Bäck is a
surname of
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 ...
descent, meaning "
brook
A brook is a small river or natural stream of fresh water. It may also refer to:
Computing
*Brook, a programming language for GPU programming based on C
*Brook+, an explicit data-parallel C compiler
*BrookGPU, a framework for GPGPU programming ...
", "
stream" (related to
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...
''bekkr'').
Notable people
Notable people with this surname include:
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Axel Bäck (1987), alpine skier from Sweden
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Elmer Bäck
Elmer Bäck (born 18 October 1981) is a Finnish actor who is best known for starring in a 2015 Peter Greenaway film ''Eisenstein in Guanajuato''. He has been in theatrical productions, in movies and on television in Finland, and is part of the the ...
(1981), Finnish actor
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Immanuel Bäck (1876–1939), Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician
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Johannes Bäck (1872–1952), Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician
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Oskar Bäck (2000), Swedish professional ice hockey forward
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Sven-Erik Bäck
Sven-Erik Bäck (16 September 1919 – 10 January 1994) was a Swedish composer of classical music. He was born in Stockholm.
Bäck studied from 1939 until 1943 in the King's Music-Academy and from 1940 until 1945, was a composition student of ...
(1919–1994), Swedish composer of classical music
References
Swedish-language surnames
Swedish toponymic surnames
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