Show ContentsCarlsson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The origin of the distinguished Carlsson family can be traced to the rugged Scandinavian country of Norway. The surname Carlsson is derived from the Germanic personal name Carl, which means man. The suffix -sen and its variants are translatable as son of.


United States Carlsson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Carlsson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Carl Carlsson, who arrived in New York in 1846
  • Samuel Carlsson, aged 22, who arrived in New York in 1846 1
  • Svante Gustaf Carlsson, aged 29, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1848 1
  • Swen Gustaf Carlsson, aged 29, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1848 1
  • Anders Carlsson, aged 25, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1848 1
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Contemporary Notables of the name Carlsson (post 1700) +

  • Dagny Valborg Carlsson (1912-2022), née Eriksson, a Swedish centenarian blogger and influencer
  • Janne "Loffe" Carlsson (1937-2017), Swedish musician, film and television actor
  • Ingvar Costa Carlsson (b. 1934), Swedish politician

Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie)
  • Bernt Wilmar Carlsson (1938-1988), Swiss Diplomat from New York, New York, America, who flew aboard the Pan Am Flight 103 from Frankfurt to Detroit, known as the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and died 2
RMS Titanic
  • Mr. Carl Robert Carlsson (d. 1912), aged 24, Swedish Third Class passenger from GoteborgGöteborg, Västergötland who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 3
  • Mr. August Sigfrid Carlsson (d. 1912), aged 24, Swedish Third Class passenger from Dagsås, Halland who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 3
  • Mr. Frans Olof Carlsson (d. 1912), aged 33, American First Class passenger from New York City, New York who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 3


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Pan Am Flight 103's victims: A list of those killed 25 years ago | syracuse.com. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/12/pan_am_flight_103s_victims_a_list_of_those_killed_25_years_ago.html
  3. Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html


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