Pettersson is a common Swedish

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, meaning "son of

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Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 92.7% of all known bearers of the surname ''Pettersson'' 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 ...

(frequency 1:151), 1.7% 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, ...

(1:4,550), 1.3% 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 ...

(1:5,791) and 1.0% of

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

(1:8,338). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:151) in the following counties: * 1.

Gotland County Gotland County () is a county or of Sweden. Gotland is located in the Baltic Sea to the east of Öland, and is the largest of Sweden's islands. Counties are usually sub-divided into municipalities, but Gotland County consists of only one count ...

(1:34) * 2.

Södermanland County Södermanland County (, ) is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is the ...

(1:72) * 3.

Västmanland County Västmanland County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Södermanland County, Södermanland, Örebro County, Örebro, Gävleborg County, Gävleborg, Dalarna County, Dalarna and Uppsala Coun ...

(1:75) * 4.

Örebro County Örebro County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly northern region of ...

(1:80) * 5.

Uppsala County Uppsala County () is a county or '' län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea. Province The nor ...

(1:87) * 6.

Östergötland County Östergötland County () is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a ...

(1:101) * 7.

Västernorrland County Västernorrland County () is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrland", as it was in the ...

(1:126) * 8.

Gävleborg County Gävleborg County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala County, Uppsala, Västmanland County, Västmanland, Dalarna County, Dalarna, Jämtland County, Jämtland and V� ...

(1:129) * 9.

Dalarna County Dalarna County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to ...

(1:134) * 10.

Norrbotten County Norrbotten County (, Meänkieli/, ) 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 borders with Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf ...

(1:137) * 11.

Värmland County Värmland County () is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Østfold, Akershus and Innlandet to the west. The title of Duke ...

(1:143) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,550) in the following regions:Pettersson 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 ...

(1:182) * 2. Ostrobothnia (1:1,224) * 3.

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 ...

(1:2,209) * 4.

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 ...

(1:3,525) * 5.

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 ...

(1:3,934)

People

* Albert Pettersson, Swedish Olympic weightlifter * Aline Pettersson, Mexican writer *

Allan Pettersson Gustaf Allan Pettersson (19 September 1911 – 20 June 1980) was a Swedish composer and violist. He is considered one of the 20th century's most important Swedish composers and was described as one of the last great symphonists, ...

, Swedish composer *

Allan Rune Pettersson Allan Rune Pettersson (9 March 1936 – 15 August 2018) was a Swedish author. After a varied career as a producer of children's programmes on Swedish radio and later as an innkeeper in Portugal, he became a freelance writer on his return to Swe ...

, Swedish writer * Anna Pettersson, Swedish lawyer * Anton Lundin Pettersson (1994–2015), Swedish murderer, perpetrator of the

Trollhättan school stabbing On 22 October 2015, a mass stabbing occurred at Kronan Primary School (''Kronans grundskola'') in Trollhättan, Sweden. 21-year-old Anton Lundin Pettersson killed three people and injured another two with a sword, later dying from gunshot wound ...

* Berta Persson (née Pettersson) (1893-1961), first woman

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in Sweden. * Birgitta Pettersson, Swedish film actor * Bjarne Pettersson, Danish football player *

Carl Pettersson Carl Pettersson (born 29 August 1977) is a Swedish professional golfer who is a member of the PGA Tour. He has won five times on the PGA Tour, making him one of Sweden's most successful players alongside Jesper Parnevik and Henrik Stenson. Petter ...

, Swedish golfer *

Christer Pettersson Carl Gustaf Christer Pettersson (23 April 1947 – 29 September 2004) was a Swedish criminal who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden. In 1989 he was convicted of the murder in district court but ...

, Swedish criminal *

Elias Pettersson Fredrik Elias Pettersson (born 12 November 1998) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pettersson was selected fifth overall by the Canucks in the 20 ...

, Swedish ice hockey player * Erik Pettersson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Fredrik Pettersson John Fredrik Michael Pettersson (born June 10, 1987) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey right winger. He last played for the ZSC Lions in the National League (NL). He previously played for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and HC Donbass in the ...

, Swedish ice hockey player * Gert Pettersson, Swedish orienteer *

Göran Pettersson Göran Pettersson (born 1960) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He is a former officer of the Swedish army, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and was member of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2018. Education and career Born in Stockh ...

, Swedish politician *

Gösta Pettersson Gösta Artur Roland Pettersson (born 23 November 1940) is a retired Swedish cyclist. As an amateur, he competed in the individual and team road events at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won one silver and two bronze medals, in 1964 and 196 ...

, Swedish road racing cyclist *

, Swedish biochemist *

Hans Pettersson Prof Hans Pettersson FRSFor HFRSE RSAS (1888–1966) was a 20th-century Swedish physicist and oceanographer. Early life Hans Pettersson was born in Forshalla near Gothenburg on 26 August 1888, the son of the chemist and oceanographer Otto ...

, Swedish atomic physicist and oceanographer *

Holger Pettersson Prof. Holger Pettersson (1942 – 3 November 2010) was a Swedish radiologist and educator. He was born in Ödsmål near Uddevalla, Sweden. He received his MD from University of Lund. In 1975, he finished his residency at Malmö General Hospital, ...

, Swedish radiologist and educator * Ingvar Pettersson, Swedish athlete *

Isak Pettersson Carl Isak Emanuel Pettersson (born 6 June 1997) is a Swedish professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Swedish club IF Elfsborg, Elfsborg. Club career Pettersson was signed to ...

, Swedish football player *

Joel Pettersson Joel Pettersson (8 June 1892 – 5 January 1937) was a painter and writer on the Åland Islands, Finland. He remained an obscure figure during his lifetime; most of his writings were unpublished for decades after his death. Biography Pettersson ...

, Finnish painter and writer * Johan Pettersson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Jörgen Pettersson (footballer) Jörgen Ola Pettersson (born 29 September 1975) is a retired Swedish former professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), striker. He started his career with Malmö FF in 1991 and later played for B ...

, Swedish football player *

Jörgen Pettersson (ice hockey) Sven-Ove Jörgen Pettersson (born 11 July 1956) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. With Västra Frölunda IF, he won a silver medal in the 1979–80 Elitserien season. The 1988–89 season saw him qualifying for the Swedish El ...

, Swedish ice hockey player * Katja Pettersson, Finnish designer * Kjell-Ronnie Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player *

Leif Pettersson Leif Pettersson, born in 1954, is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party. He has been a member of the Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of ...

, Swedish politician *

Linus Pettersson Linus Pettersson (born 13 May 1987) is a Swedish bandy player who currently plays for Sandvikens AIK as a defender. Career Club career Pettersson is a youth product of IFK Motala and has represented Sandviken and Zorky. International caree ...

, Swedish bandy player * Marcus Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player * Marina Pettersson, Swedish politician *

Pelle Pettersson Pelle Helmer Petterson (born 31 July 1932) is a Swedish Yacht racing, sailor and yacht designer. Petterson has won two Olympic medals, four world championship titles, challenged for the America's Cup and designed several sailboats, including Max ...

, Swedish yachtsman and yacht designer * Rolf Pettersson, Swedish orienteer * Ronald Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player *

Ronney Pettersson Ronney Pettersson (26 April 1940 – 26 September 2022) was a Swedish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Pettersson joined Djurgårdens IF from IFK Skövde in 1958 and made his debut in 1962 for Djurgårdens IF in Allsvenskan. He bec ...

, Swedish football player *

Stefan Pettersson (footballer) Stefan Bengt Pettersson (born 22 March 1963) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He won the UEFA Cup with both IFK Göteborg and Ajax, and won 31 caps for the Sweden national team. He represented his country at ...

, Swedish football player * Stefan Pettersson (ice hockey), Swedish ice hockey player *

Sten Pettersson Sten Karl Leopold "Sten-Pelle" Pettersson (11 September 1902 – 1 June 1984) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed in sprint and hurdling events. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics in the 110 and 400 m hurdles ...

, Swedish athlete * Sven Pettersson, Swedish ski jumper * Sven-Pelle Pettersson, Swedish swimmer and water polo player * Wivan Pettersson, Swedish swimmer

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