Sixten

Article summary

Sixten, Sigsten or Sighsten ("victory stone"; the surname Segersten) the is a masculine given name of Swedish origin, consisting of the lead Sig- ("victory"), and the follower sten ("stone"). It is earliest attested in a runestone as (sikstain, ). People named Sixten include: * Sixten Boström (born 1963), Finnish football player and manager * Sixten Ehrling (1918–2005), Swedish conductor * Sixten Franzén (1919–2008), Swedish scientist, inventor of pointcytology * Sighsten Herrgård (1943–1989), Finnish-born Swedish fashion designer * Sixten Isberg (1921–2012), Swedish alpine skier * Sixten Jansson (1913–2006), Swedish canoeist * Sixten Jernberg (1929–2012), Swedish cross-country skier * Sixten Johansson (1910–1991), Swedish ski jumper * Sixten Larsson (1918–1995), Swedish track athlete * Sixten Mohlin (born 1996), Swedish footballer * Sixten Kai Nielsen (born 1978), Danish artist * Sixten Korkman (born 1948), Finnish economist * Sixten Ringbom (1935–1992), Finnish art historian * Sixten Sason (1912–1967), Swedish industrial designer * Sixten Sild (born 1964), Estonian orienteer * Sixten Sparre (1854–1889), Swedish dragoon lieutenant * Sixten Sundström (1897–1960), Swedish track and field athlete * Sixten Veit (born 1970), German football player * Sixten Wackström (born 1960), Finnish cyclist

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1. date of birth: 1963 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340302823