Torbjörn, Thorbjörn, Torbjørn, or Thorbjørn (

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) 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 ...

, Norwegian and

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

forms of the Old Norse and Icelandic name ''Þorbjörn'', meaning thunder (from the name Thor) and

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 ...

. 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 Thorburn is a surname, and may refer to: * Alexander Thorburn (1836–1894), Scottish-born Canadian politician; provincial legislator in the Northwest Territories 1888–1891 * Archibald Thorburn (1860–1935), Scottish bird illustrator * Chris Th ...

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

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. 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

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 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 Lars Gunnar Torbjörn Kullänger-Axelman (born 28 April 1932) is a Swedish TV producer, director and writer. Career Axelman was born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, the son of the bookseller Valdemar Axelman and his wife Märtha (née Engström). He pass ...

(born 1932), Swedish TV producer, director and writer *

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 ...

(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 implie ...

, late-10th century Icelandic skald (poet) * Knut Torbjørn Eggen (1960–2012), Norwegian football coach and player * Thorbjørn Egner (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 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 *

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 *

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 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 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 *

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 *

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 *

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 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 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 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 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 * Torbjörn Johansson (born 1970), Swedish middle-distance runner *

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 *

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 *

Torbjørn Kristoffersen Torbjørn Steen Kristoffersen (4 May 1892 – 14 April 1986) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: O ...

(1892–1986), Norwegian gymnast *

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 *

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 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 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 *

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 * Thorbjørn Holst Rasmussen (born 1987), former Danish footballer * Torbjörn "Pugh" Rogefelt (born 1947), Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter *

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 *

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 * Torbjørn Sindballe (born 1976), Danish triathlete *

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 *

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 *

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 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 *

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 *

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 *

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 ...

(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 (geothermal spa), Blue Lagoon c ...

near

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

, Reykjanes, Iceland

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Mountain

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