Dahlgren (surname)

Dahlgren is a Swedish surname.

Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 51.5% of all known bearers of the surname Dahlgren were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:1,568), 37.6% of the United States (1:78,773), 2.7% of Finland (1:16,759), 2.3% of Canada (1:130,028), 2.2% of Norway (1:19,260) and 1.5% of Denmark (1:31,711).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,568) in the following counties:
 * 1. Västerbotten County (1:699)
 * 2. Gotland County (1:991)
 * 3. Värmland County (1:1,075)
 * 4. Jämtland County (1:1,145)
 * 5. Halland County (1:1,167)
 * 6. Västra Götaland County (1:1,257)
 * 7. Östergötland County (1:1,314)
 * 8. Västernorrland County (1:1,410)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:16,759) in the following regions:
 * 1. Åland (1:1,700)
 * 2. Ostrobothnia (1:4,345)
 * 3. Central Ostrobothnia (1:4,458)
 * 4. Tavastia Proper (1:6,964)
 * 5. Uusimaa (1:10,597)

People

 * Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986), Swedish politician who was a member of the Centre Party


 * Charles G. Dahlgren (1811–1888), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War
 * Dagmar Dahlgren (1880–1951), American singer and silent film era motion picture actress
 * Babe Dahlgren (1912–1996), American baseball player
 * Edward C. Dahlgren (1916–2006), United States Army soldier
 * Eva Dahlgren (born 1960), Swedish singer
 * Fredrik August Dahlgren (1816–1895) Swedish writer, playwright and songwriter
 * George Dahlgren (1887–1940), player in the National Football League
 * Gertrud Dahlgren (1931–2009), Swedish botanist
 * Jay Dahlgren (born 1948), Canadian javelin thrower
 * Jeff Dahlgren, American guitarist and producer
 * Jennifer Dahlgren (born 1984), Argentine hammer thrower
 * John A. Dahlgren (1809–1870), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy officer
 * John Olof Dahlgren (1872–1963), American Medal of Honor recipient
 * Karl Fredrik Dahlgren (1791–1844), Swedish poet
 * Kevin Dahlgren (1992–2018), American convicted of a quadruple murder in the Czech Republic
 * Leif Dahlgren (1906–1998), Swedish decathlete
 * Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (1825-1898; pen name, "Corinne"), American writer, translator, anti-suffragist
 * Mathias Dahlgren (born 1969), Swedish chef, who won the culinary championship Bocuse d'Or in 1997
 * Mikael Dahlgren (born 1984), Swedish footballer who currently plays for Landskrona BoIS
 * Robert Dahlgren (born 1979), Swedish auto racing driver
 * Rolf Dahlgren (1932–1987), Swedish-Danish botanist
 * Ulric Dahlgren (1842–1864), Colonel, U.S. Army officer