Nilsson is a Swedish surname and the fourth most common surname in Sweden. The name is a patronymic meaning "Nils's son". Nils was a very common name, especially in 19th century Sweden.

People with the surname

  • Anders Nilsson (disambiguation)
  • Andreas Nilsson (disambiguation)
  • Anna Q. Nilsson (1888–1974), Swedish actor
  • Anna T. Nilsson (1869–1947), Swedish educator and peace activist
  • Aurora Nilsson (1894–1972), Swedish writer
  • Bengt Nilsson (born 1954), Swedish actor
  • Birgit Nilsson (1918–2005), Swedish soprano
  • Bo Nilsson (1937–2018) Swedish composer and lyricist
  • Bob Nilsson (born 1960), Australian minor league and ABL pitcher
  • Cecilia Nilsson (born 1979), Swedish hammer thrower
  • Christina Nilsson (1843–1921), Swedish operatic soprano
  • Christina Nilsson (soprano, born 1990), Swedish operatic soprano
  • Dave Nilsson (born 1969), Australian professional baseball player, coach, manager
  • Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson (born 1987) Swedish singer, songwriter known as Tove Lo
  • Elisabeth Nilsson (lawyer), Swedish lawyer and suffragist (1878–1941)
  • , Swedish civil servant and businesswoman (1953–)
  • Felix Nilsson (born 2005), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Fredrik Olaus Nilsson (1809–1881), Swedish Baptist pioneer
  • Gary Nilsson (born 1963), Australian minor league and ABL pitcher
  • Gunnar Nilsson (1948–1978), Swedish racing car driver
  • Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1922) (1922–2004), Swedish football player
  • Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1997) (born 1997), Swedish football player
  • Gustaf Nilsson (wrestler) (1899–1980), Swedish wrestler
  • Harry Nilsson (1941–1994), American singer and songwriter, often known simply as Nilsson
  • Ida Göthilda Nilsson (1840–1920), Swedish sculptor
  • Ida Nilsson (born 1981), Swedish trailrunner and ski mountaineer
  • Ingemar Nilsson (born 1956), Swedish politician
  • Janne Nilsson (1882–1938), Swedish politician
  • Jesse Nilsson (1977–2003), Canadian actor
  • Joakim Nilsson (disambiguation)
  • Jonna Emily Lee Nilsson (born 1981), Swedish singer
  • Kent Nilsson (born 1956), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Kirsten Nilsson (1931–2017), German cabaret performer and sex worker
  • Kjell Nilsson (disambiguation)
  • Kristina Nilsson (born 1965), Swedish politician
  • Lasse Nilsson or Lars Nilsson, multiple people
  • Lennart Nilsson (1922–2017), Swedish photographer
  • Lennart Nilsson (born 1944), Swedish politician
  • Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (1924–1978), Argentine film director
  • Liam Dower Nilsson (born 2003), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Lina Nilsson, Swedish football player
  • Malin Nilsson (born 1973), Swedish freestyle swimmer
  • Magnus Nilsson (born 1984), Swedish chef
  • Martin P. Nilsson (1874–1967), Swedish philologist and historian of religion
  • Mats Nilsson (born 1956), Swedish Air Force officer
  • Max Nilsson (born 1980), Swedish racing driver
  • Molly Nilsson (born 1984), Swedish singer-songwriter and musician
  • Nils Nilsson (disambiguation)
  • Noah Dower Nilsson (born 2005), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Norma Jean Nilsson (born 1938), American actress
  • Pål Nils Nilsson (1929–2002), Swedish photographer and filmmaker
  • Robert Nilsson (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Roland Nilsson (born 1963), Swedish football player
  • Svante Nilsson (1460–1512), a regent of Sweden
  • Sven Nilsson (disambiguation)
  • Thomas Nilsson (born 1963), Swedish Air Force officer
  • Tommy Nilsson (born 1960), Swedish musician
  • Ulf Nilsson (1948–2021), Swedish writer
  • Ulrik Nilsson (born 1963), Swedish politician
  • Ulrika Nilsson (born 1965), Swedish journalist
  • Zandor Nilsson (1913–1973), Swedish chess player

See also

  • Neilson (name)
  • Nielsen (disambiguation)
  • Nilson

References

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