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Stenberg is a surname that was the 11,945th most common last name in the United States as of the 2000 census. 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. According to the "Dictionary of American Family Names", this is a Swedish ornamental surname meaning "stone mountain" (or "stone hill" in Danish or Norwegian).

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
• Ivar Stenberg (b. 2007), Swedish ice hockey player
• Jeremy Stenberg (b. 1981), American freestyle Motocross rider
• Lennart Stenberg, Swedish author of Den nya nordiska floran
• Otto Stenberg (b. 2005), Swedish ice hockey player

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

1. U.S. Census Bureau. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Smith, Elsdon Coles (1986) . American Surnames (reprint). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 26. ISBN 9780806311500 – via Internet Archive.
3. "Stenberg Name Meaning & Stenberg Family History". Dictionary of American Surnames. 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2015 – via Ancestry.com.

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