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"). It is earliest attested in a runestone as ᛋᛁᚴᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ (sikstain, /sigstæin/). 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