Bäcklund is a Swedish-language surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 81.1% of all known bearers of the surname Bäcklund were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:5,653), 15.0% of Finland (1:17,018), 1.6% of Norway (1:151,246) and 1.2% of Denmark (1:217,098).
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:5,653) in the following counties: Västerbotten County (1:1,145) Värmland County (1:1,825) Norrbotten County (1:1,991) Dalarna County (1:3,216) Västmanland County (1:4,323) Västernorrland County (1:4,784) Gävleborg County (1:5,092) Örebro County (1:5,282)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:17,018) in the following regions:Bäcklund surname distribution Åland (1:2,153) Ostrobothnia (1:3,476) Uusimaa (1:10,324) Southwest Finland (1:11,584) South Karelia (1:12,619) Tavastia Proper (1:13,928)
People Albert Victor Bäcklund (1845–1922), Swedish mathematician and physicist Magnus Bäcklund (1866–1903), Swedish missionary to Chinese Turkestan Magnus Bäcklund (born 1965), Swedish singer
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