Sten

For information about the submachine gun, see Sten.
Sten is a Scandinavian male given name. Literally meaning "stone" or "cliff", it derives from a literal translation of Peter into the North Germanic languages.
Notable individuals with the name include
Sten Abel (1872–1942), Norwegian sailor
Sten Andersson (1923–2006), Swedish politician
Sten De Geer (1886–1933), Swedish geographer and geomorphologist
Sten Forshufvud (1903–1985), Swedish dentist, physician, and toxicologist
Sten Heckscher, Swedish politician
Sten Lindroth (1914–1980), Swedish historian
Sten Nadolny (born 1942), German novelist
Sten Olmre (born 1995), Estonian basketball player
Sten Pålsson, Swedish footballer
Sten Rudberg (1917–1996), Swedish geographer and geomorphologist
Sten Stensen, Norwegian speed skater
Sten Sture the Elder (1440–1503), Regent of Sweden
Sten Sture the Younger (1493–1520), Regent of Sweden under the Kalmar Union
Sten Wahlund (1901–1976), Swedish geneticist
In fiction:
Sten (Breath of Fire 2 character)
Sten, a Qunari warrior in BioWare's 2009 RPG, Dragon Age: Origins.
Sten, a character in Allan Cole and Chris Bunch's series The Sten Chronicles.
Notable individuals with the family name Sten include
Åge Sten Nilsen, member of Norwegian hard rock band Wig Wam
Anna Sten, Russian film actress
Helge Sten, Norwegian musician

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Type of light, rapid-fire submachine gun, 1942, from initials of surnames of designers R.V. Shepherd and H.J. Turpin + En(field); compare Bren.

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Stone.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Sten Broman	1902	Swedish composer
2	Anna Sten	1908	Russian-born American actor
3	Sten Nilsson	1941
4	Sten Sture the Elder	1440	Swedish statesman and military figure
5	Sten Elfström	1942	Actor
6	Sten Sture the Younger	1493	Regent of Sweden
7	Sten Grytebust	1989	Norwegian footballer
8	Dilsa Demirbag Sten	1969	Swedish author and journalist
9	Sten Ardenstam	1921	Swedish architect and actor
10	Viveca Sten	1959	Swedish writer
11	Sten Åke Lindholm	1940
12	Sten Nadolny	1942	German novelist
13	Nastya Sten	1995	Russian model
14	Sten-Timmu Sokk	1989	Estonian basketball player
15	Sten Johan Hedman	1937	Swedish actor
16	Sten Carlberg	1925	Swedish composer, musician and television producer
17	Sten Forshufvud	1903	Swedish dentist
18	Sten Lundin	1931	Swedish motocross racer
19	Sten Grillner	1941	Swedish neuroscientist
20	Sten Rudholm	1918	Swedish jurist Member of the Swedish Academy
21	Sten Odenwald	1952	American astronomer
22	Sten Tolgfors	1966	Swedish politician
23	Sten Stensen	1947	Speed skater
24	Sten Suvio	1911	Boxer
25	Sten Pentus	1981	Estonian racing driver
26	Sten Nordin	1956	Swedish politician
27	Sten Heckscher	1942	Swedish lawyer and Social Democratic politician
28	Sten Konow	1867	Norwegian indologist and philologist
29	Erik Sten	1967	American politician
30	Sten Mörtstedt	1940
31	Sten Lindroth	1914	Swedish historian
32	Sten Kaalø	1945	Danish actor
33	Sten Njurling	1892
34	Sten Pettersson	1902	Swedish hurdler
35	Sten Olmre	1995	Estonian basketball player
36	Sten Selander	1891	Swedish writer and scientist
37	Sten Carlsson	1917
38	Juha Sten	1983	Finnish basketball player
39	Sten Lassmann	1982	Estonian pianist
40	Sten "Taxi" Jonsson	1940	Swedish actor
41	Sten K. Johnson	1945	Swedish journalist
42	Sten Lundbo	1940	Norwegian diplomat
43	Sten Abel	1899	Sailor
44	Sten Ziegler	1950	Danish footballer
45	Sten de Geer	1886	Swedish geographer and docent
46	Sten Mende	2000	German cinematographer
47	Sten Eklund	1942	Swedish painter
48	Sten Gester	1924	Swedish actor
49	Sten Carl Bielke	1709	Swedish politician
50	Sten Bengtsson
51	Tiina Sten	1985	Basketball player
52	Sten Lonnert	1927	Swedish actor
53	Sten Svantesson Bielke	1598	Swedish privy councillor
54	Sten Pålsson	1945	Swedish footballer
55	Sten Ekberg	1964	Athletics competitor
56	Sten Ekroth	1934
57	Sten Sjögren	1957	Swedish handball player
58	Sten Malmquist	1917	Swedish economist
59	Sten Karlsson	1936
60	Sten Hellström	1955	Swedish actor
61	Sten Teino	1991	Footballer
62	Sten Philipson	1946	Swedish ethicist
63	Sten Bosson
64	Sten Zupping
65	Sten Ebbesen	1946	Danish medievalist
66	Sten Rentzhog	1937
67	Sten Hegeler	1923
68	Sten Mattsson	1928	Swedish actor
69	Jan Sten	1871	Polish chemist
70	Sten Bergman	1942
71	Sten Bodvar Liljegren	1885	Swedish philologist
72	Sten Byriel	1957	Danish opera singer
73	Sten Axelson	1903	Swedish musician
74	Sten Gustafsson	1923
75	Sten Gagnér	1921	Swedish legal historian
76	Sten Bergheden	1965	Swedish politician
77	Sten Mellgren	1900	Swedish footballer and manager
78	Sten Lundström	1952	Swedish politician
79	Sten Nilsson Bielke	1624
80	Sten Rylander	1944
81	Tapio Sten	1949	Finnish basketball player
82	Sten Lindgren	1903	Swedish actor
83	Sten Schwede	1974
84	Sten Ove Eike	1981	Footballer
85	Sten Eriksson Leijonhufvud	1518
86	Sten Ljunggren	1951	Swedish writer
87	John Sten	1879	Swedish artist
88	Sten Westerberg	1884	Swedish chief executive officer
89	Sten Erickson	1929	Swedish athletics competitor
90	Sten Glenn Håberg	1964	Norwegian footballer
91	Sten Axelsson Banér	1546	Swedish politician
92	Sten R. Helland	1949	Norwegian politician
93	Sten Inge Jørgensen	1970
94	Sten Hedlund	1902	Swedish actor
95	Sten Kauppi	1922	Swedish painter
96	Sten Rudberg	1917
97	Sten Samuelson	1926	Swedish architect
98	Sten Nilsen	1921	Norwegian illustrator
99	Sten Ahlner	1915	Swedish association football referee
100	Sten Dahlström	1899	Swedish painter
101	Sten Kuth	1969	German entertainer
102	Sten Sandell	1958	Swedish pianist
103	Sten Olsson	1953
104	Sten Wickbom	1931	Swedish politician
105	Sten Johansson	1939
106	Sten Dunér	1951
107	Sten Branzell	1893	Swedish architect
108	Sten Ericson	1909
109	Sten Lindh	1922
110	Sten Stjernqvist		Footballer
111	Sten Osther	1948	Norwegian handball player
112	Anders Sten	1903	Swedish journalist
113	Sten Egil Bjørnø	1946	Norwegian politician
114	Sten Ramel	1921	Swedish architect
115	Sten Anders Hjalmar Sjögren	1856	Swedish mineralogist
116	Sten Sture Skaldeman	1942	Swedish writer
117	Sten Kalder	1992
118	Sten Niclasson	1955	Swedish actor
119	Simon Sten	1540	German historian
120	Sten Rinaldo	1906
121	Sten Carl Tudeer	1840	Finnish politician
122	Sten Melin	1957	Swedish composer
123	Ingelf Sten	1943
124	Sten G. Halfvarson	1915	American choir director and music educator
125	Sten Strömholm	1930
126	Sten Elliot	1925	Swedish yacht racer
127	Sten Lindström	1918	Swedish bandy player
128	Sten Dehlgren	1881	Swedish writer and journalist
129	Sten Larsson	1912	Swedish actor
130	Sten Hanson	1936	Swedish poet (1936-2013)
131	Sten Granlund	1871	Swedish translator and journalist
132	Sten Rosenberg		Swedish journalist
133	Sten Källman	1952
134	Sten Forselius	1890	Sports shooter
135	Sten Thiel
136	Sten Rynning	1967
137	Sten Aminoff	1918
138	Sten Hagander	1891	Swedish javelin thrower
139	Jānis Stens	1899	Soviet philosopher (1899-1937)
140	Sten Scheibye	1951	Danish businessman
141	Sten Hummel-Gumaelius	1906	Swedish architect
142	Sten Vilar	1957
143	Sten Sjöholm	1917	Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden
144	Sten Sture Modéen	1920	Swedish actor
145	Sten Öhlander	1938
146	Sten Stendahl	1876	Swedish politician
147	Sten Drakenberg	1861
148	Sten Hagliden	1905	Swedish writer
149	Sten Lindegren	1906	Swedish architect
150	Sten Söderström	1948	Finnish journalist and politician
151	Sten Lewenhaupt	1882
152	Sten Wennlo	1925
153	Sten Graffman	1934
154	Sten Didrik Bellander	1921	Swedish photographer
155	Sten Cederfeldt	1702
156	Sten Luthander	1905
157	Steen Jensen Rosensparre	1523
158	Sten Ljungqvist	1918
159	Sten Öberg	1938
160	Sten Kärrby	1921	Swedish actor
161	Sten Esna	1982	Estonian volleyball player
162	Sten Rodhe	1915
163	Sten Hasager	1942
164	Sten Svensson	1948	Swedish journalist
165	Sten Tesch	1943
166	Sten Åke Nilsson	1936
167	Sten Eriksson	1935	Swedish biathlete
168	Sten Kristiernsson
169	Sten Karling	1906
170	Sten A Olsson	1916
171	Sten Priinits	1987	Estonian fencer
172	Sten Stenersen	1988	Norwegian bicycle racer
173	Sten Grytt	1909
174	Sten G Camitz	1926	Swedish photographer
175	Sten Sandahl	1941
176	Sten Hedman	1897
177	Sten Holm	1887
178	Holger Konrad Sten	1907
179	Sten Looström	1904	Swedish actor
180	Ragnar Sten	1943	Norwegian painter
181	Sten Teodorsson	1904
182	Sten Westholm	1898	Swedish architect
183	Sten Sköld	1930
184	Sten Jacobsson	1949
185	Sten Turesson		Swedish politician
186	Sten Bay Jørgensen	1939
187	Sten Feldreich	1955	Swedish journalist
188	Sten Meurk	1918	Swedish actor
189	Sten Hemmingsson	1938
190	Sten Tilgreen	1960	Danish handball player
191	Sten Danielsson		Swedish association football player and bandy player
192	Sten Ludvigsen	1959	Sten Runar Ludvigsen
193	Sten Knut Johan Furuhjelm	1813	Finnish politician
194	Sten Coyet	1688	Swedish politician
195	Sten Adamsen		Danish painter
196	Sten Dahlgren	1918	Swedish photographer and actor
197	Sten Ture Jensen	1956	Norwegian contributing editor
198	Sten Aaröe	1923
199	Sten Bergquist	1942
200	Sten Lindeberg	1938	Swedish architect