{{Infobox name | name = Stig | gender = Male | language = Scandinavian | meaning = ''"Wanderer"'' }}

'''Stig''' (also spelled '''Stieg''') is a common masculine Scandinavian given name. The name has origins in Old West Norse ''Stígr'', and derives from the word ''stiga'', meaning "wanderer". Originally a nickname, it later became a given name.<ref>{{cite book |author=Eva Brylla |title=Förnamn i Sverige |year=2004}}</ref> The nicknames Stickan and Stikkan derive from Stig.

Notable people with the name Stig include: {{TOC right}}

==Arts and entertainment==

===Writing=== * Stig Dagerman (1923–1954), Swedish author and journalist * Stig Dalager (born 1952), Danish writer * Stig Gælok (born 1961), Sámi poet * Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), Swedish journalist and writer * {{anbl|Stig Larsson (author)}} * Stig Sæterbakken (1966–2012), Norwegian author

===Film and television=== * Stig Egede-Nissen (1907–1988), Norwegian actor and naval officer * Stig Järrel (1910–1998), Swedish actor, film director and revue artist * Stig Olin (1920–2008), Swedish actor, theatre director, singer and songwriter

===Music=== * Stig Anderson (1931–1997), manager of the Swedish band ABBA * Stig Johansen, member of the band The Sins of Thy Beloved * Stig Olin (1920–2008), Swedish actor, theatre director, singer, and songwriter * Stig Rästa (born 1980), Estonian musician

===Other arts and entertainment=== * Stig Asmussen, American video game developer * Stig Lindberg (1916–1982), Swedish designer

==Government, politics and espionage== * Stig Bergelin (1905–1983), Swedish Navy rear admiral * Stig Bergling (1937–2015), Swedish police officer and convicted Soviet agent * Stig Henriksson (born 1955), Swedish politician * Stig Even Lillestøl (born 1996), Norwegian politician * Stig Löfgren (1912–1998), Swedish Army lieutenant general * Per Stig Møller (born 1942), Danish politician * Stig Synnergren (1915–2004), Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces * Stig Wennerström (1906–2006), Swedish Air Force colonel, convicted of treason in 1963

==Sports==

===Football (soccer)=== * Stig Inge Bjørnebye (born 1969), Norwegian footballer * Stig Fredriksson (born 1956), Swedish footballer * Stig Johansen (born 1972), Norwegian footballer * Stig Arild Råket (born 1978), Norwegian footballer * Stig Tøfting (born 1969), Danish footballer

===Other sports=== * Stig Berge (born 1942), Norwegian orienteer * Stig Blomqvist (born 1946), Swedish rally driver * Stig Roar Husby (born 1954), Norwegian long-distance runner * Stig Severinsen (born 1973), Danish freediver * Stig Strand (born 1956), Swedish skier * Stig Wennerström (sailor) (born 1943), Swedish Olympic silver medalist in sailing * Stig Wetzell (born 1945), Finnish ice hockey player

==Other fields== * Stig M. Bergström (born 1935), Swedish-American paleontologist * Stig Guldberg (1916–1980), Danish founder of the Guldberg-Plan * Stig Andersen Hvide (died 1293), Danish nobleman and magnate * Stig Strömholm (born 1931), Swedish legal scholar * Stig Vilhelmson (born 1956), Swedish businessman

==See also== * {{prefix|Stig}} * Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG)

==References== {{reflist}}

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