Rosenqvist

Rosenqvist is a Swedish surname meaning "rose branch".

Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 64.1% of all known bearers of the surname Rosenqvist were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:4,169), 22.3% of Finland (1:6,671), 9.6% of Denmark (1:15,900) and 1.4% of Norway (1:97,025).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,169) in the following counties:
 * 1. Kalmar County (1:1,804)
 * 2. Skåne County (1:2,039)
 * 3. Kronoberg County (1:2,363)
 * 4. Jönköping County (1:2,796)
 * 5. Blekinge County (1:3,142)
 * 6. Östergötland County (1:3,392)
 * 7. Gävleborg County (1:3,685)
 * 8. Gotland County (1:3,899)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,671) in the following regions:
 * 1. Åland (1:587)
 * 2. Satakunta (1:1,750)
 * 3. Southwest Finland (1:3,393)
 * 4. Uusimaa (1:4,638)
 * 5. Ostrobothnia (1:5,607)

People

 * Edil Rosenqvist, Finnish wrestler
 * Einar Rosenqvist, Norwegian naval officer and politician
 * Emelie Rosenqvist (born 1980), Swedish actress
 * Ernst Rosenqvist, Finnish sports shooter
 * Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish racing driver
 * Gustaf Allan Rosenqvist, Finnish businessman and co-founder of Andrée & Rosenqvist company
 * Helena Hillar Rosenqvist, Swedish Green Party politician
 * Susanne Rosenqvist, Swedish sprint canoeist
 * Terkel Rosenqvist, Norwegian chemist and metallurgist