Given name & surname
Sture
“a difficult man”
Sture is used as a given name and a surname. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a difficult man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “a difficult man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
People named Sture
- Sture AllénProfessor of computational linguistics, Permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy (1928–2022)
- Sture PetterssonSwedish road racing cyclist (1942-1983)
- Sture Sivertsencross-country skierborn 1966
- Sture Storksailor (1930–2002)
- Sture LagerwallSwedish actor and film director (1908–1964)
- Sture Ericssongymnast (1898–1945)
- Sture GrahnSwedish cross-country skier (1932–2024)
- Sture AnderssonOlympic ice hockey playerborn 1949
- Sture OhlinSwedish biathlete (1935–2023)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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