Blomqvist Explained

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in Swedish pronounced as /ˈblʊ̂mːkvɪst/) or Swedish: '''Blomkvist'''|italic=no is a surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 70.1% of all known bearers of the surname Blomqvist were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:1,099), 25.2% of Finland (1:1,704), 1.1% of Norway (1:36,471) and 1.0% of Estonia (1:10,745).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,099) in the following counties:

• 1. Södermanland County (1:721)
• 2. Jönköping County (1:741)
• 3. Kalmar County (1:772)
• 4. Dalarna County (1:828)
• 5. Norrbotten County (1:919)
• 6. Uppsala County (1:969)
• 7. Kronoberg County (1:981)
• 8. Blekinge County (1:993)
• 9. Stockholm County (1:1,030)
• 10. Västmanland County (1:1,054)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,704) in the following regions:^[1]

• 1. Åland (1:168)
• 2. Ostrobothnia (1:384)
• 3. Southwest Finland (1:820)
• 4. Uusimaa (1:1,068)
• 5. Central Ostrobothnia (1:1,194)

People

• Andreas Blomqvist, Swedish heavy metal bassist
• Andreas Blomqvist (footballer), Swedish footballer
• Anna-Lena Blomkvist, Swedish politician
• Anni Blomqvist, Finland-Swedish novelist
• Axel Blomqvist, former Swedish speed skater
• Cecilia Blomqvist, Finnish deaconess
• Christina Blomqvist, Swedish orienteering competitor
• Elisabeth Blomqvist, Finnish educator
• Erik Blomqvist (athlete), former Swedish Olympic track and field athlete
• Erik Blomqvist (sport shooter), former Swedish sport shooter
• Erik Blomqvist (chess player), Swedish chess grandmaster
• Jacob Blomqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
• Jesper Blomqvist, Swedish football player and coach
• Johan Blomqvist, bassist of Swedish band Backyard Babies
• Kalle Blomkvist, fictional character created by Astrid Lindgren
• Lena Blomkvist, Swedish football defender
• Mikael Blomkvist, fictional character who appears in Millennium Trilogy.
• Minea Blomqvist, Finnish professional golfer
• Olov Blomkvist, Swedish architect
• Ossi Blomqvist, former Finnish speed skater
• Rebecka Blomqvist (born 1997), Swedish footballer
• Stig Blomqvist, Swedish rally driver
• Timo Blomqvist, Finnish ice hockey player
• Tom Blomqvist, British racing driver

See also

• Blomquist
• Bloomquist

Notes and References

1. https://forebears.io/surnames/blomqvist Blomqvist surname distribution