Dahlgren (surname)

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:

• 1. Västerbotten County (1:699)
• 2. Gotland County (1:991)
• 3. Värmland County (1:1,075)
• 4. Jämtland County (1:1,145)
• 5. Halland County (1:1,167)
• 6. Västra Götaland County (1:1,257)
• 7. Östergötland County (1:1,314)
• 8. Västernorrland County (1:1,410)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:16,759) in the following regions:

• 1. Åland (1:1,700)
• 2. Ostrobothnia (1:4,345)
• 3. Central Ostrobothnia (1:4,458)
• 4. Tavastia Proper (1:6,964)
• 5. 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