Stenberg is a surname that was the 11,945th most common last name in the United States as of the 2000 census. One origin nationality for the surname is Swedish, though it was not uncommon for Swedish immigrants to the United States to change this surname to
Stoneberg. According to the "Dictionary of American Family Names", this is a Swedish
ornamental surname meaning "stone mountain" (or "stone hill" in Danish or Norwegian).
19th Century
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Lisette Stenberg
Caroline Lisette (Maria Elisabet) Stenberg (23 October 1770 in Stockholm or Gothenburg – 18 June 1847 in Vänersborg) was a Swedish stage actress, singer and pianist. She was a popular stage celebrity artist in Gustavian era Stockholm, and a ...
(1770–1847), Swedish actress and musician
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Ulla Stenberg
Ulla (Johanna Ulrica) Stenberg, née Colliander (1792–1858) was a Swedish damask maker.
Stenberg was the daughter of vicar Nils Johan Colliander in Jönköping. She was professional damask maker from 1822, and had her own weaving school from 1 ...
(1792–1858), Swedish damask maker
20th Century
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Birgitta Stenberg (1932–2014), Swedish author, translator and illustrator
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Brigitta Stenberg, American actress
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Daniel Stenberg
Magnus Daniel Stenberg is a Swedish developer and recipient of the 2017 Polhem Prize (for a high-level technological innovation or an ingenious solution to a technical problem) for his work on the cURL utility.
Stenberg was born and raised in Hu ...
(b. 1970), Swedish Software Developer
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Dick Stenberg (1921–2004), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general
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Don Stenberg
Don Stenberg (born September 30, 1948) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 31st Nebraska Attorney General, Attorney General of Nebraska from 1991 to 2003 and 43rd Nebraska State Treasurer, Treasurer of Nebraska from 2011 to 2019 ...
(b. 1948), American politician
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Eira Stenberg (b. 1943), Finnish playwright and poet
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Elli Stenberg (1903–1987), Finnish politician
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(1923–2011), Swedish actress
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Georgii Stenberg (1900–1933), Russian artist and designer
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Hans Stenberg (b. 1953), Swedish politician
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Henry Wuorila-Stenberg (b. 1949), Finnish expressionist and surrealist artist
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Jan Stenberg Jan Stenberg (1939–2015) was a Swedish businessperson and chairman of the board of Stepstone, Cygate Måldata, Service Factory, Marratech, Spring Mobil, Q-matic and Tific.
Stenberg was educated with a law degree from the Stockholm Univ ...
(1938–2015), Swedish businessman
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Johnny Stenberg (1925–1990), Norwegian politician
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Karin Stenberg (1884–1969), Swedish Sami activist and teacher
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Kurt Stenberg (1888–1936), Finnish Olympic gymnast
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Leif Stenberg
Leif Stenberg has been the Dean of the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations at the Aga Khan University (International) in London since April 2017.
Media Appearances
Stenberg provided commentary during the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad car ...
(b. 1969), Swedish Muslim scholar
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Logan Stenberg (b. 1997), American football player
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Ragnar Stenberg (1887–1954), Finnish athlete
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Richard R. Stenberg (b. c. 1910), American historian
*Scott Stenberg (b. 1958), American aerospace engineer/executive, businessman, U.S. Patent holder
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Sirið Stenberg
Sirið Stenberg (born 26 May 1968 in Vágur) is a Faroese politician. She finished her education as a nurse in 1994 and as a nurse in neonatalalogy in 1998 and as a nurse with special knowledge of children from 0-7 (''Heilsufrøðingur'' in Faroe ...
(b. 1968), Faroese politician
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Trine Stenberg (b. 1969), former Norwegian footballer
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Vladimir Stenberg (1899–1982), Soviet artist and designer
21st Century
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Amandla Stenberg
Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actress. She began her career as a child and received recognition for playing List of The Hunger Games characters#Rue, Rue in the action film ''The Hunger Games (film), The Hunger Games'' ( ...
(b. 1998), American actress
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Ivar Stenberg (b. 2007), Swedish ice hockey player
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Jeremy Stenberg
Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg (born September 27, 1981) is an American professional freestyle motocross rider and professional off-road truck racer. Stenberg received his nickname "Twitch" from his Tourette's syndrome, which he was diagnosed with ...
(b. 1981), American freestyle Motocross rider
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Lennart Stenberg, Swedish author of ''Den nya nordiska floran''
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Otto Stenberg (b. 2005), Swedish ice hockey player
Lillo-Stenberg
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Lars Lillo-Stenberg
Lars Lillo-Stenberg (born 30 June 1962) is a Norwegian rock musician. He is the man behind the Norwegian band deLillos, but he also played in The Last James and still plays in the band Young Neils. He has also recorded many solo albums. He is t ...
(b. 1962), Norwegian musician
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Per Lillo-Stenberg (1928–2014), Norwegian actor
See also
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Stenberg v. Carhart, a Supreme Court case that ruled laws against partial birth abortions to be illegal
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Stenborg
Notes
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