Stenberg Explained

Stenberg is a surname that was the 11,945th most common last name in the United States as of the 2000 census.^[1] One origin nationality for the surname is Swedish, though it was not uncommon for Swedish immigrants to the United States to change this surname to Stoneberg.^[2] According to the "Dictionary of American Family Names", this is a Swedish ornamental surname meaning "stone mountain" (or "stone hill" in Danish or Norwegian).^[3]

19th Century

• Lisette Stenberg (1770–1847), Swedish actress and musician
• Ulla Stenberg (1792–1858), Swedish damask maker

20th Century

• Birgitta Stenberg (1932–2014), Swedish author, translator and illustrator
• Brigitta Stenberg, American actress
• Dick Stenberg (1921–2004), Swedish Air Force lieutenant general
• Don Stenberg (b. 1948), American politician
• Eira Stenberg (b. 1943), Finnish playwright and poet
• Elli Stenberg (1903–1987), Finnish politician
• Gaby Stenberg (1923–2011), Swedish actress
• Georgii Stenberg (1900–1933), Russian artist and designer
• Hans Stenberg (b. 1953), Swedish politician
• Henry Wuorila-Stenberg (b. 1949), Finnish expressionist and surrealist artist
• Jan Stenberg (1938–2015), Swedish businessman
• Johnny Stenberg (1925–1990), Norwegian politician
• Karin Stenberg (1884–1969), Swedish Sami activist and teacher
• Kurt Stenberg (1888–1936), Finnish Olympic gymnast
• Leif Stenberg (b. 1969), Swedish Muslim scholar
• Logan Stenberg (b. 1997), American football player
• Ragnar Stenberg (1887–1954), Finnish athlete
• Scott Stenberg (b. 1958), American aerospace engineer/executive, businessman, U.S. Patent holder
• Sirið Stenberg (b. 1968), Faroese politician
• Trine Stenberg (b. 1969), former Norwegian footballer
• Vladimir Stenberg (1899–1982), Soviet artist and designer

21st Century

• Amandla Stenberg (b. 1998), American actress
• Jeremy Stenberg (b. 1981), American freestyle Motocross rider
• Lennart Stenberg, Swedish author of Den nya nordiska floran

Lillo-Stenberg

• Lars Lillo-Stenberg (b. 1962), Norwegian musician
• Per Lillo-Stenberg (1928–2014), Norwegian actor

See also

• Stenberg v. Carhart, a Supreme Court case that ruled laws against partial birth abortions to be illegal
• Stenborg

Notes and References

1. U.S. Census Bureau. Web site: Archived copy . August 10, 2006 . dead . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101012101346/http%3A//www%2Ecensus%2Egov/genealogy/names/dist%2Eall%2Elast . October 12, 2010 .
2. Book: American Surnames . Smith, Elsdon Coles . 26 . 9780806311500 . 1986 . 1969 . reprint . Genealogical Publishing Com . Internet Archive . registration . Baltimore, Maryland .
3. Encyclopedia: Dictionary of American Surnames . Ancestry.com . Stenberg Name Meaning & Stenberg Family History . 2013 . 5 June 2015 .