Rosenqvist Explained

Rosenqvist is a Swedish surname meaning "rose branch".

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 64.1% of all known bearers of the surname Rosenqvist were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:4,169), 22.3% of Finland (1:6,671), 9.6% of Denmark (1:15,900) and 1.4% of Norway (1:97,025).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,169) in the following counties:

• 1. Kalmar County (1:1,804)
• 2. Skåne County (1:2,039)
• 3. Kronoberg County (1:2,363)
• 4. Jönköping County (1:2,796)
• 5. Blekinge County (1:3,142)
• 6. Östergötland County (1:3,392)
• 7. Gävleborg County (1:3,685)
• 8. Gotland County (1:3,899)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:6,671) in the following regions:^[1]

• 1. Åland (1:587)
• 2. Satakunta (1:1,750)
• 3. Southwest Finland (1:3,393)
• 4. Uusimaa (1:4,638)
• 5. Ostrobothnia (1:5,607)

People

• Edil Rosenqvist, Finnish wrestler
• Einar Rosenqvist, Norwegian naval officer and politician
• Emelie Rosenqvist (born 1980), Swedish actress
• Ernst Rosenqvist, Finnish sports shooter
• Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish racing driver
• Gustaf Allan Rosenqvist, Finnish businessman and co-founder of Andrée & Rosenqvist company
• Helena Hillar Rosenqvist, Swedish Green Party politician
• Susanne Rosenqvist, Swedish sprint canoeist
• Terkel Rosenqvist, Norwegian chemist and metallurgist

See also

• Rosenquist

Notes and References

1. https://forebears.io/surnames/rosenqvist Rosenqvist surname distribution