Sten (name)
Sten is a particularly Dutch and Scandinavian masculine first name, derived from the Old Norse name Steinn meaning ' stone ', which is also found as a family name.
Bearers of the name
First name
- Sten Svantesson Bielke (1598-1638), Swedish Imperial Council
- Sten Ebbesen ( born 1946 ), Danish classicist, medievalist, linguist and historian of philosophy
- Sten Gagner (1921-2000), Swedish historian of law
- Sten Grillner ( b. 1941 ), Swedish neuroscientist
- Sten Ingelf ( born 1943 ), Swedish composer, arranger, high school teacher and jazz trumpeter
- Sten Konow (1867-1948), Norwegian Indologist
- Sten Kuth (* 1969), German choreographer, composer, entertainer and dance teacher
- Sten Bodvar Liljegren (1885-1984), Swedish Anglist
- Sten Nadolny (* 1942), German writer
- Sten Pentus ( born 1981 ), Estonian racer
- Sten Pettersson (1902-1984), Swedish track and field athlete
- Sten Sandell (born 1958 ), Swedish pianist, keyboard player and composer of free jazz
- Sten Selander (1891-1957), Swedish poet and botanist
- Sten Stensen ( b. 1947 ), Norwegian speed skater
- Sten Sture the Elder ( ~ 1440-1503 ), Swedish Regent
- Sten Sture the Younger (1493-1520), Swedish knights and Regent
- Sten Suvio (1911-1988), Finnish boxer
- Sten Tolgfors (born 1966 ), Swedish politician
Family name
- Anna Sten (1908-1993), Russian actress
- Helge Sten (born 1971 ), Norwegian jazz, rock and ambient musician and music producer, known under the name Deathprod
- Simon Sten (1540-1619), German educator, ethnologist, philologist, historian and literary scholar
- Viveca Sten ( born 1959 ), Swedish writer