Norrköping
Norrköping ranks 525th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Guatemala City, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Valenciennes. Memorable people born in Norrköping include Hannes Alfvén, Ove Kindvall, and Tore Keller. Memorable people who died in Norrköping include Tore Keller, Bengt Gustavsson, and Ivar Johansson. Norrköping has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many soccer players, and wrestlers. Norrköping is located in Sweden.
Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköping and 60 km west of the Södermanland capital of Nyköping. The city has a population of 95,618 inhabitants in 2016, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest municipality. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1760 and 1997, Norrköping was the birth place of 27 globally memorable people, including Hannes Alfvén, Ove Kindvall, and Tore Keller. Additionaly, 9 globally memorable people have passed away in Norrköping including Tore Keller, Bengt Gustavsson, and Ivar Johansson.
People Born in Norrköping
Go to all RankingsHannes Alfvén
PHYSICIST
1908 - 1995
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 1
Ove Kindvall
SOCCER PLAYER
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 2
Tore Keller
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1988
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 3
Olof Swartz
BIOLOGIST
1760 - 1818
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 4
Ivar Johansson
WRESTLER
1903 - 1979
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 5
Gustav Wetterström
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 1991
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 6
Carl Swartz
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1926
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 7
Harry Andersson
SOCCER PLAYER
1913 - 1996
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 8
Georg Åberg
ATHLETE
1893 - 1946
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 9
Åke Johansson
SOCCER PLAYER
1928 - 2014
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 10
Thomas Nordahl
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 11
Benny Wendt
SOCCER PLAYER
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Norrköping
Go to all RankingsThomas Nordahl
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 11
Benny Wendt
SOCCER PLAYER
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 12
Henry Källgren
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2005
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 14
Filip Dagerstål
SOCCER PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 22.69
Rank: 26
Felix Claar
HANDBALL PLAYER
1997 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 27
People Deceased in Norrköping
Go to all RankingsTore Keller
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1988
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 1
Bengt Gustavsson
SOCCER PLAYER
1928 - 2017
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 2
Ivar Johansson
WRESTLER
1903 - 1979
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 3
Gustav Wetterström
SOCCER PLAYER
1911 - 1991
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 4
Harry Andersson
SOCCER PLAYER
1913 - 1996
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 5
Åke Johansson
SOCCER PLAYER
1928 - 2014
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 6
Hans von Rosen
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1952
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 7
Birger Rosengren
SOCCER PLAYER
1917 - 1977
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 8
Claes-Göran Hederström
SINGER
1945 - 2022
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 9
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Norrköping were soccer players (17), athletes (2), physicists (1), biologists (1), and wrestlers (1), while most who died were soccer players (6), wrestlers (1), military personnels (1), and singers (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Norrköping, including Ove Kindvall, Åke Johansson, and Thomas Nordahl. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Norrköping, including Ove Kindvall, Tore Keller, and Gustav Wetterström.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Norrköping since 1700.