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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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Stockholm during each.

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 draughtswoman25.2× the global rate.

Stockholm under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Actor1,214
  2. Painter578
  3. Writer489
  4. Artist404
  5. Politician401
  6. Hockey256
  7. Football235
  8. Architect230
  1. Draughtswoman9625.2×
  2. Artist4044.9×
  3. Architect2303.2×
  4. Actor1,2142.8×
  5. Painter5782.7×
  6. Hockey2562.7×
  7. Swimmer802.1×
  8. Sculptor1042.0×
  1. Football2350.3×
  2. Politician4010.4×

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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8,031 notable people

0601 COMPOSER

Ulf Peder Olrog

1919 - 1972

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0602 TRUMPET

Rolf Ericson

1922 - 1997

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0603 ECONOMIST

Ivar Rooth

1888 - 1972

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0604 ACTOR

Per Myrberg

Born 1933

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0605 SINGER

Ola Håkansson

Born 1945

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0606 FILM

Solveig Nordlund

Born 1943

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0607 ACTOR

Suzanne Reuter

Born 1952

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0608 FOOTBALL

Philip Haglund

Born 1987

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0609 ACTOR

Rune Carlsten

1890 - 1970

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0610 SKATER

Göran Claeson

Born 1945

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0611 ECONOMIST

Torsten Persson

Born 1954

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0612 COMPOSER

Sven-Erik Bäck

1919 - 1994

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0613 WRITER

Karin Smirnov

1880 - 1973

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0614 ARTIST

Anna Palm de Rosa

1859 - 1924

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0615 POLITICIAN

Anna Whitlock

1852 - 1930

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0616 HOCKEY

Douglas Murray (ice hockey)

Born 1980

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0617 PAINTER

Jockum Nordström

Born 1963

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0618 ZOOLOGIST

Sven Ludvig Lovén

1809 - 1895

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0619 HOCKEY

Tommy Albelin

Born 1964

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0620 ACTOR

Elisabeth Olin

1740 - 1828

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0621 ACTOR

Ulla Sallert

1923 - 2018

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0622 ACTOR

Jörgen Lantz

Born 1943

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0623 FILM

Ester Martin Bergsmark

Born 1982

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0624 PSYCHOLOGIST

Lisbeth Palme

1931 - 2018

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0625 ACTOR

Tilde Fröling

Born 1980

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0626 PLAYER

Rebecca Peterson

Born 1995

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0627 ACTOR

Anna Larsson (singer)

Born 1966

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0628 BUSINESS

Jan Stenbeck

1942 - 2002

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0629 ACTOR

Inga Ålenius

1938 - 2017

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0630 WRITER

Sven Wernström

1925 - 2018

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0631 ACTOR

Ingvar Hirdwall

Born 1934

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0632 FILM

Mia Engberg

Born 1970

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0633 WRITER

Eva Moberg (writer)

1932 - 2011

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0634 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Oscar Almgren

1869 - 1945

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0635 MUSIC

Anders Nyström

Born 1975

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0636 HOCKEY

Jacob Josefson

Born 1991

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0637 POLITICIAN

Frederick William von Hessenstein

1735 - 1808

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0638 WRESTLER

Martin Lidberg

Born 1973

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0639 ACTOR

Åke Grönberg

1914 - 1969

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0640 HOCKEY

Mika Hannula

Born 1979

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0641 AUTHOR

Egron Lundgren

1815 - 1875

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0642 HOCKEY

Niclas Hävelid

Born 1973

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0643 WRITER

Frida Stéenhoff

1865 - 1945

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0644 COMPOSER

Jules Sylvain

1900 - 1968

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0645 ACTOR

Måns Nathanaelson

Born 1976

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0646 AUTHOR

Sam J. Lundwall

Born 1941

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0647 JOURNALIST

Åke Ortmark

1929 - 2018

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0648 SKATER

Åke Seyffarth

1919 - 1998

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0649 SINGER

Anna Book

Born 1970

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0650 THEOLOGIAN

Krister Stendahl

1921 - 2008

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0651 ACTOR

Chatarina Larsson

Born 1947

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0652 FOOTBALL

Gabriel Özkan

Born 1986

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0653 ATHLETIC

Arne Ljungqvist

Born 1931

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0654 WRITER

Rose Lagercrantz

Born 1947

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0655 ACTOR

Claire Wikholm

Born 1944

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0656 AUTHOR

Åke Hodell

1919 - 2000

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0657 FILM

Stig Björkman

Born 1938

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0658 ACTOR

Eva Axén

Born 1954

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0659 HOCKEY

Rickard Wallin

Born 1980

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0660 FILM

Hampe Faustman

1919 - 1961

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0661 HOCKEY

Pontus Åberg

Born 1993

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0662 HANDBALL

Katja Nyberg

Born 1979

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0663 FOOTBALL

Philip Hellquist

Born 1991

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0664 COUNTESS

Anna of Sweden (1545–1610)

1545 - 1610

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0665 PAINTER

Gustaf Fjæstad

1868 - 1948

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0666 JUMPER

Åge Lundström

1890 - 1975

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0667 SINGER

Dhani Lennevald

Born 1984

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0668 FOOTBALL

Felix Beijmo

Born 1998

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0669 ARCHITECT

Paul Hedqvist

1895 - 1977

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0670 HOCKEY

Dick Axelsson

Born 1987

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0671 ACTOR

Lena T. Hansson

Born 1955

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0672 PAINTER

Jeanna Bauck

1840 - 1926

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0673 SINGER

Tomas Andersson Wij

Born 1972

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0674 RIDER

Henri Saint Cyr

1902 - 1979

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0675 WRITER

Anna Höglund

Born 1958

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0676 COMPOSER

Gustaf Düben

1628 - 1690

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0677 ACTOR

Pauline Brunius

1881 - 1954

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0678 FILM

Göran Gentele

1917 - 1972

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0679 SINGER

Stefan Sundström

Born 1960

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0680 WRITER

Birger Schlaug

Born 1949

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0681 ACTOR

Maria Langhammer

Born 1962

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0682 NATURALIST

Gustaf von Paykull

1757 - 1826

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0683 SINGER

Léon (Swedish singer)

Born 1994

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0684 SINGER

Kerstin Meyer

1928 - 2020

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0685 POLITICIAN

Anne Wibble

1943 - 2000

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0686 PIANIST

Rasmus Faber

Born 1979

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0687 SINGER

Evabritt Strandberg

Born 1943

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0688 PAINTER

Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl

1666 - 1729

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0689 ACTOR

Tore Svennberg

1858 - 1941

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0690 SINGER

Pernilla Andersson

Born 1974

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0691 HOCKEY

Nils Ekman

Born 1976

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0692 MATHEMATICIAN

Björn Engquist

Born 1945

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0693 SINGER

Catarina Ligendza

Born 1937

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0694 ENTOMOLOGIST

René Malaise

1892 - 1978

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0695 POLITICIAN

Nils Bielke

1644 - 1716

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0696 BANK

Jacob Wallenberg (1892–1980)

1892 - 1980

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0697 PHILOSOPHER

Ingemar Hedenius

1908 - 1981

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0698 DIVER

Erik Adlerz

1892 - 1975

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0699 COMPOSER

Bengt Hambraeus

1928 - 2000

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0700 FOOTBALL

Sotirios Papagiannopoulos

Born 1990

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0701 HOCKEY

Charles Berglund

Born 1965

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0702 FOOTBALL

Pontus Segerström

1981 - 2014

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0703 ENTREPRENEUR

Jacob Wallenberg

Born 1956

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0704 ACTOR

Maud Hansson

1937 - 2020

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0705 COMPOSER

Ulf Björlin

1933 - 1993

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0706 PAINTER

Fredric Westin

1782 - 1862

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0707 OPERA

John Forsell

1868 - 1941

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0708 SKIER

Erik Elmsäter

1919 - 2006

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0709 POLITICIAN

Ulf Dinkelspiel

1939 - 2017

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0710 ILLUSTRATOR

Stina Wirsén

Born 1968

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0711 LINGUIST

Helene Uri

Born 1964

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0712 ATHLETIC

Henrik Sjöberg

1875 - 1905

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0713 SINGER

Anton Ewald

Born 1993

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0714 HISTORIAN

Ola Tunander

Born 1948

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0715 ACTOR

Inga Gill

1925 - 2000

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0716 DANCER

Christian Johansson

1817 - 1903

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0717 BOTANIST

Carl Fredrik Nyman

1820 - 1893

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0718 PAINTER

Hugo Birger

1854 - 1887

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0719 MATHEMATICIAN

Dag Prawitz

Born 1936

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0720 MUSIC

Svante Henryson

Born 1963

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0721 PSYCHOLOGIST

John Landquist

1881 - 1974

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0722 JOURNALIST

Hinke Bergegren

1861 - 1936

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0723 POLITICIAN

Anna Lindhagen

1870 - 1941

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0724 ACTOR

Anita Wall

Born 1940

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0725 FILM

Mikael Marcimain

Born 1970

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0726 FILM

Peter Schildt

Born 1951

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0727 HOCKEY

Niklas Sundblad

Born 1973

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0728 PLAYWRIGHT

Ragnar Josephson

1891 - 1966

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0729 PAINTER

Eric Grate

1896 - 1983

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0730 WRITER

Elisabeth Rynell

Born 1954

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0731 PAINTER

Julia Beck

1853 - 1935

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0732 HISTORIAN

Gustaf Adlerfelt

1671 - 1709

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0733 HOCKEY

Danijela Rundqvist

Born 1984

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0734 WRITER

Henrik Schück

1855 - 1947

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0735 JOINER

Georg Haupt

1741 - 1784

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0736 FOOTBALL

Lee Baxter

Born 1976

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0737 THEATRE

Per Lindberg

1890 - 1944

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0738 POLITICIAN

Robert Themptander

1844 - 1897

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0739 MATHEMATICIAN

Anders Björner

Born 1947

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0740 CURLER

Eva Lund

Born 1971

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0741 WRITER

Moni Nilsson-Brännström

Born 1955

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0742 THEOLOGIAN

Geo Widengren

1907 - 1996

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0743 WRITER

Anders Fager

Born 1964

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0744 COMPOSER

Matti Bye

Born 1966

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0745 INVENTOR

Simone Giertz

Born 1990

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0746 INCARCERATED

Annika Östberg

Born 1954

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0747 HOCKEY

Roland Stoltz (ice hockey, born 1931)

1931 - 2001

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0748 BOTANIST

Johan Albert Constantin Löfgren

1854 - 1918

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0749 FOOTBALL

Björn Runström

Born 1984

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0750 ARISTOCRAT

Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland

1852 - 1854

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0751 DRAMA

Frans Hedberg

1828 - 1908

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0752 ARCHITECT

Fredrik Lilljekvist

1863 - 1932

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0753 WRITER

Martin Koch (novelist)

1882 - 1940

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0754 ACTOR

Tom Ljungman

Born 1991

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0755 OFFICER

Hans Wachtmeister

1641 - 1714

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0756 ACTOR

Marianne Löfgren

1910 - 1957

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0757 ACTOR

Rolf Sohlman

Born 1954

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0758 ACTOR

Nils Hallberg

1921 - 2010

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0759 ACTOR

Thomas Hanzon

Born 1962

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0760 HOCKEY

Oliver Kylington

Born 1997

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0761 FOOTBALL

Kristin Bengtsson

Born 1970

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0762 HOCKEY

Henrik Karlsson

Born 1983

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0763 HOCKEY

Johan Garpenlöv

Born 1968

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0764 STAGE

Emilie Högquist

1812 - 1846

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0765 ACTOR

Gösta Prüzelius

1922 - 2000

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0766 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Starke Hedlund

Born 1995

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0767 SKIPPER

Pelle Petterson

Born 1932

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0768 POLITICIAN

Adolph Ribbing

1765 - 1843

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0769 JOURNALIST

Robert Aschberg

Born 1952

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0770 ACTOR

Margreth Weivers

Born 1926

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0771 PAINTER

Johan Pasch

1706 - 1769

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0772 WRITER

Karin Tidbeck

Born 1977

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0773 HISTORIAN

Fredrik Logevall

Born 1963

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0774 PAINTER

Maria Röhl

1801 - 1875

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0775 HOCKEY

Mattias Janmark-Nylén

Born 1992

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0776 POLITICIAN

Nils Flyg

1891 - 1943

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0777 PLAYER

Mikael Appelgren

Born 1961

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0778 PRIEST

Uno von Troil

1746 - 1803

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0779 HOCKEY

Patrik Nemeth

Born 1992

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0780 ARTIST

Astri Taube

1898 - 1980

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0781 SCHOLAR

Gustaf Nordenskiöld

1868 - 1895

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0782 COLLECTOR

Wilhelmina von Hallwyl

1844 - 1930

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0783 MUSIC

Bernt Rosengren

Born 1937

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0784 CURLER

Anna Hasselborg

Born 1989

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0785 ACTOR

Louise Edlind Friberg

Born 1946

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0786 POLITICIAN

Hanna Rydh

1891 - 1964

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0787 POLITICIAN

Gert Fylking

Born 1945

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0788 SCIENCE

Henning Hamilton

1814 - 1886

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0789 POLITICIAN

Gunnar Heckscher

1909 - 1987

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0790 CHESS

Folke Rogard

1899 - 1973

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0791 SCREENWRITER

Stefan Ahnhem

Born 1966

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0792 SINGER

Katarina Karnéus

Born 1965

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0793 HOCKEY

Kim Martin Hasson

Born 1986

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0794 ADMIRAL

Henrik Horn

1618 - 1693

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0795 ACTOR

Yvonne Lombard

Born 1929

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0796 PAINTER

Lorens Pasch the Younger

1733 - 1805

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0797 ECONOMIST

Erik Lundberg

1907 - 1987

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0798 CHEMIST

Carl Axel Arrhenius

1757 - 1824

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0799 SINGER

Harry Brandelius

1910 - 1994

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0800 RUNNER

Ernst Fast

1881 - 1959

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0801 PAINTER

Hugo Salmson

1843 - 1894

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0802 SOCIOLOGIST

Richard Swedberg

Born 1948

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0803 FOOTBALL

Erik Persson (footballer)

1909 - 1989

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0804 DIPLOMAT

Carl Bildt (1850–1931)

1850 - 1931

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0805 ATHLETIC

Bruno Söderström

1881 - 1969

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0806 CONSPIRACY

Magdalena Rudenschöld

1766 - 1823

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0807 POLITICIAN

Claes Rålamb

1622 - 1698

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0808 SINGER

Anders Ekborg

Born 1960

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0809 NOVELIST

Tore Zetterholm

1915 - 2001

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0810 WRITER

Sigge Eklund

Born 1974

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0811 JOURNALIST

Bo Holmström

1938 - 2017

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0812 PHYSICIST

Guy von Dardel

1919 - 2009

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0813 POLITICIAN

Lennart Daléus

Born 1946

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0814 COLLECTOR

Pierre Berès

1913 - 2008

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0815 ACTOR

Einar Hanson

1899 - 1927

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0816 SINGER

Sigrid Arnoldson

1861 - 1943

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0817 ACTOR

Johan Hedenberg

Born 1954

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0818 PAINTER

Ferdinand Fagerlin

1825 - 1907

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0819 FILM

Jan Halldoff

1939 - 2010

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0820 FOOTBALL

Sebastian Castro-Tello

Born 1987

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0821 FOOTBALL

Pauline Hammarlund

Born 1994

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0822 BASKET

Ludvig Håkanson

Born 1996

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0823 ENTREPRENEUR

Christina Piper

1673 - 1752

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0824 SPORT

Torsten Ullman

1908 - 1993

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0825 HOCKEY

Mats Waltin

Born 1953

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0826 HOCKEY

Fredrik Claesson

Born 1992

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0827 STATESMAN

Svante Stensson Sture

1517 - 1567

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0828 EDUCACIÓN

Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie

1723 - 1763

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0829 WRESTLER

Jimmy Lidberg

Born 1982

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0830 FOOTBALL

Mattias Moström

Born 1983

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0831 ACTOR

Katarina Ewerlöf

Born 1959

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0832 DIPLOMAT

Gustaf Löwenhielm

1771 - 1856

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0833 AUTHOR

Anna Branting

1855 - 1950

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0834 CHOREOGRAPHER

Carina Ari

1897 - 1970

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0835 WRITER

Fam Ekman

Born 1946

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0836 ACTOR

Jenny Hasselquist

1894 - 1978

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0837 MUSIC

Tommy Denander

Born 1968

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0838 PIANIST

Anders Eljas

Born 1953

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0839 ACADEMIC

Ergun Caner

Born 1966

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0840 ARCHITECT

Jean Eric Rehn

1717 - 1793

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0841 ACTOR

Stefan Sauk

Born 1955

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0842 MATHEMATICIAN

Hans Riesel

1929 - 2014

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0843 WRITER

Amelie Posse

1884 - 1957

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0844 PAINTER

Alfred Wahlberg

1834 - 1906

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0845 ACTOR

Elsa-Marianne von Rosen

1924 - 2014

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0846 PAINTER

Tyra Kleen

1874 - 1951

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0847 ACTOR

Olof Winnerstrand

1875 - 1956

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0848 JOURNALIST

Linda Skugge

Born 1973

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0849 HISTORIAN

Yvonne Hirdman

Born 1943

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0850 ACTOR

Mona Mårtenson

1902 - 1956

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0851 CINEMA

Rune Ericson

1924 - 2015

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0852 JOURNALIST

Alexandra Zazzi

Born 1966

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0853 LINGUIST

Tore Janson

Born 1936

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0854 ACTOR

Stig Engström

Born 1942

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0855 WRITER

Tora Dahl

1886 - 1982

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0856 MODEL

Kiki Håkansson

1929 - 2011

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0857 SINGER

Sofia Karlberg

Born 1996

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0858 ENGRAVER

Erik Lindberg

1873 - 1966

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0859 PAINTER

Karl Isakson

1878 - 1922

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0860 ECONOMIST

Lars Heikensten

Born 1950

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0861 ACTOR

Anders Lundin

Born 1958

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0862 ENTREPRENEUR

Johan Eliasch

Born 1962

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0863 POET

Margareta Ekström

Born 1930

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0864 ATHLETE

Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (pentathlete)

1899 - 1995

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0865 HANDBALL

Nathalie Hagman

Born 1991

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0866 MARSHAL

Simon Grundel-Helmfelt

1617 - 1677

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0867 METEOROLOGIST

Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson

1838 - 1925

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0868 HOCKEY

Andreas Engqvist

Born 1987

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0869 SCULPTOR

Liss Eriksson

1919 - 2000

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0870 COUNT

Johan Oxenstierna

1611 - 1657

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0871 DRIVER

Rickard Rydell

Born 1967

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0872 ACTOR

Gerda Lundequist

1871 - 1959

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0873 FOOTBALL

Rikard Norling

Born 1971

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0874 ACTOR

Naemi Briese

1908 - 1980

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0875 BASKET

Amanda Zahui B.

Born 1993

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0876 ARCHITECT

Erik Palmstedt

1741 - 1803

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0877 ART CRITIC

Lars Nittve

Born 1953

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0878 FILM

Erik Berglund

1887 - 1963

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0879 SINGER

Karin Branzell

1891 - 1974

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0880 INVENTOR

Fredrik Ljungström

1875 - 1964

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0881 ACTOR

John W. Brunius

1884 - 1937

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0882 HOCKEY

Linus Videll

Born 1985

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0883 WRITER

Erik Asklund

1908 - 1980

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0884 COMPOSER

Helmer Alexandersson

1886 - 1927

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0885 SINGER

Ellen Gulbranson

1863 - 1947

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0886 ACTOR

Tora Teje

1893 - 1970

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0887 MUSIC

Mange Schmidt

Born 1973

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0888 CHEMIST

Inga Fischer-Hjalmars

1918 - 2008

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0889 MUSIC

Joakim Svalberg

Born 1969

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0890 SKIER

Janette Hargin

Born 1977

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0891 ACTOR

Gideon Wahlberg

1890 - 1948

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0892 FOOTBALL

Tomas Antonelius

Born 1973

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0893 ACTOR

Görel Crona

Born 1959

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0894 CHEMIST

Pehr Victor Edman

1916 - 1977

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0895 SINGER

Patrik Isaksson (singer)

Born 1972

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0896 HOCKEY

Thomas Eriksson (ice hockey)

Born 1959

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0897 ECONOMIST

Mårten Palme

Born 1961

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0898 PAINTER

Niclas Lafrensen

1737 - 1807

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0899 FENCER

Sven Thofelt

1904 - 1993

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0900 WRITER

Daniel Dencik

Born 1972

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