Sixten

Sixten, Sigsten or Sighsten ("victory stone"; cf. the surname Segersten) the is a masculine given name of Swedish origin, consisting of the lead Sig- ("victory"), and the follower sten ("stone").^[1] It is earliest attested in a runestone as ᛋᛁᚴᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ (sikstain, /sigstæin/).^[2] 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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