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 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
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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
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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
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Hugo Björne, Swedish actor
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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
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Lars "Lasse" Björn, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player
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Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer
Given name
Acting
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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
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Björn Bjelfvenstam, Swedish actor
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Björn Afzelius, Swedish musician
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Björn Ågren, guitarist for the band
Razorlight
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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
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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
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Bjorn Englen, Swedish-American bass player of the hard rock band Soul Sign
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Björn Gelotte, guitarist of the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames
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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
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Björn J:son Lindh, Swedish musician
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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
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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
Bjørn Melhus is a German artist of Norwegian ancestry known for experimental short films, videos and installations.
Education
Bjørn Melhus studied photography at the Adolf-Lazi-Schule in Stuttgart German from 1985 to 1987. After completing hi ...
, German artist
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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
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Bjørn Nilsen, Norwegian musician (performs as Lillebjørn Nilsen)
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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
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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
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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
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Bjorn Thorsrud, American music producer
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Bjørn Tidmand, Danish singer
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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
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Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish musician and a member of the pop group ABBA
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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
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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
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Björn Jakobson, Swedish businessman, founder of Babybjörn and Artipelag
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Björn Prytz, Swedish industrialist
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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
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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
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Bjørn Wegge Bjørn Agnar Wegge (born 28 August 1947) is a former Norwegian NGO Director.
Degree from University of Oslo: Cand. Philol.
Between 2002 and 2013, Wegge served as the secretary-general of Stefanus Alliance International, formerly named Norwegian M ...
, Norwegian director of information for the Norwegian Humanitarian Enterprise
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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
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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
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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
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Beorn Estrithson (died 1049), English nobleman
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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,
petty kingdoms of Norway in the 10th century
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Björn Ironside Haraldsson, the father of Christina Bjornsdatter, 12th-century Swedish queen
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Björn Ironside, legendary Swedish king of the 9th century
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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 ...
, legendary Swedish king of the 10th century
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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
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Björn Bjarnason, Icelandic politician
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Herman Bjorn Dahle
Herman Bjorn Dahle (March 30, 1855 – April 25, 1920) was a United States Congressman in the House of Representatives from Wisconsin.
Background
Herman Bjorn Dahle was born in the town of Perry, Dane County, Wisconsin. He received his educat ...
, politician from Wisconsin, USA
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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
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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
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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
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Björn von der Esch
Carl Gösta Björn Joachim von der Esch (11 January 1930 – 10 March 2010Bjørn 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
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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
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Björn Höcke, German politician
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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
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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 municipality cou ...
, Norwegian politician
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Björn Jónsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland
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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
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Björn Leivik
Björn Leivik (born July 9, 1948) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has been a member of the Riksdag
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body o ...
, Swedish politician
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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
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Bjørn Skau, Norwegian politician
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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
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Björn Þórðarson (Thordarson), former prime minister of Iceland
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Bjørn Westh, Danish politician
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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
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Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn
Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn (17 August 1923 – 12 September 1987) was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.
He was born in Fana.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1981, and was re-elected on one occasion ...
, Norwegian politician
Science and technology
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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
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Björn Envall, Swedish automotive designer
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Bjørn Lomborg, Danish environmental skeptic and author
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Bjorn Poonen, American mathematician
Sports
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Bjørn Bang Andersen
Bjørn Bang Andersen (born 14 November 1937) is a former Norwegian shot putter.
He finished ninth at the 1966 European Championships with a throw of 17.84 metres. In addition he competed at the European Championships in 1962 and 1971 without rea ...
, Norwegian shot putter
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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
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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 (german ...
, Swedish Olympic handballer
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Björn Andrae, German volleyball player
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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
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Bjorn Basson, South African rugby player
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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
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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
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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 bor ...
, Swedish sailor
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Bjørn Dahl (footballer born 1954) Bjørn Dahl may refer to:
* Bjørn Dahl (footballer, born 1954)
Bjørn Dahl (born 24 May 1954) is a Norwegian businessman and former association football, footballer.
From 2000 until 2010 he was managing director of his home town team SK Brann, a ...
, Norwegian footballer
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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
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Wouterus van der Doelen, known as Björn van der Doelen, Dutch soccer player
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Björn Dunkerbeck, Dutch windsurfer
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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