Torbjörn, Thorbjörn, Torbjørn, or Thorbjørn (

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) are modern

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and Icelandic name ''Þorbjörn'', meaning

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(from the name

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. Other variants of the name include the Danish/German form Torben and the predominantly German form Thorben. English variants include Thurburn,

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, Thorbern, Thorebern, Thorber, and Thurber, which are, however, normally used as

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. Tubby is common in the

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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 ''

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'' was known as "Tobbahól" by the locals.

Notable people named Torbjörn

* Torbjørn Agdestein (born 1991), Norwegian footballer *

Torbjörn Arvidsson Torbjörn Arvidsson (born May 6, 1968) is a former Swedish football player, who played as a defender for Halmstads BK. He is currently the assistant manager of Hajduk Split. Career Starting his career in Kalmar FF he early moved to Halmstad ...

(born 1968), Swedish football player * Torbjörn Axelman (born 1932), Swedish TV producer, director and writer * Torbjørn Bergerud (born 1994), Norwegian handball player *

Thorbjørn Berntsen Thorbjørn Berntsen (born 13 April 1935) is a former 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 No ...

(born 1935), former Norwegian politician representing the Labour Party *

Torbjörn Björlund John Torbjörn Björlund (born 1957) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Left Party, he represented Östergötland County between October 2006 and September 2014. He was also a su ...

(born 1957), Swedish politician *

Torbjörn Blomdahl Torbjörn Blomdahl (born 26 October 1962 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish professional carom billiards (and to a lesser extent pool) player from Helsingborg, Sweden who plays for FC Porto. He is a seven time World Champion in three-cushion billiards, ...

(born 1962), Swedish billiards player *

Torbjörn Blomqvist Torbjörn Blomqvist (February 14, 1941 – February 20, 2017) was a Finnish sprint canoer, who competed in the early 1960s. He was born in Helsinki. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 4 × 500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics i ...

(1941–2017), Finnish sprint canoer *

Torbjørn Bratt Torbjørn Olavssøn Bratt ( c.1502–1548) was a Norwegian clergyman. He was the first bishop of Trondheim, after the introduction of the Protestant Reformation in Norway. He served as Bishop of the Diocese of Trondhjem from 1546 until 1548. ...

( c.1502 – 1548), Norwegian clergyman * Torbjørn Brundtland (born 1975), band member of the Norwegian electronic music duo, Röyksopp *

Torbjörn Caspersson Torbjörn Oskar Caspersson (15 October 1910 – 7 December 1997) was a Swedish cytologist and geneticist. He was born in Motala and attended the University of Stockholm, where he studied medicine and biophysics. Contributions Caspersson made sev ...

(1910–1997), Swedish cytologist and geneticist *

Torbjørn Clausen Torbjørn Clausen (11 March 1931 – 23 December 2001) was a Norwegian boxer. He was born in Lørenskog. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most popu ...

(1931–2001), Norwegian boxer *

Þorbjörn dísarskáld Þorbjörn dísarskáld is a late-10th century Icelandic skald (poet). Only one and a half stanzas of his poetry have been preserved in ''Skáldskaparmál'' (The Language of Poetry). Name ''Dísarskáld'' means "poet of the dísir", which impli ...

, late-10th century Icelandic skald (poet) *

Knut Torbjørn Eggen Knut Torbjørn Eggen (1 November 1960 – 20 February 2012) was a Norwegian football coach and player, famous for his time in Rosenborg as a player, and Moss and Fredrikstad as a coach. He was the son of Norway's most successful football coach, ...

(1960–2012), Norwegian football coach and player *

Thorbjørn Egner Thorbjørn Egner (12 December 1912 – 24 December 1990) was a Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator known principally for his books, plays and musicals for children. He is principally associated with his narratives for children includ ...

(1912–1990), Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator *

Torbjörn Ek Torbjörn Ek (25 June 1949, Ljusdal - 18 August 2010, Ljusdal) was a Swedish bandy and football player and manager. He was considered one of the country's top bandy players during the 1970s and early 1980s. Ek was capped 102 times for the Swedis ...

(1949–2010), Swedish

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 * Torbjörn Eriksson (born 1971), Swedish athlete * Torbjörn Evrell (1920–2008), Swedish inventor and businessman *

Thorbjörn Fälldin Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin (24 April 1926 – 23 July 2016) was a Swedish politician. He was Prime Minister of Sweden in three non-consecutive cabinets from 1976 to 1982, and leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1971 to 1985. On his ...

(1926–2016), Swedish politician *

Thorbjørn Feyling Thorbjørn Feyling (1907–1985) was a Norwegian ceramist and Head of design at the Norwegian earthenware company Stavangerflint AS in the city of Stavanger in south-western Norway. Feyling was Head of design at the Norwegian earthenware producer S ...

(1907–1985), Norwegian ceramist, Head of design at Stavangerflint AS * Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964), Swedish novelist *

Thorbjørn Frydenlund Thorbjørn Frydenlund (15 November 1892 – 13 February 1989) was a Norwegian wrestler. He competed in Greco-Roman lightweight at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a brother of Richard Frydenlund, and both represented the club IF Ørnulf ...

(1892–1989), Norwegian wrestler * Torbjørn Gaarder (1885–1970), Norwegian chemist * Thorbjørn Gjølstad (1942–2015), Norwegian jurist and civil servant * Óli Þorbjörn Guðbjartsson (born 1935), Icelandic politician and former minister * Torbjørn Hansen (born 1972), Norwegian politician *

Thorbjørn Harr Thorbjørn Harr (born 24 May 1974) is a Norwegian actor. Background Harr was discovered in a schoolyard by NRK people who were scouting for actors for youth series. Career He soon became a familiar face on programs like ''Blikkbåx'' and '' ...

(born 1974), Norwegian actor * Halvor Thorbjørn Hjertvik (1914–1995), Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party *

Þorbjörn Hornklofi Þórbjǫrn Hornklofi (Modern Norwegian: ''Torbjørn Hornklove'') was a 9th-century Norwegian skald and one of the court poet of King Harald Fairhair. His poetry has sometimes been regarded as a contemporary source of information regarding King Har ...

, 9th-century Norwegian skald, court poet of King Harald Fairhair *

Thorbjørn Jagland Thorbjørn Jagland (born Thorbjørn Johansen; , 5 November 1950) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He served as the secretary general of the Council of Europe from 2009 to 2019. He served as the 32nd prime minister of Norway from ...

(born 1950), Norwegian politician from Norwegian Labour Party * Þorbjörn Jensson (born 1953), Icelandic former handball player * Torbjörn Johansson (born 1970), Swedish middle-distance runner * Torbjörn Jonsson (born 1936), Swedish footballer * Kjell Thorbjørn Kristensen (1927–1995), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Torbjørn Kristoffersen (1892–1986), Norwegian gymnast * Thorbjørn Kultorp (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 * Torbjørn Løkken (born 1963), Norwegian nordic combined skier *

Torbjörn Martin Torbjörn Martin (born 21 October 1981) is a Swedish film and music video director. His main work revolves around commercials and music videos.Haugen, Solveig (2010-02-13Open Set with Torbjörn Martin filmfestivals.com He has directed a feature-l ...

(born 1981), Swedish film and music video director * Thorbjorn N. Mohn (1844–1899), American Lutheran church leader, president of St. Olaf College * Torbjörn Nilsson (born 1954), soccer player *

Thorbjørn Olesen Jacob Thorbjørn Olesen (born 21 December 1989) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he has won six times including the 2016 Turkish Airlines Open and the 2018 Italian Open. He has also won two important pairs eve ...

(born 1989), Danish golfer * Thorbjørn Holst Rasmussen (born 1987), former Danish footballer * Torbjörn "Pugh" Rogefelt (born 1947), Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter * Thorbjørn Schierup (born 1990), Danish Olympic sailor * Thorbjørn Schwarz aka DJ Static, Danish DJ, producer, event organizer * Torbjørn Sindballe (born 1976), Danish triathlete * Torbjørn Sunde (born 1954), Norwegian jazz musician * Thorbjørn Svenssen (1924–2011), Norwegian footballer *

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 * Torbjörn Thoresson (born 1959), Swedish sprint canoer * Thorbjorn Thorsteinsson, pirate from the Orkney Islands, executed in 1158 * Torbjørn Urfjell (born 1977), Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party *

Torbjørn Yggeseth Torbjørn Yggeseth (18 June 1934 – 10 January 2010) was a Norwegian ski jumper who was active in the 1960s. He competed for Heggedal Idretsslag. Yggeseth won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1963, the same year ...

(1934–2010), Norwegian ski jumper * Torbjörn Zetterberg (born 1976), Swedish jazz musician and composer

Fictional characters

* Torbjörn (''Overwatch''), a character from the 2016 video game

Mountain

Þorbjörn (mountain) Þorbjörn () is a volcanic mountain of 243 m next to the town of Grindavík ( Gullbringusýsla) on Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland.Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga of sérkenni. Reykjavík 1989, p. 65 Blue Lagoon can be easily seen from the s ...

near

Grindavík Grindavík () is a fishing town on the Southern Peninsula of Iceland not far from the tuya Þorbjörn. It is one of the few cities with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work in the fishing industry. The Blue Lagoon, Grindavík ...

Reykjanes Reykjanes () is a small headland on the southwestern tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, giving the main peninsula its name. The region is about from Iceland's international airport. As the name means "smoking peninsula" connected to vol ...

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

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