List of personalities from the city of Lund

This is a list of personalities from the city of Lund . The list does not claim to be complete.

sons and daughters of the town

The following personalities were born in the city. They are listed chronologically according to the year of birth. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Lund is irrelevant.

18th century

• Johan Ihr (1707–1780), linguist
• Mattias Benzelstierna (1713–1791), civil servant
• Johann Christoph Muhrbeck (1733–1805), Swedish-Pomeranian philosopher
• Gustaf von Engeström (1738–1813), mining engineer, mineralogist and chemist
• Anders Adolf Retzius (1796–1860), anatomist and anthropologist

19th century

• Carl August Hagberg (1810–1864), linguist
• Jacob Georg Agardh (1813–1901), botanist and politician
• Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren (1823-1894), pastor, entomologist and lepidopterist
• Otto Andreas Lowson Mørch (1828–1878), Danish malacologist
• Arvid Ahnfelt (1845–1890), literary historian
• Axel Kulle (1846–1908), painter
• Carl Fredrik Hill (1849–1911), landscape painter
• Wilhelm Dahlbom (1855–1928), painter
• Einar Billing (1871–1939), theologian, university professor and Lutheran bishop
• Ivar Wickman (1872-1914), medical doctor
• Emanuel Walberg (1873–1951), Romanist
• Mia Leche Löfgren (1878–1966), writer
• Edvard Magnus Rodhe (1878–1954), Bishop of Lund
• Carl Wilhelm Oseen (1879–1944), physicist
• Viking Eggeling (1880–1925), Dadaist and experimental filmmaker
• Elin Wägner (1882–1949), author, journalist and feminist
• Agne Holmström (1893-1949), sprinter
• Gunnar Blix (1894–1981), physiologist and professor at Uppsala University
• Axel Ljungdahl (1897–1995), Lieutenant General

20th century

1901 to 1950

• Leif Dahlgren (1906–1998), decathlete
• Rune Elmqvist (1906–1996), engineer and inventor
• Henry Palmé (1907–1987), track and field athlete
• Ingrid Luterkort (1910–2011), actress
• Kai Siegbahn (1918–2007), physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• Tor Nilsson (1919–1989), wrestler
• Alf Kjellin (1920–1988), film director
• Karl-Aage Schwartzkopf (1920–2009), writer
• Stellan Nilsson (1922–2003), football player
• Nils-Åke Sandell (1927–1992), football player
• Bertil Werkström (1928–2010), Lutheran clergyman and Archbishop of Uppsala (1983–1993)
• Aina Wifalk (1928–1983), social scientist and inventor of the modern walker
• Max von Sydow (1929-2020), actor
• Rolf Billberg (1930–1966), jazz saxophonist
• Cecilia Lindqvist (* 1932), sinologist, writer and photographer
• Jan Malmsjö (* 1932), actor
• Jöran Friberg (* 1934), mathematician and ancient orientalist
• Göran Sonnevi (* 1939), writer
• Marianne Ahrne (* 1940), director, screenwriter and writer
• Karin Maria Bruzelius (* 1941), Norwegian lawyer and judge
• Magnus Magnusson (* 1941), Danish film architect and director
• Mecka Lind (* 1942), children's book author
• Anna Wahlgren (* 1942), writer
• Lucas Lindholm (* 1943), jazz musician
• Marga Persson (* 1943), Swedish-Austrian artist
• Johan Callmer (* 1945), prehistoric and medieval archaeologist
• Tomas Bertelman (* 1945), diplomat
• Erik Aurelius (* 1946), Bishop of the Church of Sweden
• Olle Olsson (* 1948), handball player and coach

1951 to 1975

• Nils Dencker (* 1953), mathematician
• Sverker Göranson (* 1954), Major General and Commander in Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces
• Sten Sjögren (* 1957), handball player and coach
• Ninni Holmqvist (* 1958), writer and translator
• Mikael Håfström (* 1960), director
• Sverker Johansson (* 1961), physicist, linguist, specialist book author and Wikipedian
• Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (* 1962), show jumper
• Sigrid Rausing (* 1962), anthropologist, publisher, philanthropist and author
• Gunilla Carlsson (* 1963), politician
• Ulf Kristersson (* 1963), politician
• Erik Uddenberg (* 1963), playwright, screenplay writer and radio play and theater dramaturge
• Henrik Sundström (born 1964), tennis player
• Åsa Elmgren (* 1966), opera singer and actress
• Lars-Anders Wahlgren (* 1966), tennis player
• Magnus Gustafsson (* 1967), tennis player
• Johan Wester (* 1967), comedian
• Ulf Holm (* 1969), politician (Miljöpartiet de Gröna)
• Torkel Petersson (born 1969), actor
• David Batra (* 1972), stand-up comedian and television actor
• Andreas Jakobsson (* 1972), football player
• Jakob Cedergren (* 1973), Danish actor
• David Wiberg (* 1973), artist, illustrator and actor
• Robin Stegmar (* 1974), actor
• Timbuktu (* 1975), musician

1976 to 2000

• Axwell (* 1977), music producer and DJ
• Caroline Jönsson (* 1977), soccer player
• Anna Laurell (born 1980), boxer
• Joachim Johansson (* 1982), tennis player
• Hampus Mosesson (* 1982), snowboarder
• Linus Thörnblad (* 1985), high jumper
• Labinot Harbuzi (1986-2018), football player
• Ola (* 1986), pop singer
• Andreas Palicka (* 1986), handball player
• Oskar Rönningberg (* 1986), soccer player
• Måns Zelmerlöw (* 1986), singer, presenter
• Amanda Jenssen (* 1988), singer
• Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz (* 1989), handball player
• Joel Ekstrand (* 1989), soccer player
• Sabina Jacobsen (* 1989), handball player
• Ivo Pękalski (* 1990), football player
• Elias Dolah (* 1993), soccer player
• Nils Grandelius (* 1993), chess player
• Anna Lagerquist (* 1993), handball player
• Melker Svärd Jacobsson (* 1994), track and field athlete
• Simon Jeppsson (* 1995), handball player

Personalities who have worked on site

• Christian Gleerup (1800–1871), bookseller and publisher, founded one of the country's most important bookshops in Lund in 1826
• Helgo Zettervall (1831–1907), architect, led the renovation and reconstruction of Lund Cathedral for 20 years
• Nils Alwall (1904–1986), Chair of Nephrology at Lund University, inventor of an artificial kidney