Jorunn

Jorunn is a feminine Norwegian given name. In Norse, "jór/iór" means "horse", and "unna" means "love". Alternatively, the first word may be derived from "jǫfurr", which means "king" or "chieftain", derived from a term that originally meant "wild boar

elmet Elmet ( cy, Elfed), sometimes Elmed or Elmete, was an independent Brittonic kingdom between about the 5th century and early 7th century, in what later became the smaller area of the West Riding of Yorkshire then West Yorkshire, South Yorkshir ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Jorunn Hageler Jorunn Synnøve Hageler, , (8 October 1946 – 31 January 2023)Jorunn Hageler er død
was a N ...

, Norwegian politician *

Jorunn Hareide Jorunn Hareide (born 15 September 1940) is a Norwegian historian of literature. She was born in Skien. She took her dr.philos. degree in 1980 and became professor at the University of Trondheim in 1983. In 1993 she moved to the University of Osl ...

, Norwegian historian of literature * Jorunn Horgen, Norwegian windsurfer *

Jorunn Johnsen Jorunn Johnsen (24 November 1905 – 1 May 1984) was a Norwegian journalist. Johnsen studied in Berlin and Oslo, and worked three years at '' Christianssands Tidende'' before being hired at ''Aftenposten'' in 1936, where she reported for the rest ...

, Norwegian journalist *

Jorunn Kjellsby Jorunn Kjellsby (born 7 April 1944) is a Norwegian actress. She has worked both for Trøndelag Teater (1961–1963), Oslo Nye Teater (1968–1970) and Det Norske Teateret (1971–). She has also had almost 30 movies, such as ''Bryllup ...

, Norwegian actress *

Jorunn Økland Jorunn Økland (born 1964) is a Norwegian gender studies expert and biblical scholar with a background in Classics. She is currently Director at the Norwegian Institute at Athens (from 2016) and Professor of Gender Studies in the Humanities at the U ...

, Norwegian theologian *

Jorunn Ringstad Jorunn Ringstad (3 September 1943 – 12 September 2018) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1993, and was re-elected on two occasions. She had previously served in ...

, Norwegian politician *

Jorunn Teigen Jorunn Teigen (born 20 Mary 1961) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. She finished overall second in the first official Orienteering World Cup in 1986. World championships She participated at the 1983 World Orienteering Championships, where ...

, Norwegian orienteering competitor *

Jórunn skáldmær Jórunn skáldmær ("poet-maiden") was a Norwegian skald active in the first half of the 10th century. Only two stanzas and three half-stanzas of her ''Sendibítr'' ("Biting message") were preserved, mostly in Snorri Sturluson's works, such as '' ...

, Norwegian skald *

Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen Jorunn Kaiander Sundgot-Borgen (born 18 March 1961) is a Norwegian professor of sports medicine. She took the MSc degree at the Arizona State University in 1985, and the dr.scient. degree at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in 1993. She hel ...

, Norwegian professor of sports medicine *

Jórunn Viðar Jórunn Viðar (7 December 1918 – 27 February 2017) was an Icelandic pianist and composer. Biography Jórunn Viðar was born and grew up in Reykjavík, Iceland. In 1937 she graduated from Reykjavík Grammar School, and the same year trave ...

, Icelandic pianist and composer {{DEFAULTSORT:Jorunn Norwegian feminine given names