# Lindberg (surname)

Lindberg is a common European surname. Literally translated it means lime or linden tree - mountain. It originally comes from villages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and is now very common in Sweden.

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 52.9% of all known bearers of the surname Lindberg were residents of Sweden, 26.6% of the United States, 7.3% of Finland, 4.5% of Denmark, 3.4% of Norway and 1.9% of Canada.
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:354) in the following counties:
* 1. Västerbotten (1:122)
* 2. Gävleborg (1:178)
* 3. Norrbotten (1:244)
* 4. Uppsala (1:258)
* 5. Västmanland (1:264)
* 6. Dalarna (1:293)
* 7. Jämtland (1:319)
* 8. Västernorrland (1:319)
* 9. Södermanland (1:347)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,441) in the following regions:
* 1. Åland (1:336)
* 2. Southwest Finland (1:730)
* 3. Uusimaa (1:849)
* 4. Tavastia Proper (1:1,202)
* 5. Kymenlaakso (1:1,285)
In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:25,889) in the following states:
* 1. Minnesota (1:2,886)
* 2. North Dakota (1:5,623)
* 3. Wyoming (1:7,249)
* 4. Washington (1:7,391)
* 5. Montana (1:7,443)
* 6. South Dakota (1:9,169)
* 7. Wisconsin (1:9,794)
* 8. Vermont (1:11,445)
* 9. Oregon (1:13,115)
* 10. Alaska (1:14,169)
* 11. Idaho (1:15,505)
* 12. Massachusetts (1:18,030)
* 13. Illinois (1:18,160)
* 14. Utah (1:18,608)
* 15. Rhode Island (1:18,664)
* 16. Kansas (1:19,262)
* 17. Connecticut (1:19,699)
* 18. Michigan (1:20,983)
* 19. Colorado (1:21,261)
* 20. Iowa (1:22,068)
* 21. New Hampshire (1:22,808)
* 22. Nebraska (1:22,893)
* 23. Arizona (1:23,616)
* 24. New Mexico (1:23,808)

## People
### A–G

* Anna Lindberg (born 1981), Swedish diver
* Augusta Lindberg (1866–1943), Swedish actress
* Carl Lindberg (1904–1984), Danish boxer
* Chad Lindberg (born 1976), American actor
* Charles W. Lindberg (1920–2007), United States Marine, one of the raisers of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima
* Chris Lindberg (born 1967), retired Canadian ice hockey player
* Christian Lindberg (born 1958), Swedish trombonist
* Christina Lindberg (born 1950), Swedish actress and pin-up girl
* David C. Lindberg (1935–2015), American historian of science
* David R. Lindberg (born 1948), American malacologist
* Dawn Lindberg (1945–2020), South African singer and actress
* Donald A.B. Lindberg (1933–2019), U.S. physician
* Edward Lindberg (1887–1978), U.S. Olympic athlete
* Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette (1874–1944), Swedish writer and princess of Persia
* Gunner Lindberg (born 1975), convicted U.S. murderer

### H–M

* Hanna Lindberg (1865–1951), Swedish politician, the first woman in a communal council (1910)
* Hans Lindberg (born 1981), Danish team handball player
* Helge Lindberg (1887–1928), Finnish opera singer
* Jakob Lindberg (born 1952), Swedish lutenist
* Janne Lindberg (born 1966), Finnish former professional footballer
* Jim Lindberg (born 1968), U.S. singer-songwriter for the punk band Pennywise
* Joakim Lindberg (born 1993), Swedish canoeist
* John Lindberg (born 1959), American jazz double-bassist
* John G. Lindberg (1884–1973), Finnish ophthalmologist, discoverer of exfoliation syndrome (1917)
* Karin Lindberg (1929–2020), Swedish gymnast
* Karin Kock-Lindberg (1891–1976), Swedish politician
* Knut Lindberg (1882–1961), Swedish Olympic athlete
* Knut Lindberg (wrestler) (1880–1930), Finnish wrestler
* Kristoffer Lindberg (born 1992), Swedish politician
* Magnus Lindberg (born 1958), Finnish composer
* Marcus Lindberg (born 1980), Swedish footballer
* Marie Lindberg (cyclist) (born 1987), Swedish road cyclist
* Marie Lindberg (singer) (born 1975), Swedish teacher, singer/songwriter and guitarist
* Marie Louise Lindberg (1918–2005), mineralogist
* Morten Lindberg (1965–2019), also known as Master Fatman, Danish media personality

### N–Z

* Odd F. Lindberg (1945–2021), Norwegian freelance journalist, arctic explorer and film maker
* Oskar Lindberg (composer) (1887–1955), Swedish composer
* Oskar Lindberg (cross-country skier) (1894–1977), Swedish cross-country skier
* Patrik Lindberg (born 1988), better known as f0rest, Swedish Counter-Strike player
* Sextus Otto Lindberg (1835–1889), Swedish physician and bryologist
* Sigfrid Lindberg (1897–1977), Swedish footballer
* Sven Lindberg (1918–2006), Swedish film actor and director
* Stig Lindberg (1916–1982), Swedish ceramic designer, glass designer, textile designer, industrial designer, painter, and illustrator
* Teres Lindberg (born 1974), Swedish politician
* Tomas Lindberg (born 1972), Swedish singer
* Torsten Lindberg (1917–2009), Swedish football player and manager
* Ulrika Knape-Lindberg (born 1955), Swedish diver, mother of Anna Lindberg
* Verner Lindberg (1852–1909), Finnish politician
* Ylva Lindberg (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player