Stig (given name)
Stig is a common masculine Scandinavian given name. The name has origins in Old West Norse Stígr, and derives from the word stiga, meaning "wanderer". Originally a nickname, it later became a given name. The nicknames Stickan and Stikkan derive from Stig.
Notable people with the name Stig include:
Arts and entertainment
Writing
- Stig Dagerman, Swedish author and journalist
- Stig Dalager, Danish writer
- Stig Gælok, Sámi poet
- Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and writer
- Stig Sæterbakken, Norwegian author
Film and television
- Stig Egede-Nissen, Norwegian actor and naval officer
- Stig Järrel, Swedish actor, film director and revue artist
- Stig Olin, Swedish actor, theatre director, singer and songwriter
Music
- Stig Anderson, manager of the Swedish band ABBA
- Stig Johansen, member of the band The Sins of Thy Beloved
- Stig Olin, Swedish actor, theatre director, singer, and songwriter
- Stig Rästa, Estonian musician
Other arts and entertainment
- Stig Asmussen, American video game developer
- Stig Lindberg, Swedish designer
Government, politics and espionage
- Stig Bergelin, Swedish Navy rear admiral
- Stig Bergling, Swedish police officer and convicted Soviet agent
- Stig Henriksson, Swedish politician
- Stig Even Lillestøl, Norwegian politician
- Stig Löfgren, Swedish Army lieutenant general
- Per Stig Møller, Danish politician
- Stig Synnergren, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
- Stig Wennerström, Swedish Air Force colonel, convicted of treason in 1963
Sports
Football (soccer)
- Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer
- Stig Fredriksson, Swedish footballer
- Stig Johansen, Norwegian footballer
- Stig Arild Råket, Norwegian footballer
- Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer
Other sports
- Stig Berge, Norwegian orienteer
- Stig Blomqvist, Swedish rally driver
- Stig Roar Husby, Norwegian long-distance runner
- Stig Severinsen, Danish freediver
- Stig Strand, Swedish skier
- Stig Wennerström (sailor), Swedish Olympic silver medalist in sailing
- Stig Wetzell, Finnish ice hockey player
Other fields
- Stig M. Bergström, Swedish-American paleontologist
- Stig Guldberg, Danish founder of the Guldberg-Plan
- Stig Andersen Hvide, Danish nobleman and magnate
- Stig Strömholm, Swedish legal scholar
- Stig Vilhelmson, Swedish businessman