Lindberg is a common European surname. Literally translated it means lime OR LINDEN tree - mountain. It originally comes from villages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland^[1] and is now very common in Sweden.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 52.9% of all known bearers of the surname Lindberg were residents of Sweden, 26.6% of the United States, 7.3% of Finland, 4.5% of Denmark, 3.4% of Norway and 1.9% of Canada.

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:354) in the following counties:

• 1. Västerbotten (1:122)
• 2. Gävleborg (1:178)
• 3. Norrbotten (1:244)
• 4. Uppsala (1:258)
• 5. Västmanland (1:264)
• 6. Dalarna (1:293)
• 7. Jämtland (1:319)
• 8. Västernorrland (1:319)
• 9. Södermanland (1:347)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,441) in the following regions:

• 1. Åland (1:336)
• 2. Southwest Finland (1:730)
• 3. Uusimaa (1:849)
• 4. Tavastia Proper (1:1,202)
• 5. Kymenlaakso (1:1,285)

In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:25,889) in the following states:^[2]

People

A–G

• Anna Lindberg (born 1981), Swedish diver
• Augusta Lindberg (1866–1943), Swedish actress
• Carl Lindberg (1904–1984), Danish boxer
• Chad Lindberg (born 1976), American actor
• Charles W. Lindberg (1920–2007), United States Marine, one of the raisers of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima
• Chris Lindberg (born 1967), retired Canadian ice hockey player
• Christian Lindberg (born 1958), Swedish trombonist
• Christina Lindberg (born 1950), Swedish actress and pin-up girl
• David C. Lindberg (1935–2015), American historian of science
• David R. Lindberg (born 1948), American malacologist
• Dawn Lindberg (1945–2020), South African singer and actress
• Donald A.B. Lindberg (1933–2019), U.S. physician
• Edward Lindberg (1887–1978), U.S. Olympic athlete
• Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette (1874–1944), Swedish writer and princess of Persia
• Gunner Lindberg (born 1975), convicted U.S. murderer

H–M

• Hanna Lindberg (1865–1951), Swedish politician, the first woman in a communal council (1910)
• Hans Lindberg (born 1981), Danish team handball player
• Helge Lindberg (1887–1928), Finnish opera singer
• Janne Lindberg (born 1966), Finnish former professional footballer
• Jim Lindberg (born 1968), U.S. singer-songwriter for the punk band Pennywise
• John Lindberg (born 1959), American jazz double-bassist
• John G. Lindberg (1884–1973), Finnish ophthalmologist, discoverer of exfoliation syndrome (1917)
• Karin Lindberg (1929–2020), Swedish gymnast
• Karin Kock-Lindberg (1891–1976), Swedish politician
• Knut Lindberg (1882–1961), Swedish Olympic athlete
• Knut Lindberg (wrestler) (1880–1930), Finnish wrestler
• Kristoffer Lindberg (born 1992), Swedish politician
• Magnus Lindberg (born 1958), Finnish composer
• Marcus Lindberg (born 1980), Swedish footballer
• Marie Lindberg (cyclist) (born 1987), Swedish road cyclist
• Marie Lindberg (singer) (born 1975), Swedish teacher, singer/songwriter and guitarist
• Marie Louise Lindberg (1918–2005), mineralogist
• Morten Lindberg (1965–2019), also known as Master Fatman, Danish media personality

N–Z

• Odd F. Lindberg (1945–2021), Norwegian freelance journalist, arctic explorer and film maker
• Oskar Lindberg (composer) (1887–1955), Swedish composer
• Oskar Lindberg (cross-country skier) (1894–1977), Swedish cross-country skier
• Patrik Lindberg (born 1988), better known as f0rest, Swedish Counter-Strike player
• Sextus Otto Lindberg (1835–1889), Swedish physician and bryologist
• Sigfrid Lindberg (1897–1977), Swedish footballer
• Sven Lindberg (1918–2006), Swedish film actor and director
• Stig Lindberg (1916–1982), Swedish ceramic designer, glass designer, textile designer, industrial designer, painter, and illustrator
• Teres Lindberg (born 1974), Swedish politician
• Tomas Lindberg (born 1972), Swedish singer
• Torsten Lindberg (1917–2009), Swedish football player and manager
• Ulrika Knape-Lindberg (born 1955), Swedish diver, mother of Anna Lindberg
• Verner Lindberg (1852–1909), Finnish politician
• Ylva Lindberg (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player