 1946

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2222 ARCHITECT

Jan Utzon

Born 1944

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2241 BASKET

Rolf Johansson

Born 1944

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2248 SINGER

Mats Rådberg

1948 - 2020

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2257 HOCKEY

Björn Palmqvist

Born 1944

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2267 RACER

Anders Michanek

Born 1943

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2298 ASTRONOMER

Marie Rådbo

Born 1946

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2331 BUSINESS

Göran Tunhammar

Born 1946

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2343 ACTOR

Agneta Ehrensvärd

Born 1949

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2345 SINGER

Titti Sjöblom

Born 1949

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2346 COACH

Leif Boork

Born 1949

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2354 ACTOR

Gunilla Olsson

Born 1943

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2360 FILMREGISSÖR

Staffan Hildebrand

Born 1946

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2365 SINGER

Ulla Jones

Born 1946

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2392 ENGINEER

Marcus Storch

Born 1942

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2401 POLITICIAN

Carl Cederschiöld

Born 1945

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2440 FOOTBALL

Dan Brzokoupil

Born 1947

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2465 OPERA

Kirsten Vaupel

Born 1944

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2469 WRITER

Lena Landström

Born 1943

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2473 JOURNALIST

Christina Jutterström

Born 1940

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2475 PAINTER

Ulla Engeberg Killias

1945 - 1995

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2495 ACTOR

Carl Carlswärd

Born 1949

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2504 PHYSICIST

Dan-Olof Riska

Born 1944

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2514 ARTIST

Kjell Engman

Born 1946

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2575 WRITER

Staffan Söderblom (författare)

Born 1947

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2604 MUSIC

Anders F. Rönnblom

Born 1946

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2608 ACTOR

Sten Wahlund

1940 - 2011

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2620 ACTOR

Stefan Ekman

Born 1944

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2627 POLITICIAN

Gunnar Lund

Born 1947

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2630 PRINCE

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess in Bavaria

Born 1940

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2640 COSTUME DESIGNER

Karin Erskine

Born 1945

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2666 ATHLETIC

Jan Dahlgren

Born 1947

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2695 ATHLETIC

Lars Haglund

Born 1940

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2768 ILLUSTRATOR

Ann-Madeleine Gelotte

1940 - 2002

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2772 SCULPTOR

Thomas Qvarsebo

Born 1947

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2776 ACTOR

Thomas Ungewitter

1944 - 2007

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2784 WRITER

Rickard Fuchs

Born 1946

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2785 POET

Rolf Aggestam

Born 1941

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2805 WRITER

Margareta Garpe

Born 1944

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2821 ARTIST

Curt Hillfon

1943 - 2018

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2825 HOCKEY

Anders Parmström

Born 1942

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2832 ACTOR

Christer Flodin

1948 - 2018

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2852 COMPOSER

Rachel Galinne

Born 1949

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2868 TEACHER

Gian Giacomo Migone

Born 1940

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2876 ACTOR

Jan Holmquist

Born 1947

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2887 SCREENWRITER

Eva Wikander

1947 - 2002

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2891 ACTOR

Carl-Ivar Nilsson

1940 - 2004

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2913 ILLUSTRATOR

Mati Lepp

Born 1947

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2928 CANOE

Bernt Lindelöf

Born 1945

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2934 SINGER

Gösta Linderholm

Born 1941

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2941 PHOTOGRAPHER

Anja Notini

1940 - 2018

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2972 CURLER

Kjell Oscarius

Born 1943

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2973 CINEMA

Bengt Widell

Born 1949

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2994 PUBLISHER

Lena Tabori

Born 1944

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3007 ACTOR

Krister Broberg

Born 1941

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3011 ACTOR

Lennie Norman

Born 1948

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3028 PSYCHIATRIST

Tomas Böhm

1945 - 2013

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3035 SWIMMER

Lester Eriksson

Born 1942

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3036 MATHEMATICIAN

Tudor Zamfirescu

Born 1944

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3055 WRITER

Peter Kreisky

1944 - 2010

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3057 SKI

Ulf Kvendbo

Born 1948

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3058 COMPOSER

Staffan Percy

Born 1946

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3062 PHOTOGRAPHER

Lars Epstein

Born 1941

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3064 WRITER

Peter Cornell

Born 1942

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3089 ACTOR

Christer Söderlund

1942 - 2014

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3091 WRITER

Börge Ring

Born 1946

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3095 DESIGNER

HC Ericson

1945 - 2012

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3109 MUSIC

Anders Melander

Born 1948

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3115 TRANSLATOR

Joachim Siöcrona

Born 1943

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3137 WRITER

Jan Mosander

Born 1944

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3139 COMPOSER

Catherine Christer Hennix

Born 1948

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3146 SINGER

Tonny Lindberg

1944 - 2019

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3150 ARCHITECT

Aleksander Wolodarski

Born 1944

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3155 POLITICIAN

Helena Bargholtz

Born 1942

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3171 POLITICIAN

Mats Hulth

Born 1946

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3184 JOURNALIST

Jonas Hallberg

Born 1944

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3195 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Peter Wallensteen

Born 1945

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3206 PENSIONERAD

Christer van der Kwast

Born 1944

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3209 MISSING

Bo Munthe

1943 - 2018

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3216 ACTOR

Gunnar Ernblad

Born 1946

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3236 POLITICIAN

Monica Andersson

Born 1948

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3244 PAINTER

Björn Ståbi

Born 1940

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3247 ACTOR

Ulf Isenborg

Born 1946

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3260 ACTOR

Lars Haldenberg

1941 - 2018

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3270 ARCHITECT

Hedvig Hedqvist

Born 1940

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3295 SCREENWRITER

Hans Dahlman

Born 1943

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3296 WRITER

Cecilia Sidenbladh

Born 1947

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3300 ACTOR

Ulla Bergryd

1942 - 2015

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3306 LIBRARIAN

Tomas Lidman

Born 1948

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3312 SON

Mikael Ekman (regissör)

Born 1943

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3325 JOURNALIST

Olle Stenholm

1942 - 2007

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3333 ACTOR

Lars Hansson

Born 1945

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3346 PSYCHIATRIST

Iréne Matthis

Born 1940

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3351 DIPLOMAT

Frank Belfrage

Born 1942

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3365 PROFESSOR

Göran Dahlbäck

1941 - 2017

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3366 JOURNALIST

Lars Ryding

Born 1947

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3387 CONSUL

Barbro Sachs-Osher

Born 1940

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3400 SINGER

Torkel Rasmusson

Born 1941

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3401 WRITER

Elisabeth Sandberg

1940 - 1997

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3403 ACTOR

Christer Fjellström

Born 1948

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3407 ACTOR

Tom Deutgen

1942 - 2006

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3424 TRANSLATOR

Veronica Schildt Bendjelloul

Born 1944

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3443 WRITER

Peter Curman

Born 1941

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3466 ACTOR

Olle Pettersson (skådespelare)

Born 1944

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3480 PILOTE DE RALLYES

Bruno Berglund

Born 1947

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3482 ACTOR

Monica Stenbeck

Born 1940

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3502 ACTOR

Stefan Böhm

Born 1942

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3503 BARNLÄKARE

Gunilla Hedlin

Born 1948

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3524 POLITICIAN

Per Lennart Aae

Born 1940

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3598 ARTIST

Maria Hillfon

Born 1945

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3614 ARTIST

Margareta Hennix

Born 1941

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3615 SKATER

Thomas Callerud

Born 1949

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3622 WRITER

Bo Sehlberg

1944 - 2004

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3637 FOOTBALL

Björn Westerberg

1945 - 2014

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3664 DIPLOMAT

Jonas Hafström

Born 1948

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3667 PROFESSOR

Ove Bring

Born 1943

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3698 SCREENWRITER

Göran Gunér

1943 - 2016

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3710 ACTOR

Sven Almgren (barnskådespelare)

Born 1944

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3730 SWIMMER

Elisabeth Ljunggren

Born 1948

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3762 ARTIST

Nane Annan

Born 1944

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3763 WRITER

Gun-Britt Sundström

Born 1945

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3769 WRITER

Göran Engström (författare)

1946 - 2016

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3770 ENTREPRENÖR

Johan Holmsäter

Born 1947

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3777 LAWYER

Ann-Kristin Olsen

Born 1945

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3803 ACTOR

Solveig Faringer

Born 1945

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3846 WRITER

Björn Holm (författare)

Born 1946

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