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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  • Sports
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
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Showing 403 of 8,031 notable people

4542 ARTIST

Ola Pehrson

1964 - 2006

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4543 WRITER

Rolf Almström

Born 1961

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4553 SEKRETERARE

Johan Strid

Born 1969

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4570 ACTOR

Anna Lindén

Born 1967

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4614 ATHLETE

Martin Lamprecht

Born 1963

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4629 ACTOR

Gunilla Paulsen

Born 1965

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4633 ACTOR

Paula Nielsen

Born 1967

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4660 ACTOR

Jesper Bergom-Larsson

Born 1961

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4792 AKTIVIST

Pye Jakobsson

Born 1968

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4814 BOXER

Lena Åkesson

Born 1967

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4964 ACTOR

Maria Granlund

Born 1960

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4979 JOURNALIST

Johan Westerholm

Born 1962

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4986 ACTOR

Hakim Jakobsson

Born 1969

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5050 SPORT

Daniel Westermark

Born 1963

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5065 HOCKEY

Mats Lindberg

Born 1967

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5072 HOCKEY

Tomaz Eriksson

Born 1967

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5080 CANOE

Peter Liljedahl

Born 1967

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5091 ACTOR

Matz Hasselbom

Born 1961

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5099 SCREENWRITER

Mårten Skogman

Born 1967

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5165 THEATRE

Thomas J. Jelinek

Born 1964

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5235 ACTOR

Anna Carlsten (född 1966)

Born 1966

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5379 SUMO

Carl Thunberg

Born 1965

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5411 ACTOR

Johan Paulsen

Born 1963

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5437 VD

Jon Karlung

Born 1964

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5466 ACTOR

Ulrica Örn

Born 1966

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5472 ACTOR

Bernt Östman

Born 1962

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5477 RESEARCH

Viggo Kann

Born 1964

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5489 WRITER

Anna Gable

Born 1961

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5575 WRITER

Åke Persson (författare)

Born 1962

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5597 ACTOR

Kelly Tainton

Born 1968

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5602 PLAYER

Conny Falk

Born 1966

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5629 DESIGNER

Pia Törnell

Born 1963

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5671 PRIEST

Kanja Odland

Born 1963

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5672 WRITER

Kerstin Perski

Born 1960

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5674 PRODUCENT

Johanna Hermann Lundberg

Born 1964

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5715 FENCER

Ulf Sandegren

Born 1964

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5788 ARCHITECT

Maria Dahlin

1964 - 1985

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5797 ARTIST

Meta Isæus-Berlin

Born 1963

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5831 BUSINESS

Jan Frykhammar

Born 1965

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5860 ACTOR

Johan Wikström

Born 1968

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5866 ARTIST

Marcus Nyblom

Born 1968

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5867 COMPOSER

Ylva Bentancor

Born 1967

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5879 FILM

Karl Fredrik Ulfung

Born 1966

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5915 WRITER

Jon Jefferson Klingberg

Born 1968

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5935 GUITAR

Per Aldeheim

Born 1966

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5974 ACTOR

Maria Dehnisch

Born 1964

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5984 ACTOR

Dan Pettersson

Born 1963

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6015 CONDUCTOR

Stefan Karpe

Born 1962

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6065 FENCER

Peter Åkerberg

Born 1960

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6075 SWIMMER

Annelie Holmström

Born 1964

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6078 POLITICIAN

Dag Larsson (politiker)

Born 1960

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6099 FILM

Tony Krantz

Born 1965

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6123 JOURNALIST

Malin Jacobson Båth

Born 1966

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6144 ARCHITECT

Pål Ross

Born 1961

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6172 POLITICIAN

Mikael Söderlund

Born 1965

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6174 FENCER

Per Täckenström

Born 1963

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6175 ROWER

Tommy Österlund

Born 1966

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6182 ACADEMIC

Björn Ottersten

Born 1961

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6184 ROWER

Annelie Larsson

Born 1964

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6240 ARTIST

Joachim Granit

Born 1960

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6263 SONGWRITER

Niklas Bergqvist

Born 1962

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6309 SWIMMER

Ylva Persson (swimmer)

Born 1960

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6323 FENCER

Greger Forslöw

Born 1961

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6357 SWIMMER

Petra Hildér

Born 1967

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6369 ACTOR

Marika Strand

Born 1963

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6414 ACTOR

Peter Järn

Born 1965

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6498 RYTTARE

Anna Hassö

Born 1964

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6505 WRITER

Carl Fredrik Holtermann

Born 1965

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6519 PRODUCENT

Pernilla Eskilsdotter

Born 1967

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6533 PLAYER

Peter Lindgren (tennis)

Born 1964

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6541 POLITICIAN

Björn Ljung

Born 1962

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6556 CHEMIST

Lena Nordlund

Born 1962

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6636 SPORT

Jörgen Kruse

Born 1967

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6652 SPORT

Anders Hellqvist

Born 1963

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6671 SCULPTOR

Anna Tegeström Wolgers

Born 1960

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6679 SPORT

Rolf Åkerström

Born 1960

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6697 ACTOR

Johan Edholm

Born 1961

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6711 SPORT

Lennart Westermark

Born 1965

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6724 ACTOR

Marta Oldenburg

Born 1962

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6769 BUSINESS

Anna Malmhake

Born 1966

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6846 JOURNALIST

Olof Engvall

Born 1968

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6871 FOOTBALL

Joacim Sjöström

Born 1964

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6911 PROFESSOR

Agneta Herlitz

Born 1962

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6929 DIPLOMAT

Pär Ahlberger

Born 1962

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6934 ORGANIST

Sara Michelin

Born 1968

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6941 FOOTBALL

Leif Strandh

Born 1967

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6963 WRITER

Peter Oljelund

Born 1960

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6980 SCREENWRITER

Agneta Wallin

Born 1967

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6986 MUSIC

Henrik Brodin

Born 1964

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6993 FOOTBALL

Glenn Rönnberg

Born 1961

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6995 FOOTBALL

Robert Veronese

Born 1963

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7015 WRITER

Allan Klynne

Born 1965

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7037 WRITER

Ann-Marie Tung

Born 1968

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7074 PHYSICIAN

Catharina Larsson

Born 1961

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7075 POLITICIAN

Malin Appelgren

Born 1969

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7101 MUSIC

Jens-Christoph Lemke

Born 1960

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7111 ACTOR

Micke Klingvall

Born 1961

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7158 SCULPTOR

Rikard Fåhraeus

Born 1968

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7212 ARTIST

Magnus Hedman (konstnär)

Born 1967

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7339 ARTIST

Ann-Charlott Fornhed

Born 1965

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7542 SILVERSMITH

Örjan Molander

Born 1961

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7610 ARTIST

Ylva Lundin Andersson

Born 1964

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7680 KLUBB

Leif Nilsson (innebandyspelare)

Born 1966

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