Bjarne is a
Nordic
Nordic most commonly refers to:
* Nordic countries, the northern European countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and their North Atlantic territories
* Scandinavia, a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern ...
male name, a variant of
Bjorn
Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or ...
, and can refer to the following people:
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Bjarne Andersson, a cross-country skier
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Bjarne Berg-Sæther
Bjarne Berg-Sæther (14 April 1919 – 5 August 2009) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Early life
He was born in Tjeldsund Municipality as the son of coastal pilot Berg Sæther (1876–1948) and wife Magna Toresen (1881–1952 ...
, a Norwegian politician
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Bjarne Berntsen, a Norwegian football coach and former player
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Bjarne Brøndbo
Bjarne Arnstein Brøndbo (born 19 September 1964 in Namsos Municipality, Norway) is the vocalist and the front figure in the Norwegian rock group D.D.E. since the start in 1992. Brøndbo has previously played in the bands Humanic (1978–1985) a ...
, a rock singer
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Bjarne Brustad
Bjarne Brustad (4 March 1895 – 20 May 1978) was a Norwegian composer, violinist and violist. He was born in Kristiania, now Oslo. He played with symphonic orchestras in Stavanger and Oslo. In the 1920s he travelled to European cities su ...
, a violinist
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B. S. (Bjarne Slot) Christiansen, a team-building coach
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Bjarne Dahl (1897–1989) American architect
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Bjarne Mørk Eidem
Bjarne Mørk Eidem (4 October 1936 – 2 October 2022) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was chairman of the Norwegian Aquaculture Center in Brønnøy Municipality.
Biography
Bjarne Mørk Eidem was a member of the Norwegian ...
, a Norwegian politician
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Bjarne Fjærtoft, a Norwegian politician
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Bjarne Flem, a Norwegian politician
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Bjarne Goldbæk
Bjarne Goldbæk (; born 6 October 1968) is a Danish former professional footballer and current sports pundit for Eurosport. An attacking midfielder, he played for a number of foreign clubs, including Chelsea and Fulham in England and several clu ...
, a football player and sports pundit
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Bjarne Guldager
Bjarne Guldager (14 November 1897 – 29 January 1971) was a Norway, Norwegian sprinter. He was born and died in Oslo and represented Ørnulf IF in Kristiania.
Guldager participated in both 100 and 200 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics, but did n ...
, a Norwegian Olympic sprinter
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Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, the current Norwegian Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion
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Bjarne Hansen, a comics artist
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Bjarne Henriksen
Bjarne Henriksen (born 18 January 1959) is a Danish film and television actor.
Career
Henriksen was born in Såderup, Funen in 1959. He has appeared in theatre productions at the Jomfru Ane Teatret, Aalborg and at the Svalegangen theater, Aarh ...
, a Danish actor
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Bjarne Henry Henriksen, a Norwegian politician
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Bjarne Iversen, a cross-country skier
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Bjarne Jeppesen, a handball player
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Bjarne Johnsen
Bjarne Johnsen (27 April 1892 – 4 September 1984) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
He was part of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event. He was born and ...
, a Norwegian gymnast
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Bjarne Kallis
Johan Bjarne Kallis (born 21 March 1945 in Kokkola) is the former chairman of the Christian Democratic Party (KD), previously known as the Finnish Christian Coalition (SKL), and a member of the Parliament of Finland.https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/k ...
, a Finnish politician
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Bjarne Liller
Bjarne Bent Rønne Pedersen, known as Bjarne Liller (25 September 1935 – 6 September 1993), was a Danish jazz musician and singer-songwriter.
Biography
Liller was born on Vesterbro, Copenhagen. He got his breakthrough as a banjo
The banjo ...
, a jazz musician
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Bjarne Lyngstad
Bjarne Lyngstad (9 January 1901 – 4 September 1971) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
He was born in Inderøy Municipality.
From August to September 1963 he served as the Minister of Local Government and Work Affairs during ...
, a Norwegian politician
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Bjarne Møgelhøj
Bjarne Møgelhøj (born 14 May 1944) is a Danish politician for the party New Alliance. He joined the party in August 2007 from the position of leader of the Centre Democrats party.
1983–1998 he was the leader of FDB (now part of Coop Norde ...
, a Danish politician
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Bjarne Pedersen
Bjarne Aagaard Pedersen (born 12 July 1978 in Holstebro, Denmark) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who represented Denmark in the Speedway World Cup, winning it on two occasions: in 2006 and 2008.
Career summary
Pedersen beg ...
, a motorcycle racer
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Bjarne Petersen
Bjarne Petersen (born 5 April 1952) is a Danish former football player, who was the top goalscorer of the 1975 Danish football championship while playing for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (known simply as KB) was a Danish prof ...
, a football player
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Bjarne Pettersen, a Norwegian gymnast
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Bjarne Reuter
Bjarne Reuter (born 29 April 1950) is a Danish writer and screenwriter best known for children's and young adult fiction.Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (; born 3 April 1964), nicknamed ''The Eagle from Herning'' (), is a Denmark, Danish former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France. For many years he was the owner and later manager of the Oleg Tink ...
, a bicycle racer
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Bjarne Daniel Solli, a Norwegian politician
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Bjarne Støtvig
Bjarne Støtvig (24 June 1898 – 8 January 1982) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party of Norway, Conservative Party.
He was born in Botne.
He was elected to the Stortinget, Norwegian Parliament from the ''Market towns of V ...
, a Norwegian politician
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Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup (; ; born 30 December 1950) is a Danish computer scientist, known for the development of the C++ programming language. He led the Large-scale Programming Research department at Bell Labs, served as a professor of computer sci ...
, creator of the C++ programming language
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Bjarne Tromborg
Bjarne Tromborg (born 1940) is a Danish physicist, best known for his work in particle physics and photonics.Henrik Skov, "Kernefysikeren der blev opslugt af optik", ''Ingeniøren'', Nov 27, 2005, http://ing.dk/artikel/67283-kernefysikeren-der-b ...
, a physicist
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Bjarne Undheim, a Norwegian politician
See also
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Bjarni
Bjarni is an Icelandic male given name and may refer to:
* Bjarni Ármannsson resigned as CEO of Glitnir (formerly Íslandsbanki) in May 2007
* Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson (born 1982), footballer (defender) from Iceland
*Bjarni Benediktsson (born ...
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Bjorn
Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or ...
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Masculine given names
Danish masculine given names
Norwegian masculine given names