Westerlund may refer to: *

Westerlund 1 Westerlund 1 (abbreviated Wd1, sometimes called Ara Cluster) is a compact young super star cluster about 3.8 kpc (12,000 ly) away from Earth. It is thought to be the most massive young star cluster in the Milky Way, and was discovered by Ben ...

, a star cluster *

Westerlund 2 Westerlund 2 is an obscured compact young star cluster (perhaps even a super star cluster) in the Milky Way, with an estimated age of about one or two million years. It contains some of the hottest, brightest, and most massive stars known. The ...

, a star cluster * 2902 Westerlund, a Main-belt Asteroid

People with the surname

* Anna Westerlund (born 1989), Finnish footballer *

Bengt Westerlund Bengt Westerlund (January 17, 1921 - June 4, 2008) was a Swedish astronomer who specialised in observational astronomy. He received his PhD from Uppsala University in 1954. In 1957 he was appointed astronomer at the Uppsala Southern Station at M ...

(1921–2008), Swedish professor of astronomy * Björn Westerlund (1912–2009), a Finnish businessman *

Carl Agardh Westerlund Carl Agardh Westerlund (12 January 1831 – 28 February 1908 in Ronneby) was a Swedish malacologist. Biography Westerlund was born at Berga in Kalmar County, Sweden. He became a student in Uppsala University in 1853 and studied at Lund Unive ...

(1831–1908), Swedish malacologist *

Carl Julius Alvin Westerlund Carl Julius Alvin Westerlund (2 June 1885 – 14 May 1952) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Bodø. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties in 1945, b ...

(1885–1952), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Edvard Westerlund (born 1901), Finnish wrestler *

Ernst Westerlund Ernst Westerlund (18 March 1893 – 13 October 1961) was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), o ...

(1893–1961), Finnish sailor *

Erkka Westerlund Erkka Westerlund (born 30 March 1957, in Pernå, Finland) was the head coach of the Finnish national men's ice hockey team. He was appointed head coach on November 1, 2004, and his contract ended in May 2007, after winning World Championship Sil ...

(born 1957), previous head coach of the Finnish national men's ice hockey team * Helena Larsdotter Westerlund (1799-1865), Swedish educator * Kalle Westerlund (1897–1972), Finnish wrestler *

Karl Valdemar Westerlund Karl Valdemar Westerlund (24 February 1907 – 23 November 1997) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the ...

(1907–1997), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Majléne Westerlund Panke (born 1946), Swedish politician {{disambiguation, surname Surnames of Swedish origin Surnames of Finnish origin