Nilsson

Not to be confused with Nilssen.

Nilsson is a Swedish surname and the fourth most common surname in Sweden. The name is a patronymic meaning "Nils's son". Nils was a very common name, especially in 19th century Sweden.

People with the surname

• Anders Nilsson (disambiguation)
• Andreas Nilsson (disambiguation)
• Anna Q. Nilsson (1888–1974), Swedish actor
• Anna T. Nilsson (1869–1947), Swedish educator and peace activist
• Aurora Nilsson (1894–1972), Swedish writer
• Bengt Nilsson (born 1954), Swedish actor
• Birgit Nilsson (1918–2005), Swedish soprano
• Bo Nilsson (1937–2018) Swedish composer and lyricist
• Bob Nilsson (born 1960), Australian minor league and ABL pitcher
• Cecilia Nilsson (born 1979), Swedish hammer thrower
• Christina Nilsson (1843–1921), Swedish operatic soprano
• Christina Nilsson (soprano) (b. 1990), Swedish operatic soprano
• Dave Nilsson (born 1969), Australian professional baseball player, coach, manager
• Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson (born 1987) Swedish singer, songwriter known as Tove Lo
• Elisabeth Nilsson (lawyer), Swedish lawyer and suffragist (1878–1941)
• Elisabeth Nilsson (civil servant)  [ sv ], Swedish civil servant and businesswoman (1953–)
• Felix Nilsson (born 2005), Swedish ice hockey player
• Fredrik Olaus Nilsson (1809–1881), Swedish Baptist pioneer
• Gary Nilsson (born 1963), Australian minor league and ABL pitcher
• Gunnar Nilsson (1948–1978), Swedish racing car driver
• Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1922) (1922–2004), Swedish football player
• Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1997) (born 1997), Swedish football player
• Gustaf Nilsson (wrestler) (1899–1980), Swedish wrestler
• Harry Nilsson (1941–1994), American singer and songwriter, often known simply as Nilsson
• Ida Göthilda Nilsson (1840–1920), Swedish sculptor
• Ida Nilsson (born 1981), Swedish trailrunner and ski mountaineer
• Ingemar Nilsson (born 1956), Swedish politician
• Janne Nilsson (1882–1938), Swedish politician
• Jesse Nilsson (1977–2003), Canadian actor
• Joakim Nilsson (disambiguation)
• Jonna Emily Lee Nilsson (born 1981), Swedish singer
• Kent Nilsson (born 1956), Swedish ice hockey player
• Kirsten Nilsson (1931–2017), German cabaret performer and sex worker
• Kjell Nilsson (disambiguation)
• Kristina Nilsson (born 1965), Swedish politician
• Lasse Nilsson or Lars Nilsson, multiple people
• Lennart Nilsson (1922–2017), Swedish photographer
• Lennart Nilsson (born 1944), Swedish politician
• Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (1924–1978), Argentine film director
• Liam Dower Nilsson (born 2003), Swedish ice hockey player
• Lina Nilsson, Swedish football player
• Malin Nilsson (born 1973), Swedish freestyle swimmer
• Magnus Nilsson (born 1984), Swedish chef
• Martin P. Nilsson (1874–1967), Swedish philologist and historian of religion
• Mats Nilsson (born 1956), Swedish Air Force officer
• Molly Nilsson (born 1984), Swedish singer-songwriter and musician
• Nils Nilsson (disambiguation)
• Noah Dower Nilsson (born 2005), Swedish ice hockey player
• Norma Jean Nilsson (born 1938), American actress
• Pål Nils Nilsson (1929–2002), Swedish photographer and filmmaker
• Robert Nilsson (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player
• Roland Nilsson (born 1963), Swedish football player
• Svante Nilsson (1460–1512), a regent of Sweden
• Sven Nilsson (disambiguation)
• Thomas Nilsson (born 1963), Swedish Air Force officer
• Tommy Nilsson (born 1960), Swedish musician
• Ulf Nilsson (1948–2021), Swedish writer
• Zandor Nilsson (1913–1973), Swedish chess player

See also

• Neilson (name)
• Nielsen (disambiguation)
• Nilson