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Dahlgren may refer to:

• Albert Dahlgren (1890-1972), Swedish-Canadian master carpenter.
• Elsworth Tenney (Babe) Dahlgren (1912-1996), an American professional baseball player best known as the New York Yankee first baseman who took over in 1939 when ironman Lou Gehrig ended his legendary consecutive games-played stretch.
• Eva Dahlgren, a Swedish singer
• Jay Dahlgren, a Canadian javelin thrower
• Jennifer Dahlgren, an Argentinian athlete
• Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (1809-1870), a U.S. Navy officer
  • The Dahlgren gun, a type of smoothbore cannon designed by the Admiral and used by the U.S. Navy
• Colonel Ulric Dahlgren (1842-1864), his son, a U.S. Army officer
  • The Dahlgren Affair, his failed mission to assassinate leaders of the Confederacy
• The Dahlgren system, created by Danish botanist Rolf M. T. Dahlgren (1932-1987)
• Lake Dahlgren, a small lake located in Oklahoma

Several places in the United States are named for Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren, including:

• Dahlgren, Illinois
• Dahlgren, Virginia
  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, the U.S. Naval base there
• Dahlgren Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland

Also:

• Dhalgren, a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany

• Disambiguation pages
• Swedish surnames