Johansson
Appearance
Origin | |
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Language(s) | Germanic |
Meaning | "son of Johan" |
Region of origin | Sweden |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Johanson, Johansen, Johnson, Jones |
Johansson is a patronymic family name of Swedish origin meaning "son of Johan", or "Johan's son". It is the most common Swedish family name, followed by Andersson.[1] (First 18 surnames ends -sson.[2]) The Danish, Norwegian, German and Dutch variant is Johansen, while the most common spelling in the US is Johanson. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon given name. People with the surname Johansson include:
- Anders Johansson, Swedish heavy metal drummer
- Annika Johansson, American stage actress
- Ann-Sofie Johansson, Swedish fashion designer, former Head of Design for H&M
- Bernt Johansson, Swedish road bicycle racer, 1976 Olympic champion
- Bo Johansson, football (soccer) coach
- Calle Johansson, a retired professional ice hockey defenceman
- Carl Edvard Johansson, Swedish inventor (of the gauge block set)
- Ingebrigt Johansson, Norwegian mathematician
- Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer, heavyweight world champion
- Ivar Lo-Johansson, Swedish proletarian author
- Jan Johansson, jazz pianist
- Jens Johansson, heavy metal keyboardist
- Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
- Johan J. Johansson, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer
- Josef Johansson, Swedish pop singer and songwriter
- Karl Henrik Johansson, Swedish engineer
- Leif Johansson (businessman), Swedish Chairman of Ericsson
- Lennart Johansson, Swedish sports official, former President of the European Football Federation
- Mathilde Johansson, French female tennis player
- Olof Johansson, Swedish politician, former leader of Centerpartiet
- Ove Johansson, native Swede and American football placekicker
- Scarlett Johansson, American actress
- Stefan Johansson, Formula One driver
- Stefan Johansson (racewalker), Swedish race walker
- Thomas Johansson, Swedish former tennis player
- Victor Johansson, Swedish swimmer
- Wiktoria Johansson, Swedish singer and songwriter
See also
References
- ^ Allt fler tar ett nytt namn Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Efternamn