Birkeland may refer to:

Places

Birkeland, Agder Birkeland is the administrative centre of the municipality of Birkenes in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the river Tovdalselva, across the river from the village of Flakk. The Norwegian National Road 41 runs ...

, the administrative centre of Birkenes municipality in Agder county, Norway * Birkeland Church, a church in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway * Birkeland, Vestland, a village in Austevoll municipality in Vestland county, Norway *Birkeland, another name for

Tingvatn Tingvatn is the administrative centre of Hægebostad municipality in Agder county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and nort ...

, the administrative centre of Hægebostad municipality in Agder county, Norway

People

Bjarte Birkeland Bjarte Birkeland (26 December 1920–7 April 2000) was a Norwegian literary researcher. He was born in Fana. In 1950 and 1976 he published works about Olav Duun; in 1962 he took the dr.philos. degree with a thesis about Per Sivle. He edited the ...

, a Norwegian literary researcher * Eva Birkeland, a Norwegian civil servant * Halvor Birkeland, a Norwegian sailor *

Kristian Birkeland Kristian Olaf Bernhard Birkeland (13 December 1867 – 15 June 1917) was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered for his theories of atmospheric electric currents that elucidated the nature of the aurora borealis. In order to fund his resea ...

, Norwegian Explorer and auroral scientist, after which is named: **

Birkeland current A Birkeland current (also known as field-aligned current) is a set of electrical currents that flow along geomagnetic field lines connecting the Earth's magnetosphere to the Earth's high latitude ionosphere. In the Earth's magnetosphere, the curr ...

, an electric current found in the aurora and space plasmas **

Birkeland (lunar crater) Birkeland is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. This crater is attached to the central waist of the oddly shaped Van de Graaff crater formation, and may partly account for that crater's figure ...

, a lunar impact crater in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon *

Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland (30 April 1786 – 14 April 1862) was a Norwegian farmer and soldier. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland was born on the Birkelan ...

, a Norwegian farmer and politician *

Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland (14 January 1807–5 January 1896) was a Norwegian priest in the Church of Norway. He served as Bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1864–1880. Early life and family Peter Birkeland was born in the village ...

, a Norwegian bishop * Rasmus Birkeland, a Norwegian sailor * Reidar Birkeland, a Norwegian veterinarian *

Thøger Birkeland Thøger Birkeland (20 March 1922 – 6 April 2011) was a Danish teacher and writer mostly known for his children's books. Birkeland was born in Kalundborg. The most notable of his works are ''Saftevandsmordet'' (''The Lemonade Murder'') and the st ...

, a Danish teacher and writer *

Turid Birkeland Turid Birkeland (5 November 1962 – 24 December 2015) was a Norwegian cultural executive and former politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Culture in 1996–97. She was an author and also worked in television, including being chi ...

, a Norwegian politician {{dab, geo, surname