Jansson is a

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, meaning "son of

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", derived from

Johannes Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as " John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Y ...

, a cognate of

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. There are alternate Belgian,

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, Danish, Latvian and Norwegian spellings. Jansson is rare as a

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Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 86.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Jansson'' were residents of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

, 5.1% of

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

, 2.9% of the

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and 1.7% of

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:199) in the following counties: * 1.

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

(1:75) * 2.

Värmland Värmland () is a ''Provinces of Sweden, landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Name Several Latinized version ...

(1:77) * 3.

Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

(1:99) * 4.

Dalarna Dalarna (; ), also referred to by the English exonyms Dalecarlia and the Dales, is a (historical province) in central Sweden. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Nor ...

(1:101) * 5.

Västmanland Västmanland ( or ) is a historical Swedish province, or , in middle Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Närke, Värmland, Dalarna and Uppland. Västmanland means "West Man Land" or, less literally, "The Land of the Western Men", where the "we ...

(1:109) * 6. Gävleborg (1:125) * 7.

Södermanland Södermanland ( ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latinisation of names, Latinized form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a Provinces of Sweden, historical province (or ) on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Österg� ...

(1:141) In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,893) in the following regions:Jansson surname distribution
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Åland Åland ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,54 ...

(1:40) * 2. Ostrobothnia (1:545) * 3.

Central Ostrobothnia Central Ostrobothnia (; ) is a Regions of Finland, region in Finland. Central Ostrobothnia borders the Bothnian Bay and the regions of Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and South Ostrobothnia ...

(1:1,096) * 4.

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Tu ...

(1:1,209) * 5.

Uusimaa Uusimaa (; , ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, alo ...

(1,782)

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* Amanda Jansson (born 1990), Swedish actress * AnnMari Jansson (1934–2007), Swedish systems ecologist * Augusta Jansson (1859 – 1932), Swedish entrepreneur *

Bengt Jansson Bengt Gustaf Jansson (born 9 January 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He earned 107 caps for the Sweden national speedway team. Career Jansson was runner up in the 1967 World Final ...

(born 1943), former Swedish international speedway rider *

Börje Jansson Börje Jansson (born 10 November 1942) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Sweden. His best years were in 1971 and 1972, when he finished third in the 125cc world championship riding for the Maico factory racing team. He won the ...

(born 1942), Swedish chess player * Camilla Sköld Jansson (born 1957), Swedish politician * Daniel Jansson (born 1979), Finnish basketball coach and a former player * Erik Jansson (1808–1850), leader of a Swedish pietist sect that emigrated to the United States in 1846 * Erik Jansson (cyclist) (1907–1993), Swedish, Olympic road racing cyclist * Folke Jansson (1897–1965), Swedish, Olympics triple jump * Gustaf Jansson (1922–2012), Swedish, Olympic marathoner * Helena Jansson (born 1985), Swedish orienteer * Herold Jansson (1899–1965), Danish, Olympic gymnast and diver *

Jan-Magnus Jansson Jan-Magnus Jansson (24 January 1922 – 29 November 2003) was a Finnish politician, a member of the Swedish People's Party. Jansson studied at Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors and then at the University of Helsinki. Jansson was a Professor of ...

(1922–2003), Finnish politician *

Jan Janssonius Johannes Janssonius (1588, in Arnhem – buried July 11, 1664, in Amsterdam) (born Jan Janszoon, in English also Jan Jansson) was a Dutch cartographer and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam in the 17th century. Biography Jansson ...

(1588–1664), also known as Jan Jansson, Dutch cartographer * Jan Jansson (footballer) (born 1968), Swedish *

Jesper Jansson Jesper Urban Jansson (born 8 January 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He is the head of football of Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg since April 2025. As a player, he represented Östers I ...

(born 1971), Swedish football player *

Jimmy Jansson Erik Robert Jimmy Jansson (born September 17, 1985) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. At Melodifestivalen 2020 he set a new record for the amount of competing entries by a composer at one contest with six entries. Music career Jansson's musi ...

(born 1985), Swedish singer and songwriter *

John Jansson Carl Johan Erik "John" Jansson (18 July 1892 – 10 October 1943) was a Swedish diver, who competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially brande ...

(1892–1943), Swedish, Olympic diver *

Karl Emanuel Jansson Karl Emanuel Jansson (7 July 1846, in Finström – 1 June 1874, in Jomala) was a Finnish painter, primarily of Genre art, genre scenes. Biography His father worked as a farmer. His initial inspiration to pursue an artistic career came from the pa ...

(1846–1874), Finnish artist *

Lars Jansson (composer) Lars Jansson (born 1951) is a Swedish jazz pianist and composer. Life Jansson grew up in Örebro, Sweden, where he was bored by his lessons at the community music school. In his early teens, a relative lent him records of Miles Davis, Ben Web ...

, (born 1951), Swedish composer * Marlena Jansson (born 1970), Swedish orienteering competitor *

Mats Jansson Mats Jansson (born 1951, in Kolsva, Sweden) is a Swedish businessperson. He was Chief Executive Officer of SAS Group from 2007 to 2010.

(born 1951), Swedish, Chief Executive Officer of SAS Group *

Mikael Jansson (politician) Lars-Olof Mikael Jansson (born 4 September 1965) is a Swedish politician who was Leader of the Sweden Democrats (SD) from 1995 to 2005. He served as defence spokesman for the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2010 to 2018. Jansson is current ...

(born 1965), Swedish politician * Nanna Jansson (born 1983), Swedish, Olympic ice hockey medalist *

Pontus Jansson Pontus Sven Gustav Jansson (; born 13 February 1991) is a Swedish professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for Malmö FF. Jansson started his career with local club Malmö FF before moving to Italy to join Torino ...

(born 1991), Swedish footballer * Rasmus Jansson (born 1997), Finnish football coach *

Roger Jansson Roger Jansson (born 9 August 1943 in Kimito) is a politician in the Åland Islands,Official page

(born 1943), Finnish politician * Rony Jansson (born 2004), Finnish professional footballer * Sven B. F. Jansson (1906–1987), Swedish linguist *

Sven-Åke Jansson Lieutenant General Sven-Åke Jansson (25 October 1937 – 10 September 2014) was a senior Swedish Army officer. He served as commander of Gotland Military Command (1988–1994) and as Commanding General of the Southern Military District (1994– ...

(1937–2014), Swedish Army lieutenant general * Tommy Jansson (1952–1976), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider *

Tove Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from 1930 to 1938 in Helsinki, Stockholm, ...

(1914–2001), Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author * Ulrik Jansson (born 1968), former Swedish footballer *

Viktor Jansson Viktor Bernhard "Faffan" Jansson (1 March 1886 in Helsinki – 22 June 1958 in Helsinki) was a Finnish sculptor belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland. Early life Jansson was born in Helsinki in 1886 to Julius Viktor Jansson a ...

(1886–1958), Finnish sculptor

Given name

Jansson Stegner Jansson Stegner (born 1972) is an artist based in New York City. Stegner was born in Denver. He is a figurative painter whose works reference his interest in artists such as Zurbarán, El Greco and Goya and often feature severely exaggerated dep ...

(born 1972), American artist

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cross platform (including Unix, and Windows) package capable of encoding, decoding and manipulating

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