Rosengren Explained

Rosengren is a Swedish-language surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 62.5% of all known bearers of the surname Rosengren were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:2,789), 20.8% of the United States (1:307,186), 5.3% of Denmark (1:18,878), 2.7% of Finland (1:35,463), 2.7% of Australia (1:156,407), 2.5% of Canada (1:264,734) and 1.6% of Norway (1:57,137).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,789) in the following counties:

• 1. Skåne County (1:1,261)
• 2. Örebro County (1:1,558)
• 3. Kalmar County (1:1,608)
• 4. Halland County (1:2,389)
• 5. Norrbotten County (1:2,533)
• 6. Gotland County (1:2,658)

In Denmark, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:18,878) in the following regions:

• 1. North Denmark Region (1:7,481)
• 2. Region Zealand (1:11,129)
• 3. Capital Region of Denmark (1:18,725)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:35,463) in the following regions:^[1]

• 1. Satakunta (1:7,115)
• 2. Ostrobothnia (1:13,369)
• 3. Pirkanmaa (1:16,485)
• 4. Southwest Finland (1:18,998)

People

• Bernt Rosengren (1937–2023), Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist
• Birgit Rosengren (1912–2011), Swedish film actress
• Björn Rosengren (politician) (born 1942), Swedish Social Democratic politician
• Eric S. Rosengren (born 1957), president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• Erik Rosengren (1908–1988), Swedish Army lieutenant general
• Håkan Rosengren, Swedish clarinet virtuoso
• John Rosengren (born 1964), American writer and author
• Patrik Rosengren (born 1971), Swedish footballer
• Per Rosengren, (1951–), is a Swedish Left Party politician and teacher
• Rhonda Rosengren, New Zealand toxicology academic
• Sabina Rosengren Jacobsen, Swedish team handball player

See also

• Roseingrave
• Rosengarten (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. https://forebears.io/surnames/rosengren Rosengren surname distribution