Dahlgren is a Swedish surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 51.5% of all known bearers of the surname Dahlgren were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:1,568), 37.6% of the United States (1:78,773), 2.7% of Finland (1:16,759), 2.3% of Canada (1:130,028), 2.2% of Norway (1:19,260) and 1.5% of Denmark (1:31,711).
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,568) in the following counties: Västerbotten County (1:699) Gotland County (1:991) Värmland County (1:1,075) Jämtland County (1:1,145) Halland County (1:1,167) Västra Götaland County (1:1,257) Östergötland County (1:1,314) Västernorrland County (1:1,410)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:16,759) in the following regions:Dahlgren surname distribution Åland (1:1,700) Ostrobothnia (1:4,345) Central Ostrobothnia (1:4,458) Tavastia Proper (1:6,964) Uusimaa (1:10,597)
People Anders Dahlgren (1925–1986), Swedish politician who was a member of the Centre Party
Charles G. Dahlgren (1811–1888), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War Dagmar Dahlgren (1880–1951), American singer and silent film era motion picture actress Babe Dahlgren (1912–1996), American baseball player Edward C. Dahlgren (1916–2006), United States Army soldier Eva Dahlgren (born 1960), Swedish singer Fredrik August Dahlgren (1816–1895) Swedish writer, playwright and songwriter George Dahlgren (1887–1940), player in the National Football League Gertrud Dahlgren (1931–2009), Swedish botanist Jay Dahlgren (born 1948), Canadian javelin thrower Jeff Dahlgren, American guitarist and producer Jennifer Dahlgren (born 1984), Argentine hammer thrower John A. Dahlgren (1809–1870), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy officer John Olof Dahlgren (1872–1963), American Medal of Honor recipient Karl Fredrik Dahlgren (1791–1844), Swedish poet Kevin Dahlgren (1992–2018), American convicted of a quadruple murder in the Czech Republic Leif Dahlgren (1906–1998), Swedish decathlete Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (1825–1898; pen name, "Corinne"), American writer, translator, anti-suffragist Mathias Dahlgren (born 1969), Swedish chef, who won the culinary championship Bocuse d'Or in 1997 Mikael Dahlgren (born 1984), Swedish footballer who currently plays for Landskrona BoIS Robert Dahlgren (born 1979), Swedish auto racing driver Rolf Dahlgren (1932–1987), Swedish-Danish botanist Ulric Dahlgren (1842–1864), Colonel, U.S. Army officer
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