given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
) are modern
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 ...
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 ...
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Other variants of the name include the Danish/German form
Torben Torben is a Danish variant of the given name Torbjörn.
People named Torben include:
*Torben Betts (born 1968), English playwright and screenwriter
*Torben Boye (born 1966), Danish former footballer
*Torben Frank (born 1968), Danish former footbal ...
and the predominantly German form Thorben. English variants include Thurburn, Thorburn, Thorbern, Thorebern, Thorber, and Thurber, which are, however, normally used as
surnames
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, ...
. Tubby is common in the Norfolk area of England and the early whaling communities of North America.
The Icelandic short form is "Tobbi"; the Swedish is "Tobbe." The supposed site of Þorbjörn's farm in ''
Hrafnkels saga
''Hrafnkels saga'' (; ) or ''Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða'' (O.N.: ; Ice.: ) is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It tells of struggles between chieftains and farmers in the east of Iceland in the 10th century. The eponymous main character, Hrafnkell, st ...
'' was known as "Tobbahól" by the locals.
Notable people named Torbjörn
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Torbjørn Agdestein
Torbjørn Agdestein (born 29 November 1991) is a Norwegian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Stord IL.
Club career
Stord IL
Agdestein started his career at Stord IL, playing 35 games and scoring 16 goals.
Brighton ...
(born 1991), Norwegian footballer
* Torbjörn Arvidsson (born 1968), Swedish football player
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(born 1932), Swedish TV producer, director and writer
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Torbjørn Bergerud
Torbjørn Sittrup Bergerud (born 16 July 1994) is a Norwegian handball player for Kolstad Håndball and the Norway men's national handball team, Norwegian national team.
International honours
*IHF World Men's Handball Championship, World Champion ...
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
- and soccer player
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Torbjörn Eriksson
Jan Torbjörn Eriksson (born 17 April 1971 in Grycksbo) is a retired Swedish athlete who competed in the sprinting events. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1996 European Indoor Championships in his native Swe ...
(born 1971), Swedish athlete
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Torbjörn Evrell
Rune Torbjörn Evrell (March 29, 1920 – April 22, 2008) was a Swedish inventor and businessman who made major innovations in folding knife construction, knife designs and knife production methods at EKA-knivar AB Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Life ...
(1920–2008), Swedish inventor and businessman
* Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016), Swedish politician
* Thorbjørn Feyling (1907–1985), Norwegian ceramist, Head of design at Stavangerflint AS
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Torbjörn Flygt
Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964) is a Swedish novelist. He made his literary debut in 1995 with the novel ''Längsta ögonblicket''. Among his other novels is ''Män vid kusten'' from 1997. He was awarded the August Prize in 2001 for the novel ''Under ...
(born 1964), Swedish novelist
* Thorbjørn Frydenlund (1892–1989), Norwegian wrestler
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Torbjørn Gaarder
Torbjørn Gaarder (1885–1970) was a Norwegian chemist. He has been called "a pioneer of biochemistry in Norway".
He was born in Oslo, Kristiania, took the dr.philos. degree and studied biochemistry and physiology in Copenhagen and the Unite ...
(1885–1970), Norwegian chemist
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Thorbjørn Gjølstad
Thorbjørn Gjølstad (29 September 1942 – 26 May 2015) was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.
He graduated with the cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 1968, and served as a deputy judge at Eidsvoll District Court. He was hired i ...
(1942–2015), Norwegian jurist and civil servant
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Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson
Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson (born 27 August 1935) is an Icelandic politician and former minister.
External links
Non auto-biography of Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson on the parliament website
Oli Thorbjorn Gudbjartsson
Oli Thorbjorn Gu ...
(born 1935), Icelandic politician and former minister
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Torbjørn Hansen
Torbjørn Hansen (born 13 August 1972, in Bergen, Norway, Bergen) is a Norway, Norwegian politician representing the Conservative Party of Norway, Conservative Party (Høyre). He is currently a representative of Hordaland in the ''Storting'' and w ...
(born 1972), Norwegian politician
* Thorbjørn Harr (born 1974), Norwegian actor
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Halvor Thorbjørn Hjertvik
Halvor Thorbjørn Hjertvik (17 June 1914 - 7 November 1995) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland
Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, coun ...
(1914–1995), Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party
* Þorbjörn Hornklofi, 9th-century Norwegian skald, court poet of King Harald Fairhair
* Thorbjørn Jagland (born 1950), Norwegian politician from Norwegian Labour Party
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Þorbjörn Jensson
Þorbjörn Jensson (born 7 September 1953) is an Icelandic former Team handball, handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
He then have been Iceland men's national handball team#List of coaches, coach of the Iceland men's nationa ...
(born 1953), Icelandic former handball player
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Torbjörn Johansson
Torbjörn Johansson (born 23 January 1970) is a retired Swedish middle-distance runner who competed primarily in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, c ...
(born 1970), Swedish middle-distance runner
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Torbjörn Jonsson
Torbjörn Jonsson (6 May 1936 – 16 October 2018) was a Swedish professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Jonsson played for five seasons (134 games, 27 goals) in the Italian Serie A for ACF Fiorentina, ...
(born 1936), Swedish footballer
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Kjell Thorbjørn Kristensen
Kjell Thorbjørn Kristensen (14 February 1927 – 26 February 1995) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
From August to September 1972, during Bratteli's First Cabinet, Kristensen was a State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Min ...
(1927–1995), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
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Thorbjørn Kultorp
Thorbjørn Kultorp (19 October 1929, in Skjeberg – 25 April 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party.
He was elected to the Storting, Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 1969, and was re-elected on two ...
(1929–2004), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
* Thorbjørn Lie (1943–2006), Norwegian businessperson, politician for the Progress Party
* Torbjörn "Ebbot" Lundberg (born 1966), Swedish artist, songwriter and music producer
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Torbjørn Løkken
Torbjørn Løkken (born 28 June 1963) is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who competed from 1985 to 1990. He won two medals at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with a gold in the 15 km individual and a silver in th ...
(born 1963), Norwegian nordic combined skier
* Torbjörn Martin (born 1981), Swedish film and music video director
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Thorbjorn N. Mohn
Thorbjorn Nelson Mohn, born Torbjørn Nilsen Moen (July 15, 1844 - November 18, 1899) was an American Lutheran church leader and the first president of St. Olaf College.
Background
Torbjørn Nilsen Moen was born in Saude, Norway on July 15, 184 ...
(1844–1899), American Lutheran church leader, president of St. Olaf College
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Torbjörn Nilsson
Torbjörn Anders Nilsson (born 9 July 1954) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Considered one of the best Swedish footballers of all time, he is best remembered for his time with IFK Göteborg with which he won ...
(born 1954), soccer player
* Thorbjørn Olesen (born 1989), Danish golfer
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Thorbjørn Holst Rasmussen
Thorbjørn Holst Rasmussen (born 21 March 1987) is a former Danish footballer who played as a defender.Torbjörn "Pugh" Rogefelt (born 1947), Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter
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Thorbjørn Schierup
Thorbjørn Schierup (born 6 June 1990 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish sailor. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international m ...
(born 1990), Danish Olympic sailor
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Thorbjørn Schwarz
Thorbjørn Schwarz better known by his stage name DJ Static or just Static is a famous Danish DJ and producer and event organizer. He is co-founder, in partnership with Rasmus Lauridsen, of City Hall Music,a Danish record label. In 2012, he relea ...
aka DJ Static, Danish DJ, producer, event organizer
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Torbjørn Sindballe
Torbjørn Sindballe (born 21 October 1976) is a Danish professional triathlete who was forced to end his competition triathlon career due to heart problems. Torbjørn Sindballe lives in northern Sjælland with his wife Mette, and thei ...
(born 1976), Danish triathlete
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Torbjørn Sunde
Torbjørn Sunde (born 16 February 1954) is a Norwegian jazz trombonist who has worked with Terje Rypdal, Edward Vesala, Jon Balke, Knut Værnes, Rickie Lee Jones, Randy Crawford, Dr. John, Jan Eggum, Jan Garbarek, and Mezzoforte.
Musical career ...
(born 1954), Norwegian jazz musician
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Thorbjørn Svenssen
Ole Thorbjørn Svenssen (22 April 1924 – 8 January 2011) was a Norwegian footballer, who played a then record 104 international games for Norway, and captained the side 93 times. He was one of the first footballers who played 100 international ...
(1924–2011), Norwegian footballer
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Torbjörn Tännsjö
Ulf Torbjörn Harald Tännsjö (; born 13 December 1946 in Västerås) is a Swedish professor of philosophy and public intellectual. He has held a chair in Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University since 2002 and he is Affiliated Professor of M ...
(born 1946), Swedish philosopher
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Torbjörn Thoresson
Nils Torbjörn Thoresson (born December 29, 1959) is a Sweden, Swedish Canoe racing, sprint canoer who competed from the early to mid-1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Me ...
(born 1959), Swedish sprint canoer
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Thorbjorn Thorsteinsson
Thorbjorn Thorsteinsson (Old Norse: Þórbjörn klerkr Þórsteinnson), also known as Thorbjorn the Clerk, was a pirate from the Orkney Islands who was executed in 1158.
Thorbjorn was married to the sister of Sweyn Asleifsson, but they first qu ...
, pirate from the Orkney Islands, executed in 1158
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Torbjørn Urfjell
Torbjørn Urfjell (born 3 November 1977) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Hailing from Gjerstad, Urfjell took his secondary education in Risør and Vågsbygd, finishing in 1996. He became county leader in Socialist Youth ...
(born 1977), Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party
* Torbjørn Yggeseth (1934–2010), Norwegian ski jumper
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Torbjörn Zetterberg
Torbjörn Zetterberg (born 10 May 1976) is a Swedish jazz musician (double bass) and composer, known from collaborations with Jonas Kullhammar.
Biography
Zetterberg attended Södra Latin och Fridhems Folkhögskola in Svalöv but was first reco ...