Bäcklund (surname)

As of 2014, 81.1% of all known bearers of the surname Bäcklund were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:5,653), 15.0% of Finland (1:17,018), 1.6% of Norway (1:151,246) and 1.2% of Denmark (1:217,098).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:5,653) in the following counties:

• 1. Västerbotten County (1:1,145)
• 2. Värmland County (1:1,825)
• 3. Norrbotten County (1:1,991)
• 4. Dalarna County (1:3,216)
• 5. Västmanland County (1:4,323)
• 6. Västernorrland County (1:4,784)
• 7. Gävleborg County (1:5,092)
• 8. Örebro County (1:5,282)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:17,018) in the following regions:[1]

• 1. Åland (1:2,153)
• 2. Ostrobothnia (1:3,476)
• 3. Uusimaa (1:10,324)
• 4. Southwest Finland (1:11,584)
• 5. South Karelia (1:12,619)
• 6. Tavastia Proper (1:13,928)

• Albert Victor Bäcklund (1845–1922), Swedish mathematician and physicist
• Magnus Bäcklund (1866–1903), Swedish missionary to Chinese Turkestan
• Magnus Bäcklund (born 1965), Swedish singer