Stig (also spelled Stieg) is a common masculine Scandinavian given name. The name has Danish origins (Old West Norse: Stígr) and derives from the word stiga, meaning "wanderer". Originally a nickname, it later became a given name. The nicknames Stickan and Stikkan derive from Stig.
Notable people with the name Stig include:
In film and television
Stig Järrel (1910–1998), Swedish actor, film director and revue artist
Stig Olin (1920–2008), Swedish actor, theatre director, singer, and songwriter
Stig (singer) (born 1978), or alternatively Stig Dogg, real name Pasi Siitonen, Finnish singer
Stikkan Anderson (1931–1997), manager of the Swedish band ABBA
Stig Johansen, member of the band The Sins of Thy Beloved
Stig O'Hara, member of the fictional band The Rutles
Stig Olin (1920–2008), Swedish actor, theatre director, singer, and songwriter
Stig Rästa (born 1980), Estonian musician
Stig Lindberg (1916–1982), Swedish designer
In government and politics
Stig Bergling (1937–2015), Swedish police officer and convicted Soviet agent
Per Stig Møller (born 1942), Danish politician
Stig Synnergren (1915–2004), Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces
Stig Wennerström (spy) (1906–2006), colonel in the Swedish Air Force, convicted of treason in 1963
Stig Inge Bjørnebye (born 1969), Norwegian
Stig Fredriksson (born 1956), Swedish
Stig Johansen (born 1972), Norwegian
Stig Arild Råket (born 1978), Norwegian
Stig Tøfting (born 1969), Danish
Stig Berge (born 1942), Norwegian orienteer
Stig Blomqvist (born 1946), Swedish rally driver
Stig Roar Husby (born 1954), Norwegian long-distance runner
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
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
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