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UPPSALA

Most Famous People Born in Uppsala, Sweden

Notable people
949
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1924
Most distinctive
Ämbetsman 45.7×

Sweden's oldest university town, and it shows in every visible metric. The Translator bench runs at better than fourteen times the global baseline — the Enlightenment habit of classifying, translating and dissecting the world, handed down from Linnaeus's lecture halls — and the thick Professor, Physician and Artist depth is the same campus in its modern guise.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Uppsala during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 83 notable births.

What Uppsala Is Known For

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Actor is Uppsala's biggest profession — 8% of all notables (73).

Uppsala over-indexes on ämbetsman45.7× the global rate.

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

  1. Actor73
  2. Writer59
  3. Politician49
  4. Painter41
  5. Artist37
  6. Hockey34
  7. Football30
  8. Physician25
  1. Ämbetsman1045.7×
  2. Translator1214.3×
  3. Professor103.8×
  4. Physician253.8×
  5. Artist373.8×
  6. Hockey343.0×
  7. Architect192.3×
  8. Diplomat122.2×
  1. Football300.3×
  2. Politician490.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Uppsala's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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  • Art & Design
  • Science
  • Film & TV
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
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Showing 73 of 949 notable people

0018 ACTOR

Lars Ekborg

1926 - 1969

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0020 ACTOR

Emily Baldoni

Born 1984

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0036 ACTOR

Angela Kovács

Born 1964

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0037 ACTOR

Lisa Werlinder

Born 1972

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0045 ACTOR

Tehilla Blad

Born 1995

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0047 ACTOR

Hillevi Rombin

1933 - 1996

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0055 ACTOR

Jan Ohlsson

Born 1962

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0057 ACTOR

Maria Sundbom

Born 1975

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0063 ACTOR

Alexander Karim

Born 1976

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0086 ACTOR

Björn Bjelfvenstam

Born 1929

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0102 ACTOR

Georg Funkquist

1900 - 1986

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0109 ACTOR

Eva Rexed

Born 1975

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0127 ACTOR

Ove Tjernberg

1928 - 2001

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0135 ACTOR

Sam Kessel

Born 1989

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0138 ACTOR

Anja Lundqvist

Born 1971

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0149 ACTOR

Birgitta Pettersson

Born 1939

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0152 ACTOR

Karl-Arne Holmsten

1911 - 1995

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0184 ACTOR

Bo Brundin

Born 1937

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0208 ACTOR

Yankho Kamwendo

Born 1978

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0243 ACTOR

Erik Ahrnbom

Born 1967

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0275 ACTOR

Pär Ericson

1941 - 1999

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0293 ACTOR

Doris Funcke

1942 - 2020

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0295 ACTOR

Eric Donell

Born 1967

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0305 ACTOR

Maria Franck

1769 - 1847

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0311 ACTOR

Anette Skåhlberg

Born 1964

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0314 ACTOR

Moltas Erikson

1932 - 1988

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0320 ACTOR

Susanne Barklund

Born 1957

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0331 ACTOR

Sven Angleflod

Born 1961

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0334 ACTOR

Dick Eriksson

Born 1960

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0353 ACTOR

Per Graffman

Born 1962

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0358 ACTOR

Knut Nyblom

1870 - 1949

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0374 ACTOR

Henrik Dyfverman

1912 - 1998

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0399 ACTOR

Barbro Enberg

Born 1943

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0404 ACTOR

Marianne Hedengrahn

Born 1941

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0407 ACTOR

Rune Ek

Born 1929

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0419 ACTOR

Signe Kolthoff

1881 - 1961

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0433 ACTOR

Thérèse Brunnander

Born 1963

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0461 ACTOR

Kerstin Hellström

1950 - 2014

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0466 ACTOR

Sven Nyblom

1868 - 1931

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0480 ACTOR

Mikael Strandberg (skådespelare)

1954 - 2000

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0485 ACTOR

Carl Browallius

1868 - 1944

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0486 ACTOR

Jonas Hellman-Driessen

Born 1978

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0498 ACTOR

Hanna Landing

1931 - 2016

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0508 ACTOR

Cecilia Bergqvist

Born 1973

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0522 ACTOR

Sven Björkman

1916 - 1967

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0532 ACTOR

Stina von Sydow

Born 1957

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0547 ACTOR

Karin Ygberg

1906 - 2004

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0550 ACTOR

Axel Lagerberg

1885 - 1964

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0560 ACTOR

Martin Sundbom

Born 1971

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0568 ACTOR

Karl-Arne Bergman

1918 - 1974

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0572 ACTOR

Angelica Rubertson

Born 1964

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0610 ACTOR

Walter Norman

Born 1937

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0611 ACTOR

Olof Eklund

1931 - 1978

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0621 ACTOR

Petter Billengren

Born 1969

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0624 ACTOR

Michael Petersson (skådespelare)

Born 1962

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0647 ACTOR

Anne Blomberg

Born 1927

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0652 ACTOR

Blenda Bruno

1911 - 1998

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0655 ACTOR

Kjell-Hugo Grandin

Born 1941

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0656 ACTOR

Tomas Johansson (barnskådespelare)

Born 1951

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0674 ACTOR

Anders Borgny

Born 1958

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0694 ACTOR

Sören Hagdahl

1949 - 1996

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0695 ACTOR

Gunilla Ehrenmark

1893 - 1957

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0714 ACTOR

Maria Johnson

Born 1965

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0743 ACTOR

An-Marie Ekfeldt

Born 1944

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0764 ACTOR

Mauritz Ludvig Fröberg

1851 - 1907

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0768 ACTOR

Barbro Nordin

1923 - 1999

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0777 ACTOR

Kerstin Nilsson (skådespelare)

1933 - 2015

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0826 ACTOR

Märta Ottoson

1897 - 1974

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0850 ACTOR

Kurt Willbing

1924 - 1983

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0855 ACTOR

Sven Psilander

1919 - 2008

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0857 ACTOR

Per Öhagen

Born 1976

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0862 ACTOR

Ernst Marcusson

1894 - 1964

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0879 ACTOR

Johan Jacob Fahlgren

1786 - 1848

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