Holmström

Holmström is a Swedish-language surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 71.5% of all known bearers of the surname Holmström were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:1,444) and 26.7% of Finland (1:2,162).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,444) in the following counties:

• 1. Västerbotten County (1:321)
• 2. Norrbotten County (1:534)
• 3. Västmanland County (1:1,179)
• 4. Blekinge County (1:1,184)
• 5. Gävleborg County (1:1,327)
• 6. Dalarna County (1:1,333)
• 7. Västernorrland County (1:1,333)
• 8. Stockholm County (1:1,402)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,162) in the following regions:

• 1. Åland (1:139)
• 2. Ostrobothnia (1:960)
• 3. Uusimaa (1:1,110)
• 4. Southwest Finland (1:1,643)

People

• Agne Holmström (1893–1949), Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres
• August Wilhelm Holmström, Finnish and Russian silversmith and goldsmith
• Axel Holmström (1881–1947), Swedish anarchist
• Ben Holmstrom (born 1987), American professional ice hockey center
• Bengt R. Holmström (born 1949), the Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics at M.I.T. and Nobel Prize winner
• Bodil Holmström, Finnish orienteering competitor
• Britta Holmström, Swedish philanthropist and aid worker
• Buzz Holmstrom (1909–1946), pioneer of running the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
• Carita Holmström (born 1954), Finnish pianist, singer and songwriter
• John Holmstrom, American underground cartoonist and writer
• Karl Holmström (1925–1974), Swedish ski jumper who competed in the 1950s
• Kjell Holmström (1916–1999), Swedish bobsledder who competed in the 1950s and in the 1960s
• Lakshmi Holmström, writer, literary critic and translator of Tamil fiction into English
• Peter Holmström, American rock musician
• Rick Holmstrom (born 1965), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Simon Holmström (born 2001), Swedish ice hockey player
• Susanne Holmström (born 1947), Danish sociologist, best known for her writings on organizational legitimacy
• Tomas Holmström (born 1973), Swedish professional ice hockey left winger
• Tora Vega Holmström (1880–1967), Swedish painter

See also

• Holmström's theorem, impossibility theorem attributed to Bengt R. Holmström