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 N ...

" (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 ...

, 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, 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 Hjalma ...

, Swedish actor * Kristian Bjørn, 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 ...

, Danish golfer

Given name

Acting

* Björn Andrésen, 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, Swedish actor * Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian and actor * Björn Kjellman, Swedish actor and singer * Björn Skifs, 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 Dele ...

, 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 Delem ...

* Björn Dixgård, Swedish musician * Bjørn Eidsvåg, Norwegian musician and Lutheran minister * Bjorn Englen, Swedish-American bass player of the hard rock band Soul Sign * Björn Gelotte, guitarist of the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames * Björn Hjörtur Guðmundsson, Icelandic craftsman and environmental pioneer * Björn J:son Lindh, Swedish musician * Bjørn Johansen (musician), Norwegian jazz musician * Björn Lodin, Swedish musician *

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 * Bjørn Moe, Norwegian conductor * Bjørn Nilsen, 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, Swedish director and videoartist * Bjørn Talén, Norwegian opera singer * Bjorn Thorsrud, American music producer * Bjørn Tidmand, 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 ...

, Danish artist

Business

* Bjørn Rune Gjelsten, Norwegian businessman and powerboat racer * Björn Jakobson, Swedish businessman, founder of Babybjörn and Artipelag * Björn Prytz, 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 a ...

, Finnish CEO of Sampo Group *

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

Historical figures

* Björn at Haugi, also called Björn på Håga and Bjorn Eriksson, Swedish king in the 9th century * Björn (III) Eriksson, king of Sweden in the 9th and 10th centuries * Beorn Estrithson (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 t ...

, petty kingdoms of Norway 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, legendary Swedish king of the 9th century * Björn the Eunuch, legendary Swedish king of the 10th century * Björn Stallare, 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 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 * Bjørn Egge. 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 ...

, 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 N ...

, Norwegian politician * Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician * Björn Höcke, German politician * Bjorn Holland, American politician * Bjørn Jacobsen, 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 fo ...

, 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 stu ...

, Danish journalist and politician * Björn Leivik, Swedish politician * Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician * Bjørn Skau, 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 (Thordarson), former prime minister of Iceland * Bjørn Westh, Danish politician * Björn Wiechel (born 1983), Swedish politician *

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

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 Ph ...

, 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 ...

, Swedish automotive designer * Björn Ekwall, Swedish toxicologist * Bjørn Grinde, 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 pub ...

, Icelandic mathematician and cartographer * Biörn Ivemark, 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 p ...

, Finnish-Swedish paleontologist * Bjørn Lomborg, Danish environmental skeptic and author * Bjorn Poonen, American mathematician

Sports

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 * Björn Andersson, Swedish former player and coach * Björn Andersson (handballer), Swedish Olympic handballer * Björn Andrae, German volleyball player * Björn Bach, 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 Ch ...

, 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 W ...

, Swedish tennis player * Björn Borg (swimmer), Swedish swimmer * Björn Bothén, Swedish sailor * Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Norwegian soccer player * Bjorn Bregy, Swiss kickboxer * Björn Cederberg, 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 Olymp ...

, Norwegian skier * Björn Daelemans, Belgian soccer player * Bjørn Dahl (footballer born 1954), Norwegian footballer * Bjørn Dahl (footballer born 1978), Norwegian footballer * Wouterus van der Doelen, known as Björn van der Doelen, Dutch soccer player * Björn Dunkerbeck, Dutch windsurfer * Björn Einarsson, 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 i ...

, 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 u ...

, Swedish skier * Björn Forslund, Swedish sailor * Björn Forslund (Speed skater), 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, Norwegian athlete * Bjørn Gundersen, Norwegian athlete * Bjorn Haneveer, Belgian snooker player * Bjørn Johansen (footballer), Norwegian footballer * Bjørn Johansen (ice hockey), Norwegian ice hockey player * Björn Joppien, German badminton player * Björn Kircheisen, also known as Bjoern Kircheisen, German Olympic athlete * Björn Knutsson, Swedish motorcycle racer * Bjorn Kotze, Namibian cricketer * Bjørn "Benny" Kristensen, Danish soccer player * Björn Kuipers, Dutch football referee * Bjørn Tore Kvarme, Norwegian soccer player * Björn Leukemans, Belgian bicycle racer * Björn Lilius, Swedish footballer * Björn Lind, Swedish skier * Bjørn Arve Lund, Norwegian soccer player * Björn Maaseide, Norwegian beach volleyball player * Björn Melin, Swedish ice hockey player * Bjorn Merten, American football player * Bjorn Mordt, Zimbabwean cricketer * Bjørn Myrbakken, Norwegian ski jumper * Beorn Nijenhuis, Dutch speed skater * Björn Nittmo, Swedish American Football kicker * Björn Nordqvist, 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, Norwegian high jumper * Björn Phau, German tennis player * Bjørn Helge Riise, Norwegian soccer player * Bjørn Einar Romøren, Norwegian ski jumper * Björn Runström, 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, German cyclist * Björn Sengier, Belgian soccer player * Björn Siegemund, German badminton player * Bjørn Skaare, Norwegian ice hockey player * Bjørn Skjærpe, 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 an ...

, German Olympic athlete * Björn Svensson, 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, German cyclist * Bjørn Tronstad, 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 c ...

, 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, Norwegian ski jumper * Björn Zikarsky, German swimmer

Writers

* Bjørn Benkow, Norwegian journalist exposed as a plagiarist * Björn Th. Björnsson, 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 Björn Kumm (born 1938) is a Sweden, Swedish journalist and author. He has written books on Latin America, the Cold War, and the history of terrorism. In 1967, as a young journalist Kumm was one of the few people to see the dead body of Che Guevara ...

, Swedish journalist * Björn Nyberg, 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. Th ...

, Swedish author * Bjørn Erik Thon, 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, Danish photographer

References

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