Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "

bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nor ...

" (the animal). In

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

and

Finland Swedish Finland Swedish or Fenno-Swedish ( sv, finlandssvenska; fi, suomenruotsi) is a general term for the variety of the Swedish language and a closely related group of Swedish dialects spoken in Finland by the Swedish-speaking population, commonly a ...

, sometimes also in

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn.

Surname

Claus Bjørn Claus Ebbe Bjørn (7 October 1944 – 18 April 2005) was a Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster, who was Associate Professor of Agricultural History at the University of Copenhagen, Chairman of the Danish Agricultural ...

, Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster *

Evert Björn Evert Björn (21 January 1888 – 21 December 1974) was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He did not finish his initial semifinal heat of the 1500 metres in 1908 ...

, Swedish Olympic athlete *

Hugo Björne Hugo Björne (4 February 1886 – 14 February 1966) was a Swedish film and theater actor. Biography Ernst Hugo Alexis Björne was born in Varberg in Halland, Sweden. He made his stage debut in 1907 and belonged to the acting company of Hjalmar ...

, Swedish actor *

Kristian Bjørn Kristian Bjørn (22 August 1919, in Alvdal – 1 April 1993) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s and 1950s. He finished ninth in the 50 km race at the 1948 Winter Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10&nbs ...

, Norwegian skier * Lars "Lasse" Björn, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player *

Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bjørn (born 18 February 1971) is a professional golfer from Denmark who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won fifteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1997 he a ...

, Danish golfer

Given name

Acting

Björn Andrésen Björn Johan Andrésen (born 26 January 1955) is a Swedish actor and musician. He is best known for playing the 14-year-old Tadzio in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film adaptation of the 1912 Thomas Mann novella ''Death in Venice''. He also played a ...

, Swedish actor and musician *

Björn Bjelfvenstam Björn Bjelfvenstam (born 19 February 1929) is a Swedish film actor. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden. Bjelfvenstam began his acting career in the theater in Uppsala. He studied first with the Axel Witzanskys theater school from 1949-1950. Later, ...

, Swedish actor *

Björn Granath Björn Gösta Tryggve Granath (5 April 1946 – 5 February 2017) was a Swedish actor who appeared in over 100 films and television shows. Granath was born in Örgryte, Gothenburg, Sweden. He starred in a broad range of roles from comedic t ...

, Swedish actor *

Björn Gustafsson Lars Björn Gustafsson (born 19 February 1986) is a Swedish comedian and actor. He is known from TV shows such as ''Parlamentet'' and '' Stockholm Live''. Early and personal life Gustafsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He studied at the C ...

, Swedish comedian and actor *

Björn Kjellman John Björn Sture Kjellman (born 4 June 1963), is a Swedish actor and singer. Kjellman was born in Östra Grevie, Scania. He played roles in Swedish movies like ''Klassfesten'' and '' Livet är en schlager'', in which he plays a Melodifestival ...

, Swedish actor and singer *

Björn Skifs Björn Nils Olof Skifs (; born 20 April 1947) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter. Career Björn Skifs formed his first musical group, Slam Creepers, in 1962. Slam Creepers split in 1969 and Skifs went on to form a new ban ...

, Swedish singer and actor

Art and music

Björn Afzelius Björn Svante Afzelius (27 January 1947 – 16 February 1999 ) was a Swedish singer-songwriter and guitar player. He was an outspoken socialist, known for his support for Olof Palme. His songs are about love, politics and joys and sadness in l ...

, Swedish musician *

Björn Ågren Razorlight are an English indie rock band, formed in 2002 in London by lead singer and guitarist Johnny Borrell. Along with Borrell, the current line-up of the band is composed of founding members Björn Ågren on guitar and bassist Carl Delemo ...

, guitarist for the band

Razorlight Razorlight are an English indie rock band, formed in 2002 in London by lead singer and guitarist Johnny Borrell. Along with Borrell, the current line-up of the band is composed of founding members Björn Ågren on guitar and bassist Carl Delemo ...

Björn Dixgård Björn Hans-Erik Dixgård (born 8 May 1981) is a Swedish musician (vocals, guitar). He is the frontman of the Swedish band Mando Diao. Biography 220px, Dixgård in 2013 Björn Hans-Erik Dixgård was born on 8 May 1981, near Falun, Sweden, as the ...

, Swedish musician *

Bjørn Eidsvåg Bjørn Eidsvåg (born 17 March 1954) is a Norwegian pop singer, songwriter, and ordained Lutheran minister. He was born in Sauda, and is a graduate of the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He has released more than 25 albums since his 1976 debu ...

, Norwegian musician and Lutheran minister *

Bjorn Englen Bjorn Englen (born Björn Erik Englén in Växjö, Sweden) is the bass player for Soul Sign and Dio Returns / Dio Disciples. Bjorn has also played bass for Yngwie Malmsteen, Quiet Riot, MSG/Survivor vocalist Robin McAuley, Scorpions guitarist U ...

, Swedish-American bass player of the hard rock band Soul Sign *

Björn Gelotte Björn Gelotte (born 27 August 1975) is a Swedish musician and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist for heavy metal band In Flames. He originally joined the band as the drummer in 1995, and continued in this position during ''The Jeste ...

, guitarist of the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames *

Björn Hjörtur Guðmundsson Björn Hjörtur Guðmundsson (14 January 1911 – 14 July 1998), also known as Bjössi, was an Icelandic craftsman, master carpenter, idealist and environmental pioneer. He lived and worked in Borgarnes, Iceland, where he designed and constructed ...

, Icelandic craftsman and environmental pioneer * Björn J:son Lindh, Swedish musician *

Bjørn Johansen (musician) Bjørn John Johansen (23 May 1940 – 6 May 2002) was a Norwegian jazz musician (baritone, tenor & alto saxophones, clarinet and flute), known from a number of recordings and international cooperation. He has been one of the most influential ...

, Norwegian jazz musician *

Björn Lodin Björn Lodin (born 1965 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and producer, primarily famous for his work with his band Baltimoore.Bjørn Melhus, German artist *

Bjørn Moe Bjørn Moe (born 19 March 1945) is a Norwegian conductor. He is an associate professor at the Department for Music at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and has since 1973 been conductor of Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir. He star ...

, Norwegian conductor *

Bjørn Nilsen Bjørn Nilsen (born 27 December 1934) is a Norwegian poet and television producer. His literary debut was the poetry collection ''Hvis jeg var trollmann'' from 1960. He was a member of the editorial board of the literary magazine ''Profil'', a co- ...

, Norwegian musician (performs as Lillebjørn Nilsen) *

Björn "Speed" Strid Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, Swedish vocalist of modern melodic death metal band Soilwork *

Bjørn Tagemose Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, Swedish director and videoartist *

Bjørn Talén Bjørn Talén (8 September 1890 – 12 July 1945) was a Norwegian opera singer (tenor). Biography Bjørn Talén was born in Kristiania (Oslo). His parents were Constantin Waldemar Talén (1857–1902) and Maren Johanne Johnsen (1867– ...

, Norwegian opera singer *

Bjorn Thorsrud Bjorn Thorsrud (October 7, 1963 – October 19, 2021) was an American music producer, programmer, and audio engineer who produced film scores and albums for rock and pop artists. He also engineered, mixed, or contributed production or programmi ...

, American music producer *

Bjørn Tidmand Bjørn Tidmand (born 24 January 1940 in Copenhagen) is a Danish singer, best known for his participation in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest. After being a member of the Copenhagen Boys Choir as a child, Tidmand began performing in local night ...

, Danish singer *

Bjørn Torske Bjørn Torske (born 1971 in Tromsø, Norway) is a house music producer. He became involved with producing music and local radio before moving to Bergen, Norway. He has collaborated on many occasions with Röyksopp. Discography EPs *''Expresso'' ...

, Norwegian music producer *

Björn Ulvaeus Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, producer, a member of the musical group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess'', '' Kristina från Duvemåla'', and '' Mamma Mia!'' He co-produced the films ...

, Swedish musician and a member of the pop group ABBA *

Bjørn Wiinblad Bjørn Wiinblad (20 September 1919 – 8 June 2006), was a Danish painter, designer and artist in ceramics, silver, bronze, textiles, and graphics. His work has been shown widely in Europe, in the United States of America first in 1954 and in J ...

, Danish artist

Business

Bjørn Rune Gjelsten Bjørn Rune Gjelsten (born 17 September 1956 in Tomrefjord) is a Norwegian businessman and Offshore powerboat racing World Champion. He was also a joint owner of Wimbledon Football Club and involved in the controversial relocation of the team from ...

, Norwegian businessman and powerboat racer *

Björn Jakobson Björn Jakobson, (born 14 August 1934 in Stockholm) is a Swedish entrepreneur. In 1961, he started the company Babybjörn. The initial product was a bouncy chair that he acquired on a trip to the United States, He and his wife, the designer Lill ...

, Swedish businessman, founder of Babybjörn and Artipelag *

Björn Prytz Björn Gustaf Prytz (2 April 1887 – 22 June 1976) was a Swedish industrialist in the early 1900s and from 1938 to 1946 Minister Plenipotentiary in London for the Swedish government. Prytz first registered the name Volvo, later used by the car c ...

, Swedish industrialist *

Björn Stigson Björn Stigson was until 2012 president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development. He began his career as fi ...

, Swedish business leader *

Björn Wahlroos Björn Arne Christer Wahlroos (born 10 October 1952 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Swedish-speaking Finn, best known as a banker, investor and the chairman of the Board in Sampo Group and UPM-Kymmene. Before switching to banking Wahlroos worked as a ...

, Finnish CEO of Sampo Group * Bjørn Wegge, Norwegian director of information for the Norwegian Humanitarian Enterprise *

Björn Westerlund Björn Georg Wilhelm Westerlund, titled ''Vuorineuvos'' (27 January 1912 in Hanover, Germany – 11 March 2009 in Helsinki, Finland), was a Finnish businessman and a short-time minister in the government of Finland. He was the former and first Pr ...

(1912–2009), Finnish businessman and government minister, CEO of Nokia

Historical figures

Björn at Haugi Björn at Haugi ("Björn at the Barrow" from the Old Norse word ''haugr'' meaning mound), Björn på Håga, Björn II or Bern was, according to '' Hervarar saga'', a Swedish king and the son of Erik Björnsson, and Björn ruled together in diarch ...

, also called Björn på Håga and Bjorn Eriksson, Swedish king in the 9th century *

Björn (III) Eriksson Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, king of Sweden in the 9th and 10th centuries *

Beorn Estrithson Beorn Estrithson (died 1049) was the son of Jarl Ulf and Estrid Svendsdatter, sister of Cnut the Great. Life Beorn established himself in England where many of his relatives held high positions. He held an Earldom in what is now the East Midla ...

(died 1049), English nobleman *

Bjørn Farmann Bjørn Farmann ("Bjørn the Tradesman", also called Bjørn Haraldsson, Farmand and Kaupman, died between 930 and 934) was a king of Vestfold. Bjørn was one of the sons of King Harald Fairhair of Norway. In late tradition, Bjørn Farmann was made ...

, king of

Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered th ...

petty kingdoms of Norway The petty kingdoms of Norway ( nb, smårike) were the entities from which the later Kingdom of Norway was founded. Before the unification of Norway in 872 and during the period of fragmentation after King Harald Fairhair's death, Norway was divi ...

in the 10th century *

Björn Ironside Haraldsson Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, the father of Christina Bjornsdatter, 12th-century Swedish queen *

Björn Ironside according to Norse legends, was a Norse Viking chief and Swedish king. According to the 12th- and 13th-century Scandinavian histories, he was the son of notorious Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok and lived in the 9th century, between 855 and 858. Björ ...

, legendary Swedish king of the 9th century *

Björn the Eunuch Björn the Eunuch ( Icelandic: ''Björn er Geldingur'', Swedish: ''Björn Hovmannen'') was a semi-legendary king of Sweden who would have lived some time in the 10th century.Lagerquist 1997:24 Björn the Eunuch is said to have been a ruler of the H ...

, legendary Swedish king of the 10th century *

Björn Stallare Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, 11th-century Norwegian diplomat

Politics and government

Björn Bjarnason Björn Bjarnason (born 14 November 1944) is an Icelandic politician. His father was Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister of Iceland, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs and Mayor of Reykjavík. Matriculating from Reykjavík Junior ...

, Icelandic politician * Herman Bjorn Dahle, politician from Wisconsin, USA *

Bjørn Egge Bjørn Egge CBE (19 August 1918 – 25 July 2007) was a Major General of the Norwegian Army and President of the Norwegian Red Cross (1981–1987). He served as deputy head of the NATO Defence College (1976–1980). Egge was a soldier during th ...

. a major general of the Norwegian Defence Force *

Björn Engholm Björn Engholm (born 9 November 1939) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was Federal Minister for Education and Science from 1981 to 1982, and in 1982 also Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests. From 1 ...

, German politician *

Björn Eriksson Björn (traditionally ruled 882–932) according to the '' Hervarar saga'' and ''Harald Fairhair's saga'' was the father of Olof (II) Björnsson and Eric the Victorious, also a grandfather of Styrbjörn the Strong. According to the two sagas, he ...

, Swedish civil servant *

Björn von der Esch Carl Gösta Björn Joachim von der Esch (11 January 1930 – 10 March 2010 Bjørn Tore Godal Bjørn Tore Godal (born 20 January 1945) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994–1997 and Minister of Defence from 2000–2001 in Stoltenberg's First Cabinet. From 2003-2007 he was the No ...

, Norwegian politician *

Björn Hamilton Björn Axel Åke Malcolm Hamilton (born March 28, 1945) is a Swedish count, engineer and politician. He has been a member of the Swedish parliament for the Moderate Party since 2002, serving as a member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County from 200 ...

, Swedish politician *

Björn Höcke Björn Höcke (born 1 April 1972) is a German politician and a member of Alternative for Germany (AfD). Along with Andreas Kalbitz, Höcke is the leader of the AfD's far-right "Der Flügel" faction, which the German government's Federal Offic ...

, German politician *

Bjorn Holland Bjorn Sjursson Holland (July 5, 1841April 7, 1930) was a Norwegian American immigrant, farmer, merchant, teacher, and politician. Also known as "Ben Holland," he was born July 5, 1841, in Rogaland, Norway. In 1846, his family emigrated to the U ...

, American politician *

Bjørn Jacobsen Bjørn Jacobsen (born 11 June 1960 in Sandnessjøen, Helgeland) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 2001. He was a member of the Harstad ( se, H� ...

, Norwegian politician *

Björn Jónsson Björn Jónsson (8 October 1846 – 24 November 1912) was minister for Iceland from 31 March 1909 to 14 March 1911. He was the father of Sveinn Björnsson, the only regent of Iceland and first president of Iceland. Björn became Minister for I ...

, former Prime Minister of Iceland *

Ole Bjørn Kraft Ole Bjørn Kraft (1893–1980) was a Danish journalist and politician who was the leader of the Conservative People's Party. He also served as the minister of foreign affairs. Early life Kraft was born in Copenhagen on 17 December 1893. He stud ...

, Danish journalist and politician *

Björn Leivik Björn Leivik (born July 9, 1948) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party The Moderate Party ( sv, Moderata samlingspartiet , ; M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The pa ...

, Swedish politician *

Björn Rosengren Björn Folke Rosengren (born 14 April 1942) is a Swedish politician and advisor to the Stenbeck family. Rosengren was born in Täby. He was active in the labour union and as a Social Democratic politician. He served as chairman of the Swedish ...

, Swedish politician *

Bjørn Skau Bjørn Skau (26 February 1929 – 2 March 2013) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Skau was born in Borre. In 1959, during the third cabinet Gerhardsen, he was appointed personal secretary (today known as political advisor) in th ...

, Norwegian politician *

Björn von Sydow Björn Gustaf von Sydow (born 26 November 1945) is a former speaker (''talman'') of the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. He held this office following the 2002 election, when he succeeded Birgitta Dahl, until he was replaced on 2 October 2006. A ...

, Swedish politician *

Björn Þórðarson Björn Þórðarson (; 6 February 1879 – 25 October 1963) was prime minister of Iceland from 16 December 1942 to 21 October 1944, in the only government that did not rely on parliamentary support. He was prime minister when Iceland became a r ...

(Thordarson), former prime minister of Iceland *

Bjørn Westh Bjørn Westh (born 1944) is a Danish politician from the Social Democrats. He held several cabinet posts in the 1980s and 1990s. Early life and education Westh was born in Overlade Parish on 2 February 1944, and his parents are Hans Rømer West ...

, Danish politician *

Björn Wiechel Björn Göran Sebastian Wiechel (born 1983) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Västerbotten County since September 2014. Wiechel is the son of ...

(born 1983), Swedish politician * Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn, Norwegian politician

Science and technology

Björn Engquist Björn Engquist (also ''Bjorn Engquist''; born 2 June 1945 in Stockholm) has been a leading contributor in the areas of multiscale modeling and scientific computing, and a productive educator of applied mathematicians. Life He received his PhD ...

, Swedish mathematician *

Björn Envall Björn Envall (born 1942), is a Swedish retired automobile designer. He was head of the design department at Saab. He started his career in the 1960s at Saab as an apprentice under Sixten Sason, especially helping with the design of the Saab 99 an ...

, Swedish automotive designer *

Björn Ekwall Björn Ekwall, born 1940, died 2000, was a Swedes, Swedish cell Toxicology, toxicologist, known for his pioneering work in In vitro toxicology, ''in vitro'' toxicology. Biography Ekwall was born in Uppsala in 1940. He studied at Uppsala Universi ...

, Swedish toxicologist *

Bjørn Grinde Bjørn Grinde (homepaggrinde.one is a Norwegian biologist working as a scientist in the fields of genetics and evolution, with particular interests in human evolution, happiness and consciousness. Early life and education He was born and grew u ...

, Norwegian biologist *

Björn Gunnlaugsson Björn Gunnlaugsson (25 September 1788 – 17 March 1876)Benedikz, p. 568ff. was an Icelandic mathematician and cartographer. For the Icelandic Literary Society, he surveyed the country from 1831 to 1843. The results of his work were publi ...

, Icelandic mathematician and cartographer *

Biörn Ivemark Biörn Ivemark (4 May 1925 – 25 March 2005) was a Swedish pediatrician and pathologist. He is credited with characterizing asplenia with cardiovascular anomalies, also sometimes known as "Ivemark syndrome". Born in Karlstad, Ivemark graduate ...

, Swedish physician *

Björn Kurtén Björn Olof Lennartson Kurtén (19 November 1924 – 28 December 1988) was a Finnish vertebrate paleontologist, belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority of his country. Early life and education Kurtén was born in Vaasa. Career He was a profe ...

, Finnish-Swedish paleontologist *

Bjørn Lomborg Bjørn Lomborg (; born 6 January 1965) is a Danish author and president of the think tank Copenhagen Consensus Center. He is former director of the Danish government's Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI) in Copenhagen. He became internatio ...

, Danish environmental skeptic and author *

Bjorn Poonen Bjorn Mikhail Poonen (born 27 July 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a mathematician, four-time Putnam Competition winner, and a Distinguished Professor in Science in the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Hi ...

, American mathematician

Sports

* Bjørn Bang Andersen, Norwegian shot putter *

Björn Andersson Björn Andersson (born 20 July 1951) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best remembered for representing Bayern Munich and was part of their European Cup victory in 1975. A full international between 197 ...

, Swedish former player and coach *

Björn Andersson (handballer) Björn "Lurch" Andersson (born 5 July 1950) is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (germa ...

, Swedish Olympic handballer *

Björn Andrae Björn Andrae (born 14 May 1981) is a German volleyball player, a member of Germany men's national volleyball team and German club Netzhoppers KW, a participant of the Olympic Games (2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012). Car ...

, German volleyball player *

Björn Bach Björn Bach (born 21 June 1976) is a German canoe sprinter who competed from 1997 to 2006. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals in the K-4 1000 m (2000 Summer Olympics, 2000, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004). ...

, German kayaker *

Bjorn Basson Bjorn Alberic Basson (born 11 February 1987) is a South African professional rugby union player playing as a wing or full-back for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR). He previously played for Enisei-STM in the European Rugby C ...

, South African rugby player *

Björn Borg Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. Between 1974 and 1981, he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles with six at the French Open and five consecutively at Wimb ...

, Swedish tennis player *

Björn Borg (swimmer) Björn Borg (14 November 1919 – 13 April 2009) was a Swedish swimmer. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 200 m freestyle and 100 m backstroke and finished eighth in the relay. He won the 400 m and 1500 m freestyle events at the ...

, Swedish swimmer *

Björn Bothén Björn Bothén (26 April 1893 – 19 August 1955) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he was a crew member of the Swedish boat ''Marga'' which finished fourth in the 10 metre class competition. Bothén was bo ...

, Swedish sailor *

Bjørn Otto Bragstad Bjørn Otto Bragstad (born 5 January 1971) is a former football defender from Norway. Club career Bragstad came through the youth ranks at Rosenborg before making his senior debut in the 1989 season. He scored 26 goals in 194 matches for them. ...

, Norwegian soccer player *

Bjorn Bregy Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, Swiss kickboxer *

Björn Cederberg Björn Cederberg (born July 23, 1937), nicknamed "Kapten" (engl. Captain, due to his rank in the Swedish Army), was a notable Swedish rally co-driver. His most famous and successful partnership was with Stig Blomqvist, in a Saab 99 Turbo, with who ...

, Swedish rally driver *

Bjørn Dæhlie Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie (born 19 June 1967) is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. From 1992 to 1999, Dæhlie won the Nordic World Cup six times, finishing second in 1994 and 1998. Dæhlie won a total of 29 medals in the Olym ...

, Norwegian skier *

Björn Daelemans Björn Daelemans (born 11 December 1977) is a Belgian former footballer. He predominantly played as a forward, but later in his career he also appeared as right back. Daelemans was born in Ekeren and made his debut in professional football in ...

, Belgian soccer player *

Bjørn Dahl (footballer born 1954) Bjørn Dahl may refer to: * Bjørn Dahl (footballer, born 1954), Norwegian footballer * Bjørn Dahl (footballer, born 1978), Norwegian footballer {{hndis, Dahl, Bjorn ...

, Norwegian footballer *

Bjørn Dahl (footballer born 1978) Bjørn Dahl may refer to: * Bjørn Dahl (footballer, born 1954) Bjørn Dahl (born 24 May 1954) is a Norwegian businessman and former footballer. From 2000 until 2010 he was managing director of his home town team SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann ( ...

, Norwegian footballer * Wouterus van der Doelen, known as Björn van der Doelen, Dutch soccer player *

Björn Dunkerbeck Björn Dunkerbeck (born 16 July 1969) is a professional windsurfer who has won the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Overall World Championships a record 42 times. Dunkerbeck is the son of a Dutch father and a Danish mother, but sailed u ...

, Dutch windsurfer *

Björn Einarsson Björn Einarsson (born 19 June 1978) is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Vetlanda BK Vetlanda BK is a bandy club in Vetlanda, Sweden. Vetlanda BK was established in December 1944. While the exact date seems to be unknown, 6 Decem ...

, Swedish bandy player *

Björn Emmerling Björn Emmerling (born 16 November 1975 in Würzburg) is a field hockey player from Germany, who played for Harvestehuder THC and Hanauer THC in his native country. The defender made his international senior debut for the German team ...

, German field hockey player *

Björn Ferry Björn Ferry (born 1 August 1978 in Stensele, Storuman, Västerbotten) is a former Swedish biathlete and medal winning Olympian. He began competing internationally in World Cup competitions in 2001, but did not win his first international race un ...

, Swedish skier *

Björn Forslund Björn Forslund may refer to: * Björn Forslund (sailor) * Björn Forslund (speed skater) Björn Forslund may refer to: * Björn Forslund (sailor) * Björn Forslund (speed skater) {{hndis, Forslund, Bjorn ...

{{hndis, Forslund, Bjorn ...

, Swedish sailor *

Björn Forslund (Speed skater) Björn Forslund may refer to: * Björn Forslund (sailor) * Björn Forslund (speed skater) {{hndis, Forslund, Bjorn ...

, Swedish speed skater *

Bjorn Fratangelo Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993) is a professional American tennis player. He won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following J ...

, American tennis player *

Bjørn Grimnes Bjørn Grimnes (born 24 September 1950) is a former javelin thrower from Norway. He represented Kongsberg IF. At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he finished fifth in the javelin final with a throw of 83.08 metres. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he finishe ...

, Norwegian athlete *

Bjørn Gundersen Bjørn Gundersen (17 January 1924 – 1 August 2002) was a Norwegian high jumper who represented Elverum IL. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.90 metres. He became Norwegian champion in 194 ...

, Norwegian athlete *

Bjorn Haneveer Bjorn Haneveer (born 4 September 1976 in) is a Belgian snooker player and commentator. Haneveer, formerly a professional competitor, now plays at semi-professional level and also commentates on snooker matches for Dutch Eurosport. Career A six ...

, Belgian snooker player *

Bjørn Johansen (footballer) Bjørn "Bummen" Johansen (born 7 September 1969) is a former Norwegian footballer, who played as a midfielder for Tromsø IL for most of his career. He is currently manager of Fredrikstad FK. Club career Johansen got his debut in 1987, and play ...

, Norwegian footballer *

Bjørn Johansen (ice hockey) Bjørn Johansen (born February 3, 1944) is a Norwegian ice hockey player. He was born in Oslo, Norway and represented the clubs Rosenhoff IL and Hasle/Løren IL. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the Winter ...

, Norwegian ice hockey player *

Björn Joppien Björn Joppien (born January 30, 1981) is a male badminton player from Germany. Career Joppien played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Kasperi Salo of Finland in the first round. In the round of 16, Joppien was ...

, German badminton player *

Björn Kircheisen Björn Kircheisen (also spelled Bjoern; born 6 August 1983 in Erlabrunn) is a German former nordic combined skier. He won four 4 x 5 km team medals at the Winter Olympics with three silvers (2002, 2006, 2014) and a bronze (2010). Kirchei ...

, also known as Bjoern Kircheisen, German Olympic athlete *

Björn Knutsson Björn Knutsson (born 1938 in Sweden) is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1965 and was a four-time winner of the World Team Cup. He gained the nickname 'The Crown Prince' for his speedway success. World Final A ...

, Swedish motorcycle racer *

Bjorn Kotze Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, Namibian cricketer * Bjørn "Benny" Kristensen, Danish soccer player *

Björn Kuipers Björn Kuipers (; born 28 March 1973) is a former Dutch Referee (association football), football referee. He has been a FIFA International Referees List, FIFA listed referee from 2006 to 2021 and an UEFA Elite group referee from 2009 to 2021. He ...

, Dutch football referee *

Bjørn Tore Kvarme Bjørn Tore Kvarme (born 17 June 1972) is a Norwegian former professional football defender. Kvarme earned one cap for the Norwegian national team, a friendly against Colombia in 1997. Career Kvarme was born in Trondheim, Norway. He first sign ...

, Norwegian soccer player *

Björn Leukemans Björn Leukemans (born 1 July 1977 in Deurne) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. During 2008 Leukemans was suspended for doping with artificial testosterone. In 2009 he joined the team. Leukemans joined for the 2014 season, ...

, Belgian bicycle racer *

Björn Lilius Björn Thomas Lilius (born 2 June 1970) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender. He represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also played for domestic Swedish football clubs such as Malmö FF, Helsingborgs IF and Öster ...

, Swedish footballer *

Björn Lind Björn Johan Lind (born March 22, 1978, in Ljusterö, Uppland) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won gold medals in both the Individual and Team sprint events at Turin in 20 ...

, Swedish skier *

Bjørn Arve Lund Bjørn Arve Lund (born 19 January 1981) is a former footballer. He has played for F.K. Bodø/Glimt in the Norwegian Premier League. He started his career for Brønnøysund IL before moving to Bodø. His spell in Bodø there was hampered with ...

, Norwegian soccer player *

Björn Maaseide Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, Norwegian beach volleyball player *

Björn Melin Björn Melin (born July 4, 1981) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey forward, who most notably played with HV71 in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Melin playe ...

, Swedish ice hockey player *

Bjorn Merten Bjorn Merten is a former American football placekicker who played college football at the University of California, Los Angeles and attended Centreville High School in Clifton, Virginia. He was a consensus All-American in 1993 as a freshman. He a ...

, American football player *

Bjorn Mordt Bjorn Haaken David Mordt (born 29 June 1978) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Mordt is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Mutare, Manicaland Province. Mordt joined English county Berkshire in 2003, making his debu ...

, Zimbabwean cricketer *

Bjørn Myrbakken Bjørn Myrbakken (born August 15, 1972) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 1995. He won a gold medal in the team large hill at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun and finished 33rd in the individual no ...

, Norwegian ski jumper *

Beorn Nijenhuis Beorn Nijenhuis (born 2 April 1984) is a Dutch speed skater, who represented the Netherlands at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Born in Canada, where he started speed skating, he eventually moved to the Netherlands at the age of 13. A year later he re ...

, Dutch speed skater *

Björn Nittmo Björn Arne Nittmo (born July 26, 1966) is a former Swedish born American football placekicker, being the only Swedish-born player ever to complete as much as a full season in the National Football League. Football career The left-footed Nittmo, ...

, Swedish American Football kicker *

Björn Nordqvist Björn Axel Göte Nordqvist (born 6 October 1942) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career During the 1960s and 1970s Nordqvist was captain of the Sweden national team. He played at the 1970 FIFA World C ...

, Swedish soccer player *

Björn Otto Björn Otto (born 16 October 1977) is a retired German pole vaulter. On 30 January 2013 in Cottbus, Germany, with the mark of 5.90 m, he set the masters world record M35. Biography His personal best is a jump of 6.01 metres, achieved on 5 Sept ...

, German pole vaulter *

Bjørn Paulson Bjørn Andreas Paulson (21 June 1923 – 14 January 2008) was a Norwegian high jumper and jurist. He was a grandson of Andreas Paulson. He was born in Bergen, but represented the club IL Skjalg. At the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London he ...

, Norwegian high jumper *

Björn Phau Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in June 2006. Career highlights include reaching five ATP tour semifinals ( Tokyo in 2005, Casablanca in 2006, Beiji ...

, German tennis player *

Bjørn Helge Riise Bjørn Helge Semundseth Riise (born 21 June 1983) is a Norwegian former professional footballer. Riise played either a central midfielder or a right winger, and has earned 35 international caps for Norway. He played for Fulham of the Premier Lea ...

, Norwegian soccer player *

Bjørn Einar Romøren Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1 April 1981) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2001 to 2014. His career highlights include eight individual World Cup wins, two ski flying world records, and a team bronze medal at ...

, Norwegian ski jumper *

Björn Runström Björn Sandro Runström (born 1 March 1984) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a striker. Career Early life Runström grew up in the southern suburbs of Stockholm and went to Enskede school as a child. He started playing footb ...

, Swedish soccer player *

Björn Schlicke Björn Schlicke (born 23 June 1981) is a German retired Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Schlicke began his career at SpVgg Greuther Fürth and had spells at Hamburger SV, 1. FC Köln an ...

, German soccer player *

Björn Schröder Björn Schröder (born 27 October 1980 in Berlin) is a German professional road bicycle racer, who currently competes for Team Stölting. Career achievements Major results Cyclo-cross ;1995–1996 :2nd National Under-17 Championships ;1996– ...

, German cyclist *

Björn Sengier Björn Sengier (born 12 July 1979) is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Sengier is a goalkeeper who was born in Ghent and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Cercle Brugge squad in the 1999� ...

, Belgian soccer player *

Björn Siegemund Björn Siegemund (born 30 September 1973) is a male badminton player from Germany. He has 2 sons and a daughter. Career Siegemund competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nicol Pitro. They defeated Travis ...

, German badminton player *

Bjørn Skaare Bjørn Skaare (29 October 1958 – 21 June 1989) was a Norwegian ice hockey player. He was the first Norwegian to play in the NHL, playing a single game with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1978–79 NHL season. Playing career Skaare's talent wa ...

, Norwegian ice hockey player *

Bjørn Skjærpe Bjørn Skjærpe (born 22 October 1898, date of death unknown) was a Norwegian gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endura ...

, Norwegian gymnast *

Bjørn Sundquist Bjørn Richard Sundquist (born 16 June 1948) is a Norwegian actor, famous for TV, theatre, and movie roles. For many years he worked at Det Norske Teatret and Nationaltheateret in Oslo, and he is especially famous for the roles as Merlin and H ...

, German Olympic athlete *

Björn Svensson Björn Svensson (born June 16, 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward, currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for ERC Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He is the older brother of Magnus Pääj ...

, Swedish hockey player *

Bjorn Thorfinnsson Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

, Icelandic chess player *

Björn Thurau Björn Thurau (born 23 July 1988) is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019. He is the son of former cyclist Dietrich Thurau. After retiring, Thurau was a presenter for Global Cycling N ...

, German cyclist *

Bjørn Tronstad Bjørn Tronstad (born 11 April 1957) is a retired Norwegian football player. Tronstad played at SK Brann from 1974 to 1979. During his 5 years at Brann Tronstad scored a total of 127 goals during 222 matches, and became one of the top-scoring pla ...

, Norwegian soccer player *

Björn Waldegård Björn Waldegård (12 November 1943 – 29 August 2014) was a Swedish rally driver, and the winner of the inaugural World Rally Championship for drivers in 1979. His Swedish nickname was "Walle". Career Waldegård, who came from Rimbo, had a car ...

, Swedish rally driver *

Björn Wirdheim Björn Karl Michael Wirdheim (born 4 April 1980) is a Swedish professional racing driver. He is the son of Örnulf Wirdheim, also a racing driver. Björn began racing karts, competing in his first race, at the age of 10. His main achievement to ...

, Swedish racing driver *

Bjørn Wirkola Bjørn Tore Wirkola (born 4 August 1943) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career He became World Champion in Oslo in 1966, winning both the large and normal hill competitions. The 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were also held in conj ...

, Norwegian ski jumper *

Björn Zikarsky Björn Zikarsky (born 17 July 1967 in Erlangen) is a former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so a ...

, German swimmer

Writers

Bjørn Benkow Bjørn Leo Benkow (13 February 1940 – 17 February 2010) was a Norwegian journalist who became infamous for faking interviews with celebrities. Among the persons Benkow claimed to have interviewed were Bill Gates, Michael Schumacher, Oprah Winfre ...

, Norwegian journalist exposed as a plagiarist *

Björn Th. Björnsson Björn Theodor Björnsson (September 3, 1922 – August 25, 2007) was an Icelandic writer born in Reykjavík. He attended the University of London, University of Edinburgh, and the University of Copenhagen. He was President of the Icelandic write ...

, Icelandic writer * Bjørn Hansen, Norwegian journalist *

Björn Hellberg Björn Hellberg (born 4 August 1944) is a Swedish sports journalist, author, tennis oracle and TV personality, best known as co-host and referee of the television show "På spåret". He was born in Borås, Sweden, but his family soon moved to ...

, Swedish sports journalist and author * Björn Kumm, Swedish journalist *

Björn Nyberg Björn Emil Oscar Nyberg (11 September 1929 – 16 November 2004), was a Swedish fantasy author best known for his additions to the series of Conan stories begun by Robert E. Howard. His primary contribution to the series was ''The Return of Co ...

, Swedish fantasy author *

Björn Ranelid Per Björn Sigvardson Ranelid (born 21 May 1949) is a Swedish author from Malmö. Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Ranelid has published twenty novels and written about five hundred articles in different magazines and newspapers. The ...

, Swedish author *

Bjørn Erik Thon Bjørn Erik Thon (born 6 February 1964) is a Norwegian jurist and ombudsman. Career He graduated as cand.jur. in 1989. From 1999 to 2000, during the first cabinet Bondevik Thon worked as a political advisor in the Ministry of Justice and the Pol ...

, Norwegian jurist and writer *

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished ...

, Norwegian writer

Other people with the given name

* Bjørn Nyland (Automotive YouTuber), Thai-born Norwegian video blogger *

Claus Bjørn Larsen Claus Bjørn Larsen (born 1963) is a Danish press photographer, now working as a freelance. He gained special recognition in 2000 when he won the World Press Photo of the Year competition for his work in Kosovo. Early life Born in 1963 in Holbæk ...

, Danish photographer

References

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