Lindberg (surname)

Lindberg is a common European surname. Literally translated it means lime OR LINDEN tree - mountain. It originally comes from villages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and is now very common in Sweden.

Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 52.9% of all known bearers of the surname Lindberg were residents of Sweden, 26.6% of the United States, 7.3% of Finland, 4.5% of Denmark, 3.4% of Norway and 1.9% of Canada.

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:354) in the following counties:
 * 1. Västerbotten (1:122)
 * 2. Gävleborg (1:178)
 * 3. Norrbotten (1:244)
 * 4. Uppsala (1:258)
 * 5. Västmanland (1:264)
 * 6. Dalarna (1:293)
 * 7. Jämtland (1:319)
 * 8. Västernorrland (1:319)
 * 9. Södermanland (1:347)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,441) in the following regions:
 * 1. Åland (1:336)
 * 2. Southwest Finland (1:730)
 * 3. Uusimaa (1:849)
 * 4. Tavastia Proper (1:1,202)
 * 5. Kymenlaakso (1:1,285)

In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:25,889) in the following states:


 * 1. Minnesota (1:2,886)
 * 2. North Dakota (1:5,623)
 * 3. Wyoming (1:7,249)
 * 4. Washington (1:7,391)
 * 5. Montana (1:7,443)
 * 6. South Dakota (1:9,169)
 * 7. Wisconsin (1:9,794)
 * 8. Vermont (1:11,445)
 * 9. Oregon (1:13,115)
 * 10. Alaska (1:14,169)
 * 11. Idaho (1:15,505)
 * 12. Massachusetts (1:18,030)
 * 13. Illinois (1:18,160)
 * 14. Utah (1:18,608)
 * 15. Rhode Island (1:18,664)
 * 16. Kansas (1:19,262)
 * 17. Connecticut (1:19,699)
 * 18. Michigan (1:20,983)
 * 19. Colorado (1:21,261)
 * 20. Iowa (1:22,068)
 * 21. New Hampshire (1:22,808)
 * 22. Nebraska (1:22,893)
 * 23. Arizona (1:23,616)
 * 24. New Mexico (1:23,808)

A–G

 * Anna Lindberg (born 1981), Swedish diver
 * Augusta Lindberg (1866–1943), Swedish actress
 * Carl Lindberg (1904–1984), Danish boxer
 * Chad Lindberg (born 1976), American actor
 * Charles W. Lindberg (1920–2007), United States Marine, one of the raisers of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima
 * Chris Lindberg (born 1967), retired Canadian ice hockey player
 * Christian Lindberg (born 1958), Swedish trombonist
 * Christina Lindberg (born 1950), Swedish actress and pin-up girl
 * David C. Lindberg (1935–2015), American historian of science
 * David R. Lindberg (born 1948), American malacologist
 * Dawn Lindberg (1945–2020), South African singer and actress
 * Donald A.B. Lindberg (1933–2019), U.S. physician
 * Edward Lindberg (1887–1978), U.S. Olympic athlete
 * Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette (1874–1944), Swedish writer and princess of Persia
 * Gunner Lindberg (born 1975), convicted U.S. murderer

H–M

 * Hanna Lindberg (1865–1951), Swedish politician, the first woman in a communal council (1910)
 * Hans Lindberg (born 1981), Danish team handball player
 * Helge Lindberg (1887–1928), Finnish opera singer
 * Janne Lindberg (born 1966), Finnish former professional footballer
 * Jim Lindberg (born 1968), U.S. singer-songwriter for the punk band Pennywise
 * John Lindberg (born 1959), American jazz double-bassist
 * John G. Lindberg (1884–1973), Finnish ophthalmologist, discoverer of exfoliation syndrome (1917)
 * Karin Lindberg (1929–2020), Swedish gymnast
 * Karin Kock-Lindberg (1891–1976), Swedish politician
 * Knut Lindberg (1882–1961), Swedish Olympic athlete
 * Knut Lindberg (wrestler) (1880–1930), Finnish wrestler
 * Kristoffer Lindberg (born 1992), Swedish politician
 * Magnus Lindberg (born 1958), Finnish composer
 * Marcus Lindberg (born 1980), Swedish footballer
 * Marie Lindberg (cyclist) (born 1987), Swedish road cyclist
 * Marie Lindberg (singer) (born 1975), Swedish teacher, singer/songwriter and guitarist
 * Marie Louise Lindberg (1918–2005), mineralogist
 * Morten Lindberg (1965–2019), also known as Master Fatman, Danish media personality

N–Z

 * Odd F. Lindberg (1945–2021), Norwegian freelance journalist, arctic explorer and film maker
 * Oskar Lindberg (composer) (1887–1955), Swedish composer
 * Oskar Lindberg (cross-country skier) (1894–1977), Swedish cross-country skier
 * Patrik Lindberg (born 1988), better known as f0rest, Swedish Counter-Strike player
 * Sextus Otto Lindberg (1835–1889), Swedish physician and bryologist
 * Sigfrid Lindberg (1897–1977), Swedish footballer
 * Sven Lindberg (1918–2006), Swedish film actor and director
 * Stig Lindberg (1916–1982), Swedish ceramic designer, glass designer, textile designer, industrial designer, painter, and illustrator
 * Teres Lindberg (born 1974), Swedish politician
 * Tomas Lindberg (born 1972), Swedish singer
 * Torsten Lindberg (1917–2009), Swedish football player and manager
 * Ulrika Knape-Lindberg (born 1955), Swedish diver, mother of Anna Lindberg
 * Verner Lindberg (1852–1909), Finnish politician
 * Ylva Lindberg (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player