Sixten, Sigsten or Sighsten is a masculine given name of

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used b ...

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: *

Sixten Boström Sixten Boström (born 15 September 1963) is a Finnish soccer coach and former midfielder, who most recently served as the head coach of SJK. Previously, he worked as an assistant coach under Gregg Berhalter for Columbus Crew of Major League ...

(born 1963), Finnish football player and manager *

Sixten Ehrling Evert Sixten Ehrling (3 April 1918 – 13 February 2005) was a Swedish conductor and pianist who, during a long career, served as the music director of the Royal Swedish Opera and the principal conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, amo ...

(1918–2005), Swedish conductor *

Sixten Franzén A. Sixten Franzén (26 November 1919 – 15 March 2008) was a Swedish scientist, and a leading cancer researcher of the 1950s and 1960s. He pioneered fine-needle aspiration cytology, in which suspected cancer cells are removed through a very fine n ...

(1919–2008), Swedish scientist, inventor of pointcytology *

Sighsten Herrgård Björn Sighsten Herrgård (8 January 1943 in Helsinki – 20 November 1989 in Stockholm) was a Finnish-born Swedish fashion designer and major trendsetter in Stockholm. In 1987, Herrgård was the first Swedish celebrity with AIDS to disclose th ...

(1943–1989), Finnish-born Swedish fashion designer *

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 *

Sixten Jansson Sixten Jansson (12 January 1913 – 8 December 2006) was a Swedish canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He finished second originally in the K-2 1000 m final at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but was disqualified for bumping into th ...

(1913–2006), Swedish canoeist *

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 *

Sixten Johansson Sixten Johansson (25 January 1910 – 13 October 1991) was a Swedish ski jumper. He competed in the individual event at the 1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olymp ...

(1910–1991), Swedish ski jumper *

Sixten Larsson Sixten Larsson (31 July 1918 – 3 February 1995) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 400 m hurdles. In this event he won a silver medal at the 1946 European Athletics Championships The 3rd European Athletics Championships were he ...

(1918–1995), Swedish track athlete *

Sixten Mohlin Sixten Joaquim Mohlin (born 17 January 1996) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Superettan club Örgryte IS. Born in the Netherlands and raised in Sweden, he represents the Cape Verde national team. International career Mohlin was b ...

(born 1996), Swedish footballer *

Sixten Kai Nielsen Wooloo is a Danish artist collective founded by Sixten Kai Nielsen, Russell Ratshin, and Martin Rosengaard. History The collective was founded in 2002. In 2006 Wooloo exhibited their interactive conceptual work "Asylum" at the WhiteBox Gallery i ...

(born 1978), Danish artist *

Sixten Korkman Bror Sixten Korkman (born 3 February 1948 in Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

(born 1948), Finnish ecomonist *

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 *

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 *

Sixten Sild Sixten Sild (born 19 June 1964, in Tartu) is an Estonian orienteering competitor, bronze medallist for the Soviet Union in the world championships, and later competing for Estonia. He received a bronze medal in the ''classic course'' at the Wor ...

(born 1964), Estonian orienteer *

Sixten Sparre Bengt Edvard ''Sixten'' "Sigge" Sparre af Rossvik (September 27, 1854 – July 19, 1889) was a Swedes, Swedish nobleman, lieutenant, cavalry officer, journalist, poet, mostly known for the murder of circus performer Elvira Madigan in a Murder–sui ...

(1854–1889), Swedish dragoon lieutenant *

Sixten Sundström Sixten Sundström (24 October 1897 – 23 May 1960) was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII ...

(1897–1960), Swedish track and field athlete *

Sixten Veit Sixten Veit (born 7 January 1970) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made four appearances for Beşiktaş in the Turkish Süper Lig during 2001. Honours Hertha BSC * DFB-Ligapokal The DFL-Ligapokal (, off ...

(born 1970), German football player *

Sixten Wackström Sixten Wackström (born 2 August 1960) is a Finnish former cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially kn ...

(born 1960), Finnish cyclist

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{{given name, nocat Swedish masculine given names

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