The majority of Swedes carry surnames that are patronymic, meaning they are derived from the father’s given name with the addition of -son for a son and -dotter for a daughter.
Many surnames also come from nature, such as Berg (mountain), Lund (grove), and Dal (valley).
Below this introductory section is a list of 190 Swedish surnames. But first, the ten most common surnames are listed.
Though the rankings fluctuate, these surnames are common in nearly all eras.
- Andersson
- Johansson
- Karlsson
- Nilsson
- Eriksson
- Larsson
- Olsson
- Persson
- Svensson
- Gustafsson
Also, see Is Sweden a Good Place to Live? to learn more.
Last Names Related to Swedish Ancestry
- Abrahamsson
- Adler
- Ahlberg
- Ahlqvist
- Ahlström
- Albertsson
- Alfredsson
- Andersson
- Arvidsson
- Asplund
- Axelsson
- Bengtsson
- Berg
- Berggren
- Berglund
- Bergman
- Bergqvist
- Bergström
- Blom
- Blomqvist
- Boström
- Brorsson
- Carlsson
- Claesson
- Dahl
- Dahlberg
- Dahlgren
- Dahlqvist
- Dahlström
- Danielsson
Also, see a list of Norwegian Surnames to learn more.
- Davidsson
- Eklund
- Eliasson
- Emanuelsson
- Engström
- Eriksson
- Fagerberg
- Falk
- Fasth
- Forsberg
- Fransson
- Fredriksson
- Frid
- Frisk
- Gabrielsson
- Göransson
- Gustafsson
- Gustavsson
- Gyllenberg
- Haag
- Hagberg
- Håkansson
- Hall
- Hallberg
- Hallström
- Hansson
- Hedlund
- Hellberg
- Hellström
- Henningsson
Also, see a list of Danish Surnames to learn more.
- Henriksson
- Hermansson
- Holm
- Holmberg
- Holmqvist
- Holmström
- Hult
- Hultberg
- Isaksson
- Ivarsson
- Jacobsson
- Jakobsson
- Jansson
- Jensson
- Johansson
- Jonsson
- Josefsson
- Juhlin
- Karlberg
- Karlsson
- Kjellberg
- Kjellman
- Knutsson
- Kock
- Krantz
- Kristiansson
- Källström
- Lagerqvist
- Landström
- Larsson
- Leijon
- Lennartsson
- Leven
- Levin
- Lind
- Lindberg
- Lindblad
- Lindblom
- Lindfors
- Lindgren
- Lindholm
- Lindqvist
- Lindström
- Ljung
- Ljungberg
- Ljungqvist
- Ljungström
- Lund
- Lundberg
- Lundblad
- Lundgren
- Lundin
- Lundqvist
- Lundström
- Magnusson
- Martinsson
- Mattsson
- Melin
- Månsson
- Nilsson
- Norberg
- Nordberg
- Nordström
- Nordin
- Nyberg
- Nygren
- Nyqvist
- Nyström
- Olofsson
- Olsson
- Oscarsson
- Ottosson
- Palm
- Palmqvist
- Pehrsson
- Persson
- Pettersson
- Pålsson
- Rosenberg
- Rosén
- Samuelsson
- Sandberg
- Sandström
- Sjöberg
- Sjögren
- Sjöholm
- Sjöström
- Skoglund
- Skogström
- Solberg
- Stenström
- Stenberg
- Stolt
- Ström
- Strömberg
- Strömblad
- Strömholm
- Strömquist
- Sundberg
- Sundqvist
- Sundström
- Svenningson
- Svensson
- Swenson
- Thorell
- Thoren
- Thörnqvist
- Törnqvist
- Ulfsson
- Västlund
- Wallin
- Wallström
- Westin
- Westling
- Westlund
- Westman
- Westström
- Viklund
- Vikström
- Vilhelmsson
- Wilhelmsson
- Åberg
- Åkerman
- Åkesson
- Åström
- Öberg
- Öqvist
- Östberg
- Östlund
- Östman