Eklund is a Swedish surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 57.3% of all known bearers of the surname ''Eklund'' were residents of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

(frequency 1:641), 22.2% of the United States (1:60,735), 13.1% of Finland (1:1,564), 1.9% of Norway (1:10,024), 1.7% of Canada (1:79,135) and 1.0% of Denmark (1:20,451). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:641) in the following counties: * 1. Uppsala County (1:304) * 2. Västmanland County (1:354) * 3. Västerbotten County (1:369) * 4.

Gävleborg County Gävleborg County ( sv, Gävleborgs län) is a county or '' län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle. Provinces Gävleborg Cou ...

(1:415) * 5. Södermanland County (1:457) * 6. Örebro County (1:482) * 7. Gotland County (1:483) * 8. Dalarna County (1:485) * 9. Östergötland County (1:549) * 10.

Norrbotten County Norrbotten County ( sv, Norrbottens län; se, Norrbottena leatna, fi, Norrbottenin lääni) is the northernmost county or '' län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares border ...

(1:578) * 11.

Stockholm County Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...

(1:609) In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,564) in the following regions: * 1. Åland (1:210) * 2. Ostrobothnia (1:343) * 3. Uusimaa (1:972) * 4. Southwest Finland (1:1,030)

People

* Anders Eklund (1957–2010), Swedish boxer *

Anders Eklund (murderer) Per Anders Eklund (born 6 August 1965) is a Swedish murderer and rapist convicted of killing a 31-year-old woman in 2000 and a 10-year-old girl in 2008. Eklund is also a suspect in other murder cases currently under investigation, including the ...

(born 1965), Swedish murderer and rapist *

Bengt Eklund Bengt Gunnar Eklund (18 January 1925 – 19 January 1998) was a Swedish actor. He is well known as Nisse Granqvist in the 1964 TV series ''Vi på Saltkråkan''. Eklund worked for many years at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, but also ma ...

(1925–1998), Swedish actor *

Brian Eklund Brian M. Eklund (born May 24, 1980) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in one National Hockey League (NHL) game with the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2005–06 season. He currently runs his own goalie school, M ...

(born 1980), American professional ice hockey goalie *

Carl R. Eklund Carl Robert Eklund (January 27, 1909 – November 3, 1962) was a leading American specialist in ornithology and geographic research in both the north and south polar regions. He was appointed as the first Scientific Station Leader of the Wilkes S ...

(1909–1972), American specialist in ornithology and geographic research in polar regions *

Christian Eklund Christian Eklund (born July 24, 1977) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He played a total of 429 Elitserien games as a left wing for Djurgårdens IF. Eklund retired in 2013 after suffering a neck injury. He was awarded player of ...

(born 1977), Swedish professional ice hockey player *

Dicky Eklund Richard Eklund Jr. (born May 3, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1975 to 1985. Known as "The Pride of Lowell", he held the USA New England welterweight title twice between 1979 and 1983. He is the half-brother and ...

(born 1957), American welterweight boxer *

Ella Eklund Elin "Ella" Dorotea Eklund (later ''Näsholm'', 6 February 1894 – 17 August 1953) was a Swedish diver. She competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the ...

(1894–1953), Swedish diver *

Erik Schultz-Eklund Erik Schultz-Eklund (born 14 August 1990 in Avesta) is a Swedish footballer currently playing for Avesta AIK. Playing career Gretna He was scouted by Gretna in 2005 as a schoolboy at the age of 15. He signed YTS papers in August 2006 after a s ...

(born 1990), Swedish footballer * Ernst Eklund (actor) (1882–1971), Swedish actor * Ernst Eklund (diver) (1894–1952), Swedish diver *

Fredrik Eklund Fredrik Eklund (born April 26, 1977) is a Swedish real estate broker, former IT entrepreneur, reality television star, and author. He is best known for starring in the Bravo reality series, ''Million Dollar Listing New York'' for all of its nine ...

(born 1977), New York City real estate broker *

Gordon Eklund Gordon Eklund (born July 24, 1945 in Seattle, Washington) is an American science fiction author whose works include the "Lord Tedric" series and two of the earliest original novels based on the 1960s '' Star Trek'' TV series. He has written under ...

(born 1945), American science fiction author *

Greg Eklund Greg Eklund (born April 18, 1970) is an American musician/drummer. Originally, he was the drummer for Jolly Mon and quit the band after the release of their debut album. He then joined the rock band Everclear as their drummer from 1994-2003, T ...

(born 1970), drummer for the American rock band Everclear * Gunnar Eklund (1920–2010), Swedish Army lieutenant general *

Hans Eklund Hans Patrik Eklund (born 16 April 1969) is a Swedish football manager, and former football player. In his active career, Eklund played seven games for the Sweden national football team and was the 1992 Allsvenskan top scorer. Club career Ek ...

(born 1969), Swedish football manager and former football player *

Jakob Eklund Jakob Anders Eklund (born 21 February 1962) is a Swedish film, television and stage actor. He portrayed the fictional police officer Johan Falk in 20 movies. His wife, Marie Richardson, played his on-screen girlfriend in the trilogy of films ' ...

(born 1962), Swedish actor *

Klas Eklund Klas Eklund (born 16 July 1952)''Nordic Labour Market Policies and Labour Market Research'', Stationery Office Books, , p. 191 is a Swedish economist and author. Early life and education Eklund was born in Kvarngärdet, Uppsala as the son of the ...

(born 1952), Swedish economist and writer * Kristin Eklund (born 1979), Swedish artist who uses the stage name Naimi * Matthias Eklund (born 1976), Swedish football striker * Michael Eklund, Canadian actor *

Mikael Eklund Johan Mikael Eklund (born 14 September 1981), known as Mikael Eklund, is a Swedish footballer who plays for IK Brage as a defender. Career Eklund started his career in Forssa BK of Borlänge. Eklund got his breakthrough when playing for IK Bra ...

(born 1981), Swedish footballer (defender) * Niklas Eklund (born 1969), Swedish trumpeter * Oscar Eklund (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player *

Pelle Eklund Per-Erik "Pelle" Eklund (born 22 March 1963) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers and Dallas Stars and nine seasons in the Swedish Elitseri ...

(born 1963), Swedish retired professional ice hockey center * Per Eklund, (born 1946), Swedish Rally and Rallycross driver * Per Eklund (fighter), Swedish mixed martial arts fighter * Per Eklund (ice hockey) (born 1970), retired Swedish ice hockey player * Per Eklund (born 1945), former EU Ambassador to Georgia 2006–2010 *

Ray Eklund Ray Eklund was the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team of the University of Kentucky in 1926. He compiled a 15-3 record. Eklund attended University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of M ...

, American head coach of the University of Kentucky's basketball team *

Sigge Eklund Sigvard Viggo "Sigge" Eklund (born 21 April 1974) is a Swedish novelist, TV producer and screenwriter. His books have been sold in 16 countries, and his podcast "Alex & Sigge's podcast" is the biggest in Sweden with over 500,000 listeners a week ...

(born 1974), Swedish novelist, blogger and web designer *

Sigvard Eklund Sigvard Arne Eklund (19 June 1911 – 30 January 2000) was Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1961 to 1981. Career Eklund was born in Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden, the son of train driver Severin Eklund and ...

(1911–2000), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency security council *

Torolf Eklund Torolf Eklund (13 April 1912 – 12 December 2000) was a Finnish aircraft designer, who worked at the Valtion lentokonetehdas between 1935 and 1962. He privately designed and built his own small single-seat flying boat, the Eklund TE-1, in th ...

(1912–2000), Finnish aircraft designer *

William Eklund William Eklund (born 12 October 2002) is a Swedish ice hockey forward who is currently playing with the San Jose Barracuda in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Eklund is the ...

(born 2002), Swedish professional ice hockey player

References

{{surname, Eklund Swedish-language surnames

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