Stig (given name)
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Stig
(can also be spelled Stieg) is a common forename for men in Scandinavia
- notable people with this name include:
Stig
Stig may refer to:* Stig , a Scandinavian given name* Stig , a region in eastern Serbia* The Stig, the masked driver in the British television show Top Gear...
(can also be spelled Stieg) is a common forename for men in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
- notable people with this name include:
- Stig Andersen HvideStig Andersen HvideStig Andersen Hvide was a Danish nobleman and magnate, known as the leading man among the outlaws after the murder of King Eric V of Denmark. In Danish tradition, he is known as Marsk Stig.-Biography:...
, a 13th century Danish marsk and magnate - Stikkan Anderson, given name Stig, manager of the Swedish band ABBA
- Stig BergeStig BergeStig Berge is a retired Norwegian orienteer, and master of science in engineering.Stig Berge won two gold at the World Orienteering Championships in 1970, one individually and one for the team relay. He also won silver at the 1972 World Championships and bronze in the relay in 1966...
, Norwegian athlete - Stig BerglingStig BerglingStig Svante Eugen Bergling, later Sandberg and Sydholt is a former police officer who spied for the Soviet Union.- Espionage and conviction :...
, Swedish police officer and convicted Soviet agent - Stig Inge BjørnebyeStig Inge BjørnebyeStig Inge Bjørnebye is a retired Norwegian footballer who played in Norway, England, and Denmark, most notably for Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. His preferred position was left back, which he occupied for domestic clubs and the national team...
, Norwegian footballer - Stig BlomqvistStig Blomqvist"Stig" Lennart Blomqvist is a Swedish rally driver. He made his international breakthrough in 1971. Driving an Audi Quattro for the Audi factory team, Blomqvist won the World Rally Championship drivers' title in 1984 and finished runner-up in 1985...
, Swedish rally driver - Stig DagermanStig DagermanStig Dagerman was a Swedish author and journalist.Stig Dagerman was one of the most prominent Swedish authors during the 1940s...
, Swedish author and journalist - Stig DalagerStig DalagerStig Dalager is a Danish writer. He is the author of 51 literary works of all kinds, mostly novels and plays, of which several have been translated or staged internationally...
, Danish writer - Stig FredrikssonStig FredrikssonStig Fredriksson is a former Swedish football defender. He played for IFK Göteborg during a large part of his career, winning two UEFA Cups , as well as four Swedish Championships with the club. He also played 56 matches for the national team, captaining 15 of them.-References:...
, former Swedish footballer - Stig GuldbergStig GuldbergStig Guldberg is founder of the Guldberg-Plan, a society, which has been organising rehabilitation camps for handicapped children since 1950....
, founder of the Guldberg-Plan - Stig GælokStig GælokStig Riemmbe Gælok is a Sami poet from Tysfjord, who writes his poetry in Lule Sámi. His book of poems, O, Oarjjevuodna, which was published in 1983 was the first book in Lule Sámi since Anta Pirak's book.-Poetry:...
, Sami poet - Stig Roar HusbyStig Roar HusbyStig Roar Husby is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner. He represented Strindheim IL and IL i BUL....
, former Norwegian athlete - Stig GuldbergStig GuldbergStig Guldberg is founder of the Guldberg-Plan, a society, which has been organising rehabilitation camps for handicapped children since 1950....
, Danish officer and educationalist - Stig JohansenStig JohansenStig Johansen is a Norwegian football striker who currently plays for FK Bodø/Glimt.He made his debut for Bodø/Glimt in 1993 and played 70 games before he was signed by English Premiership side Southampton, in 1997. His spell at the English side was spent mostly in the reserves and rarely played...
, Norwegian footballer - Stig Johansen, a member of the band The Sins of Thy BelovedThe Sins of Thy BelovedThe Sins Of Thy Beloved is a gothic-doom metal band from Bryne, Norway.- Biography :The band was formed in November 1996 by Glenn Morten Nordbø, Arild Christensen and Stig Johansen. The band was initially called "Purgatory" but they soon decided to change their name to something less common...
- Stig JärrelStig JärrelStig Järrel was a Swedish actor, film director and revue artist. Järrel was one of the most popular actors in Sweden during his career, and also one of the most productive, participating in a total of 131 films...
, Swedish actor, film director and revue artist - Stieg LarssonStieg LarssonKarl Stig-Erland Larsson , who wrote professionally as Stieg Larsson, was a Swedish journalist and writer, born in Skelleftehamn outside Skellefteå. He is best known for writing the "Millennium series" of crime novels, which were published posthumously...
, Swedish journalist and writer - Stig LindbergStig LindbergStig Lindberg was a Swedish ceramic designer, glass designer, textile designer, industrial designer, painter, and illustrator....
, Swedish designer - Per Stig MøllerPer Stig MøllerPer Stig Møller was Culture Minister of Denmark. He has been a member of Folketinget for the Conservative People's Party since 1984, and was Minister for the Environment from December 18, 1990 to January 24, 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from November 27,...
, Danish politician - Stig O'Hara, a member of the fictional band The RutlesThe RutlesThe Rutles are a band that are known for their visual and aural pastiches and parodies of The Beatles. Originally created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes as a fictional band to be featured as part of various 1970s television programming, the group recorded, toured, and released two UK chart hits in...
- Stig OlinStig OlinStig Olin was a Swedish actor, theatre director, songwriter and singer. Father of actress Lena Olin and Swedish singer Mats Olin...
, Swedish actor, theatre director and songwriter - Stig Arild RåketStig Arild RåketStig Arild Råket is a Norwegian earlier footballer, with a past in Molde FK, Bodø Glimt and Kristiansund BK. He is well known for his technic, vision and brilliant killer passes which made him famous and notorious among clubs from all of the country - but also clubs from other nations must had...
, Swedish footballer - Stig Sæterbakken, Norwegian author
- Stig StrandStig StrandStig Strand is a Swedish former alpine skier and sports commentator. He is known for being sports commentator for SVT during many years after his career, and still 2010...
, Swedish skier - Stig StrömholmStig StrömholmStig Fredrik Strömholm , Swedish, former rector magnificus of Uppsala University.Strömholm received his education in Uppsala . He completed a doctorate in Law in Uppsala in 1966. He was Professor in Jurisprudence in Uppsala from 1969, and Professor in Private Law and Conflict of Laws there 1982-1997...
, Swedish legal scholar - Stig SynnergrenStig SynnergrenStig Gustaf Eugén Synnergren was a General in the Swedish Army and Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces 1970-1978....
, Swedish general - Stig TøftingStig TøftingStig Tøfting , nicknamed Tøffe, and The Lawn Mower, is a former Danish professional footballer and assistant coach, who most recently was the assistant of Erik Rasmussen at AGF....
, Danish footballer - Stig VilhelmsonStig VilhelmsonStig Vilhelmson was a Swedish businessman who was the former Chief Executive Officer of investment bank Carnegie. Vilhemson started at Carnegie 1991 and replaced Karin Forseke as CEO at the time of the Annual General Meeting in 2006...
, Swedish businessman - Stig von BahrStig von BahrStig von Bahr is a Swedish jurist and former judge at the European Court of Justice.Stig von Bahr has worked with the Justitieombudsman and in the Swedish Cabinet Office and the Ministries inter alia as assistant under-secretary in the Ministry of Finance...
, Swedish judge who sat on the European Court of Justice - Stig Wennerström, a colonel in the Swedish Air Force convicted of treason in 1963
- Stig WetzellStig WetzellStig Wetzell is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for HJK and HIFK.-Playing career:...
, former Finnish ice hockey player