Børge is a male

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

and Danish given name, a variant of

Birger Birger is a Scandinavian name from Old Norse, ''bjarga'', meaning "to help, to save, to protect". It is widely used in Norway as Birger but also as Børge. The Swedish variant of ''Birger'' would soon evolve into ''Börje'', however, the prior for ...

. The Swedish spelling is

Börje Börje is an old Swedish male name. It is a cognate of Birger;Elof Hellquist, ''Svensk etymologisk ordbok''. Lund 1922. Börje is the form that has developed naturally according to the sound change laws of Swedish, whilst Birger is a literary for ...

Persons with the given name Børge

* Børge Brende (born 1965), minister in the Norwegian government * Børge Møller Grimstrup (1906–1972), Danish film actor * Børge Holm (1910–1971), Danish boxer * Børge Jessen (1907–1993), Danish mathematician *

Børge Mathiesen Børge Carlo Mathiesen (16 May 1918 – 25 December 1962) was a Danish professional football player. He played 11 games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team. Mathiesen was a short but strong midfielder with great stamina and ...

(1918–1962), Danish football player *

Børge Monberg Børge Kjær Monberg (August 24, 1905 – June 19, 1990) was a Denmark, Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Jægersborg, Gentofte and died in Kalundborg. In 1928 he was a member of the Danish te ...

(1905–1990), Danish field hockey player * Børge Müller (1909–1963), Danish screenwriter * Børge Ring (1921–2018), Danish short film writer *

Børge Rosenbaum Børge Rosenbaum (3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000), known professionally as Victor Borge ( ), was a Danish-American comedian, conductor, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in the North America and Europe. His ...

(1909–2000), birth name of Danish entertainer Victor Borge *

Børge Raahauge Nielsen Børge Daniel Raahauge Nielsen (26 March 1920 – 5 October 2010) was a Danish rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an i ...

(1920–2010), Danish rower *

Børge Ousland Børge Ousland (born 31 May 1962) is a Norwegian polar explorer. He was the first person to cross Antarctica solo. He started his career as a Norwegian Navy Special Forces Officer with Marinejegerkommandoen, and he also spent several years wor ...

(born 1962), Norwegian polar explorer, photographer and writer

Persons with the given name Børge

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