Sten (name)

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title: "Sten (name)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["masculine-given-names", "danish-masculine-given-names", "estonian-masculine-given-names", "norwegian-masculine-given-names", "swedish-masculine-given-names"] description: "Male given name" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sten_(name)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Male given name ::

Sten is a Scandinavian male given name. Literally meaning "stone" (to which surnames are anglicized to), it derives from a literal translation of Peter into the North Germanic languages.

Notable individuals with the name include

• Sten Abel (1872–1942), Norwegian sailor
• Sten Andersson (1923–2006), Swedish politician
• Sten-Erik Anderson (born 1991), Estonian rower
• Sten Bergman (1895–1975), Swedish zoologist
• Sten De Geer (1886–1933), Swedish geographer and geomorphologist
• Sten Ekberg (born 1964), Swedish decathlon athlete
• Sten Elfström (1942–2024), Swedish actor
• Sten Esna (born 1982), Estonian volleyball player and coach
• Sten Forshufvud (1903–1985), Swedish dentist, physician, and toxicologist
• Sten Fransson (1934–2012), Swedish murderer
• Sten Grillner (born 1941), Swedish neurophysiologist
• Sten Grytebust (born 1989), Norwegian footballer
• Sten Heckscher (born 1942), Swedish politician
• Sten Lassmann (born 1982), Estonian pianist
• Sten Lindroth (1914–1980), Swedish historian
• Sten Ljunggren (born 1938), Swedish actor
• Sten Lundin (1931–2016), Swedish motocross racer
• Sten Melin (born 1957), Swedish composer
• Sten Nadolny (born 1942), German novelist
• Sten Olmre (born 1995), Estonian basketball player
• Sten Pålsson (born 1945), Swedish footballer
• Sten Pentus (born 1981), Estonian racing driver
• Sten Priinits (born 1987), Estonian fencer
• Sten Reinkort (born 1998), Estonian footballer
• Sten Rudberg (1917–1996), Swedish geographer and geomorphologist
• Sten Sokk (born 1989), Estonian basketball player
• Sten Stensen (born 1947), Norwegian speed skater
• Sten Strömholm (1930–1997), Swedish diplomat
• Sten Sture the Elder (1440–1503), Regent of Sweden
• Sten Sture the Younger (1493–1520), Regent of Sweden under the Kalmar Union
• Sten Jakob Viidas (born 2003), Estonian footballer
• Sten Swedlund (1937–2014), Swedish rear admiral
• Sten Wahlund (1901–1976), Swedish geneticist
• Sten Wåhlin (1914–1981), Swedish Army lieutenant general

In fiction:

• Sten (Breath of Fire 2 character)
• Sten, a Qunari warrior in BioWare's 2009 RPG Dragon Age: Origins
• Sten, a character in Allan Cole and Chris Bunch's series The Sten Chronicles
• Sten, a character in the anime Akame ga Kill!

Notable individuals with the family name Sten include

• Åge Sten Nilsen, member of Norwegian hard rock band Wig Wam
• Anna Sten, Ukrainian film actress
• Helge Sten, Norwegian musician

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