Sixten, Sigsten or Sighsten is a masculine
given name of
Swedish origin. The name is derived from the Old Swedish words (victory) and (stone).
It is earliest attested in a runestone as sikstain.
People named Sixten include:
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Sixten Boström (born 1963), Finnish football player and manager
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Sixten Ehrling (1918–2005), Swedish conductor
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Sixten Franzén (1919–2008), Swedish scientist, inventor of pointcytology
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Sighsten Herrgård (1943–1989), Finnish-born Swedish fashion designer
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Sixten Isberg
Sixten Isberg (February 8, 1921 – June 10, 2012) was a Swedish alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics. He was the Swedish slalom champion in 1941, 1945, and 1949.
He was born in Åre and compe ...
(1921–2012), Swedish alpine skier
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Sixten Jansson (1913–2006), Swedish canoeist
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Sixten Jernberg
Edy Sixten Jernberg, known as "Sixten", (6 February 1929 – 14 July 2012) was a Swedish cross-country skier and one of the most successful cross-country skiers of all time. Between 1952 and 1964 he took part in 363 ski races, finishing within th ...
(1929–2012), Swedish cross-country skier
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Sixten Johansson (1910–1991), Swedish ski jumper
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Sixten Larsson (1918–1995), Swedish track athlete
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Sixten Mohlin (born 1996), Swedish footballer
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Sixten Kai Nielsen (born 1978), Danish artist
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Sixten Korkman (born 1948), Finnish ecomonist
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Sixten Ringbom
Sixten Ivar Alexander Ringbom (July 27, 1935 – August 18, 1992) was a Finnish art historian.
Biography
Sixten Ringbom was the son of , a professor of art history at Åbo Akademi University. He studied at the Swedish classical lyceum ( sv, ...
(1935–1992), Finnish art historian
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Sixten Sason
Sixten Sason (born Sixten Andersson; 1912–1967) was a Swedish industrial designer, noted for his work in designing several generations of Saab automobiles.
Biographical
Sason was born in 1912, the son of a Swedish sculptor. He trained in Pa ...
(1912–1967), Swedish industrial designer
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Sixten Sild (born 1964), Estonian orienteer
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Sixten Sparre (1854–1889), Swedish dragoon lieutenant
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Sixten Sundström (1897–1960), Swedish track and field athlete
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Sixten Veit (born 1970), German football player
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Sixten Wackström (born 1960), Finnish cyclist
See also
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Fredrik Sixten (born 1962), Swedish composer, organist and conductor
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Sven Sixten (1929–2001), Swedish priest, author and poet
References
{{given name, nocat
Swedish masculine given names