All over the world, Karlsson (Karlsson 
, カールソン 
, Карлссон 
) is a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Karlsson is habitual in Sweden, where it is quite a rare largely male, but infrequently female name, Algeria, where it is a very rare feminine name, and Italy, where it is a very rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Sweden, China, and Algeria. Much more frequently, Karlsson is the last name as well as the forename.
Karlsson is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| trotte karlsson (1448-1471), SE (b. 1450) |
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verner karlsson Swedish politician, SE (b. 1880) |
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verner karlsson i vätö Swedish politician (1882-1943), SE (b. 1882) |
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ewert karlsson cartoonist, SE (b. 1918) |
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bobo karlsson Swedish journalist (1946-2017), SE (b. 1946) |
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pelle karlsson Swedish composer, musician and writer, SE (b. 1950) |
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| armas karlsson Finnish association football player (1906-1980), FI (b. 1906) |
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| verner karlsson SE (b. 1905) |
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| urban karlsson Swedish politician, SE (b. 1921) |
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maj karlsson politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden, SE (b. 1980) |
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| finn karlsson Danish architect (1937-2003), DK (b. 1937) |
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| hasse jerry karlsson (born 1946) (b. 1946) |
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| hasse karlsson Finnish professor of integrative neuroscience and psychiatry (University of Turku), FI (b. 1955) |
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| helle karlsson badminton player (b. 1956) |
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| claes karlsson (b. 1950) |
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