Olofsson
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Olofsson is a common Swedish
patronymic
surname
. It literally means "son of Olof". The common surname Olsson
is a contraction of Olofsson.
It may refer to the following people (Swedish, unless stated otherwise):
It may also refer to:
Sweden
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patronymic
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. It literally means "son of Olof". The common surname Olsson
Olsson
Olsson is a common Swedish surname. It is a contraction of the surname Olofsson and it literally means "son of Olof" and seldom also "son of Ola"...
is a contraction of Olofsson.
It may refer to the following people (Swedish, unless stated otherwise):
- Anna Carin OlofssonAnna Carin OlofssonAnna Carin Zidek is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...
(born 1973), biathlete - Clark OlofssonClark OlofssonClark Olofsson , new name Daniel Demuynck, is a Swedish criminal best known for his involvement in the Norrmalmstorg robbery, a hostage situation that was the basis of the term Stockholm syndrome.- Early life :...
(born 1947), criminal - Eva OlofssonEva OlofssonEva Olofsson is a Swedish Left Party politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006.-External links:* at the Riksdag website...
(born 1952), Left Party politician, member of the parliament - Ingjald OlofssonIngjald OlofssonIngjald Olofsson was the son of Olof Trätälja and became the king of Värmland after his father death, according to legend. When Ingjald died, his brother Halfdan Hvitbeinn made Värmland part of his kingdom....
, mythical king of Värmland - Johan OlofssonJohan OlofssonJohan Olofsson is a snowboarder from Gällivare, Sweden, known for being one of the first riders to take freestyle tricks more commonly performed in man-made terrain parks into the big mountain freeriding environments of Alaska...
(born 1976), snowboarder - Kjell OlofssonKjell OlofssonKjell Olofsson is a Swedish footballer.-Time with Dundee United:Olofsson is perhaps best known for his time with Scottish club Dundee United with whom he joined at the start of the 1996/97 season...
(born 1965), former footballer. - Linda OlofssonLinda Olofsson (swimmer)Linda Olofsson , later Linda Andersson, is a former female freestyle swimmer from Sweden. She competed twice at the Summer Olympics for her native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the women's 50 m freestyle and the women's 4×100 m freestyle.-References:...
(born 1972), former freestyle swimmer - Linda Olofsson (born 1973), TV-journalist
- Maud OlofssonMaud OlofssonMaud Elisabeth Olofsson is a Swedish politician, the former leader of the Centre Party of Sweden between 2001-2011, and the former Minister for Enterprise and Energy between 2006 and 2011...
(born 1955), Centre Party politician, Minister for Enterprise and Energy - Niclas OlofssonNiclas OlofssonNiclas Olofsson is a former floorball goalkeeper, playing for Järfälla IBK and the Swedish national team. He won the Floorball World Championships in 2004 and 2006, and quit his career after the championships in 2006....
(born 1975), former floorball player - Pale OlofssonPale OlofssonPale Olofsson is a Swedish rock musician, actor and artist. He is mostly known as one of the members of Nationalteatern.He was born in Stockholm, and moved to Malmö in 1960....
(born 1947), rock musician, actor - Peter OlofssonPeter OlofssonPeter Olofsson is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1984 he finished fifth with the Swedish team in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 19 goals.-References:...
(born 1957), former handball player - Sverker OlofssonSverker OlofssonSverker Olofsson , is a Swedish TV-personality. He has led the consumer show Plus since 1987 on SVT, and is one of their most well-known faces, appearing in a series of advertisements for SVT and was in 2006 a part of the Swedish election survey called Karavanen. He has also appeared on the...
(born 1947), TV-personality
It may also refer to:
- 8697 Olofsson8697 Olofsson- External links :*...
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