Swedish-language surnames

Johansson is a patronymic family name of Swedish origin meaning "son of Johan", or ''"Johan's son"''. It is the most common Swedish family name, followed by Andersson. (First 18 surnames ends -sson.) The Danish, Norwegian, German and Dutch variant is Johansen, while the most common spelling in the US is Johnson. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon given name.

Petersen is a common Danish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". There are other spellings. Petersen may refer to:

Thunberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Andersson is a Swedish language surname, a form of the surname Anderson. Andersson is, if several spelling variants are included, the most common surname in Sweden. Andersson means "Anders's son" or "Andrew's son". Notable people with the surname include:

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Skarsgård () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Forsberg is a Swedish-language surname.

Svensson (also Svenson and anglicised Swensson, Swenson, Swinson or Swanson) is the ninth most common Swedish family name, there are about 88,000 residents in Sweden with the name in the population register. The name is originally a patronymic surname, literally meaning "son of Sven", or "Sven's son". Sven (in Danish and Norwegian also Svend and in Norwegian also "Svein") is a Nordic first name which is used throughout Scandinavia, Estonia and Germany. The name itself is Old Norse for "Young man" or "Young warrior."

Holmberg is a Swedish surname formed from the words holm(e) meaning islet and berg meaning mountain. It is a relatively common name, at least in Sweden, which has to do with the fact that many Swedish place names contain the suffixes -holm, -holmen or -berg, -berga, -berget. Notable people with the surname include:

Lindgren is a surname.

Karlsson is a Scandinavian patronymic surname meaning "son of Karl" or "Karl's son". It is one of the most common surnames in Sweden and has a number of alternative spellings. Apart from Karlsson, Carlsson is the most common spelling variation. Karlson and Carlson also exist, but are uncommon, as are Carlzon and Qarlsson (Annika Qarlsson). The parallel Danish-Norwegian forms are Karlsen and Carlsen.

Lundgren is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Olsson is a common Swedish surname. It is a contraction of the surname Olofsson and it literally means "son of Olof" and seldom also "son of Ola". Notable people with the surname include:

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Ekman is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Kroon is a Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish surname, from the Swedish "Kron" meaning crown. It may refer to:

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Lindqvist is a surname of Swedish origin. It means 'linden twig', as lind means 'linden tree' (Tilia cordata), and kvist means 'twig'.

Bergius is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Berglund is a surname of Swedish origin. It means 'mountain grove' (berg means 'mountain' or 'hill', and lund means 'grove of trees', derived from the Old Norse lundr).

A derivative of the name Gustav, Gustafson, Gustafsson, Gustavson, or Gustavsson, is a group of surnames of Scandinavian origin, and may refer to the following people:

Hedberg is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Pettersson is a common Swedish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter".

Mattsson is a Swedish surname.

Lindahl is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Ljungberg is a Swedish surname derived from ljung (heather) and berg (mountain). Youngberg is an Americanized variant of the name.

Fredholm is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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thumb | right | alt=Ulf Stark, 2005 | Ulf Stark, 2005 Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" (úlfr, see Wulf). The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century. The female form is Ylva. The given name Ulf was relatively popular during the 20th century, but by the 21st century mostly fell out of fashion.

Lundberg is a surname.

thumb|The ancestral coat of arms of Barons Igelström The Igelström family is a Swedish noble family from Nylödöse, which also belonged to the Russian and German nobility.

Bergman is a surname of German, Swedish, Dutch and Yiddish origin meaning 'mountain man', or sometimes (only in German) 'miner'.

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Almgren is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Henriksson is a Swedish patronymic surname meaning "son of Henrik". There are other spelling variations of this surname such as Henrikson, Henricson and Hendrickson.

Hartman is a name that occurs as a surname and a given name.

Bengtsson is Swedish surname. It originated as a patronymic meaning "son of Bengt" (Benedict), Bengt meaning "Blessed". The name is sometimes written Bengtson (a form frequently adopted by migrants to the United States). Other forms occur, such as Bengtzon, Bankson, Bankston, Benson, Bengston or Benktsson.

Björklund or Bjørklund or Bjorklund is a surname of Swedish and Norwegian origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Lindman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Jakobsson is a surname of Icelandic or Swedish origin. It may refer to the following notable people:

Ahlgren is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Sjöström is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Axel Gabriel Sjöström (1794–1846), Finnish Romantic poet Einar Sjöström (1882–1923), Finnish architect, brother of Wilho Frans Anatolius Sjöström (1840–1885), Finnish architect Freddie Stroma (born 1987) (né Sjöström), British actor Fredrik Sjöström (born 1983), Swedish ice hockey player Joacim Sjöström (born 1964), Swedish footballer Juhani Sjöström (1871–1909), Finnish writer Harri Sjöström (born 1952), Finnish saxophonist Nell Sjöström (1933–2021), Swedish sprinter Olof Adolf Sjöström (1841–1896), Swedish banker Sarah S

Wallenberg is a Swedish surname which may refer to:

Bergqvist, Bergquist, Berquist and Bergkvist are surnames of Swedish origin which may refer to:

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thumb|Coat of arms of Counts Stenbock The Stenbock family is an old Swedish noble family, of which one younger branch established itself in Finland and another younger branch in Estonia, both of them in the mid 18th century, of which the first was entered into the rolls of the Finnish House of Nobility and the latter received both Estonian and Russian letters of nobility.

Blomstedt is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Jonsson is a surname of Nordic, mostly Swedish, origin, meaning son of Jon. In Iceland the name is a part of the Patronymic name system. Notable people with the surname include:

thumb|Coat of arms of Brahe family The Brahe family (originally Bragde) refers to two closely related noble families of Scanian origin that played significant roles in both Danish and Swedish history. The Danish branch became extinct in 1786, and the Swedish branch in 1930.

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Lundstrom and Lundström is a surname of Swedish origin. The name commonly appears as Lundström within Sweden and as Lundstrom within English speaking countries. Lundstrom and Lundström may refer to:

Magnusson, or Magnússon, is a surname of Scandinavian origin, meaning son of Magnus. It may refer to:

Nystrom is a surname of Danish, Norwegian and Swedish origin. Alternative spelling include Nyström, Nystrøm, and Nystroem. Notable people with these surnames include:

Söderberg is a common Swedish surname. Variations of the name include Soderberg and Soderbergh.

Hallberg or Hållberg is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Göransson is a Swedish surname. It means "son of Göran" and was thus originally a patronymic. Notable people with the surname include:

Wallin, alternatively Wahlin, is a surname of Swedish origin and may refer to:

Sundström is a Swedish surname, a compound of the Swedish words sund (sound; passage of water) ström (stream and/or stream in water)

Granberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: