Eriksson is a common Swedish

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meaning "son of Erik", itself an

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. There are other spelling variations of this surname (123 228 people in Sweden) such as Erikson (419), Ericson (3 442), Ericsson (5 730) and Erixon (55).Statistics Sweden
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. Notable people with the surname include: *

Amalia Eriksson Amalia Elisabeth Eriksson, née Lundström (25 November 1824 – 19 January 1923), was a Swedish businesswoman, known as the inventor of the ''Polkagris'', a type of candy stick known to have inspired the candy cane, which she invented in Gränna ...

(1824–1923), Swedish businesswoman * Anders Eriksson, born 1975, Swedish ice hockey player * Anders Eriksson, born 1985, Swedish ice hockey player * Åsa Eriksson (born 1972), Swedish politician * Charlotta Eriksson (1794–1862), Swedish actress * Clas Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player * Dan-Ola Eriksson (born 1963), Swedish curler * Erik Homburger Erikson (1902–1994),

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and

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* Felix Eriksson (ice hockey) (born 1992), Swedish professional ice hockey player * Fredrik Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player * Harry Eriksson (1892–1957), Swedish diplomat * Håkan Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player *

Hans-Erik Eriksson Hans-Erik Eriksson (born 1961) is a Swedish computer scientist, organizational theorist, co-founder of Open Training AB, and author of "Business modeling with UML." Life and work After his studies in computer science in the early 1980s, Eriks ...

(born 1961), Swedish computer scientist * Helena Eriksson (born 1962), Swedish poet * Henrik Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player * Jan Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player *

Jonas Eriksson Jonas may refer to: Geography * Jonas, Netherlands, Netherlands * Jonas, Pennsylvania, United States * Jonas Ridge, North Carolina, United States Arts, entertainment, and media * Jonas Brothers, American pop rock band. ** ''Jonas'' (TV serie ...

, several people * Joacim Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player *

Kenneth Eriksson Kenneth Eriksson (born 13 May 1956 in Äppelbo, in the kommun of Vansbro) is a now retired World Rally Championship rally driver. He drove for several manufacturer teams, including the Subaru World Rally Team, Mitsubishi, Hyundai and Škoda. ...

(born 1956), Swedish rally driver * Lars Eriksson, several people *

Leif Eriksson Leif Erikson, also known as Leif the Lucky (), was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus. According to the sagas of Ice ...

(''Leifr Eiríksson'') (c. 970 – c. 1020), Icelandic-born Norse explorer, son of Erik the Red * Lena Eriksson (born 1972), Swedish breaststroke swimmer * Lennart Eriksson (born 1956), Swedish musician (

Ebba Grön Ebba Grön was a Swedish punk band formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1977. Ebba Grön consisted of Joakim Thåström (lead vocals, guitar), Gunnar Ljungstedt (drums) and Lennart Eriksson (bass guitar, backing vocals). Thåström, Ljungstedt an ...

). *

Loui Eriksson Loui William Eriksson (born 17 July 1985) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward. Eriksson was selected by the Dallas Stars in the second round, 33rd overall, at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, and has also played for the Boston Bruin ...

, Swedish ice hockey player *

Magdalena Eriksson Magdalena "Magda" Eriksson (also Ericsson; born 8 September 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga side Bayern Munich and the Sweden national team.Magnus Eriksson Magnus Eriksson (April or May 1316 – 1 December 1374) was King of Sweden from 1319 to 1364, King of Norway as Magnus VII from 1319 to 1355, and ruler of Scania from 1332 to 1360. By adversaries he has been called ''Magnus Smek'' (). Medi ...

, Swedish ice hockey player * Marcus Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player * Matz Robert Eriksson (born 1972), Swedish drummer * Peter Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player * Sanne Lennström (née Eriksson) (born 1988), Swedish politician * Sebastian Eriksson (born 1989), Swedish footballer *

Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson (; 5 February 1948 – 26 August 2024) was a Swedish association football, football player and Coach (sport), manager. After a playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management ...

(1948–2024), Swedish football manager * Sven-Olov Eriksson (1929–1999), Swedish runner * Thomas Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player * Tim Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player *

Ursula and Sabina Eriksson Ursula Eriksson and Sabina Eriksson (born 3 November 1967) are Swedish twin sisters who came to national attention in the United Kingdom in May 2008. They had been in Ireland before travelling to the UK and boarding a bus for London in Liverp ...

, born in

Sunne, Sweden Sunne is a locality and the seat of Sunne Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 10,000 inhabitants in 2010. The town straddles the sound connecting Övre Fryken (Northern lake) with Mellan-Fryken (Middle lake). The name of Sunne is der ...

, are Swedish identical twins, who survived suicide attempts by being run over by motorway traffic in front of the Police and Highway authorities, with Sabina committing manslaughter the following day, in the UK in 2008

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