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Ulfsson is a Scandinavian patronym and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Gunnbjörn Ulfsson (Norwegian, lived circa 10th century), the first European to sight North America
Jakob Ulfsson (died 1521), Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1469–1515 and founder of Uppsala University
Karl Ulfsson, Lord of Tofta (ca. 1317 – 1407-11), Swedish magnate and High Constable of Sweden
Ragnvald Ulfsson (beginning 11th century) was a jarl of Västergötland or Östergötland
Sveinn Ulfsson (1019–1074), King of Denmark from 1047 until his death in 1074
Family names derived from the word "
wolf "
Celtic Germanic
Rudolph , Ralph , Ludolf , Adolf
North Germanic: Lyall , Ulfsson
West Germanic: De Wolf , De Wolfe , Love , Volf , Wolf , Wolfe , Wolff , Wölfli , Wölfflin , Wolfs , Woolf , Woolfe , Wulf , Wulff , Wulfson , Wolfowitz , Wolfsohn , Wolfson , Wolfram , Wolfermann
Romance
Latin: Lupus
French: Leleu , Leloup , Loup , Louvel , Lowell
Iberian: Llop , Llopis , Lobato , Lobo , Lopes , López
Italian: Lovato , Lupo
Romanian: Lupescu , Lupu , Lupul , Lupulescu
Slavic
East Slavic: Biryuk , Biryukov , Volchek , Volchenkov , Volchkov , Volchok , Volk , Volkov (Volkoff , Wolkoff ), Volkovich , Vovchenko , Vovchok , Vovchynskyi , Vovk
South Slavic: Vučević , Vučić , Vučko , Vučetić /Vuchetich , Vučković , Vujić , Vukašinović , Vukasović , Vukčević , Vukić , Vukičević , Vukićević , Vuković /Vukovich , Vuksanović
West Slavic: Vlček , Vlk , Wilczek , Wilczyński , Wilk , Wolkowicz
Other