Bjorn
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Bjorn Björn (Swedish and Icelandic), Bjørn (Norwegian and Danish), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, is a Nordic male given name, or less often a surname, meaning "bear
" (the animal). In Finnish
and Finland Swedish, sometimes also in Sweden Swedish
, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn.
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Bear
Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...
" (the animal). In Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
and Finland Swedish, sometimes also in Sweden Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Sweden Swedish is a term sometimes used to distinguish the Swedish as spoken in Sweden from Finland Swedish, Estonia Swedish or other variants of the same language as spoken in other countries, regardless of dialects....
, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn.
Acting:
- Björn AndrésenBjörn AndresenBjörn Johan Andrésen is a Swedish actor and musician. He is best known for playing the fourteen-year-old Tadzio in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film adaptation of the Thomas Mann novella Death in Venice....
, a Swedish actor and musician - Björn BjelfvenstamBjörn BjelfvenstamBjörn Bjelfvenstam is a Swedish film actor. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden.-Selected filmography:* Secrets of Women * Smiles of a Summer Night * Last Pair Out * Wild Strawberries...
, a Swedish actor - Björn GranathBjörn GranathBjörn Gösta Tryggve Granath is a Swedish actor.Granath was born in Örgryte, Gothenburg, Sweden. He has starred in a broad range of films from comedies to dramas. He was active as an actor and director on the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm between the years 1987-2007...
, a Swedish actor - Björn KjellmanBjörn KjellmanJohn Björn Sture Kjellman , is a Swedish actor and singer. He has had roles in Swedish movies like Klassfesten and Livet är en schlager, in which he plays a Melodifestivalen-obsessed transsexual who is brother to Helena Bergström's character, who takes part in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in the...
, a Swedish actor and singer - Björn SkifsBjörn SkifsBjörn Nils Olof Skifs is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter.Björn Skifs formed his first musical group Slam Creepers’ in 1963. Slam Creepers’ split in 1969 and Skifs went on to form a new band, Blåblus, in 1972. As Blue Swede, the band had a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100 in 1974...
, a Swedish singer and actor
Art and music:
- Björn AfzeliusBjörn AfzeliusBjörn Svante Afzelius was a Swedish singer, song writer and guitar player. Politically he was a socialist. His songs are about love, politics and joys in life....
, a Swedish musician - Björn ÅgrenBjörn ÅgrenBjörn Sten Ågren was the guitarist for the British band Razorlight.He is originally from Lidköping, Sweden where he met Carl Dalemo, the bassist of the band. Ågren encouraged Dalemo to audition for the band in 2002, when Ågren was already a member....
, guitarist for the band RazorlightRazorlightRazorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second... - Björn Dixgård, a Swedish musician
- Bjørn EidsvågBjørn EidsvågBjørn Eidsvåg is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and Lutheran minister. He is a graduate from the MF Norwegian School of Theology...
, a Norwegian musician and Lutheran minister - Bjørn Arnsten, a Norwegian born music producer and Pro ToolsPro ToolsPro Tools is a digital audio workstation platform for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, developed and manufactured by Avid Technology. It is widely used by professionals throughout the audio industries for recording and editing in music production, film scoring, film, and television...
certified instructor based in Hamilton, New ZealandHamilton, New ZealandHamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland... - Björn GelotteBjörn GelotteBjörn Gelotte is a songwriter and guitarist for the Swedish band, In Flames. He joined the band as the drummer in 1995, and continued his position as drummer during The Jester Race and Whoracle . Gelotte switched to his current position on guitars after Niklas Engelin left the band, sharing...
, guitarist of the Swedish melodic death metal band In FlamesIn FlamesIn Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD... - Bjørn HolterBjørn HolterBjørn Holter better known for his stage name Narrenschiff is a Norwegian singer-songwriter of the band Illnath. He also has some other side-projects like Philomel's Epitaph, 54, Seregon, Fragment, and Fluesopp...
, known by his stage name of Narrenschiff, a Norwegian singer-songwriter - Björn J:son LindhBjörn J:son LindhBjörn J:son Lindh is a Swedish flautist, keyboardist and composer. Lindh has scored music for films including Mannen på taket, directed by Bo Widerberg and Jägarna, directed by Kjell Sundvall...
, a Swedish musician - Björn LodinBjörn LodinBjörn Lodin is a Swedish singer, song writer and producer, primarily famous for his work with his band Baltimoore.-Biography:...
, a Swedish musician - Bjørn LynneBjørn LynneBjørn Arild Lynne is a Norwegian sound engineer and music composer, now living and working in Stavern, Norway. He has been widely known as a tracker music composer under the name "Dr. Awesome/Crusaders" in the late 1980s–early 90s when he released numerous tunes in MOD format and created music...
, a sound engineer and composer - Bjørn MelhusBjørn MelhusBjørn Melhus is a German media artist of Norwegian ancestry born in Kirchheim/Teck, Germany, in 1966. His works have appeared on television, DVD, and in live art installations throughout the world...
, a German artist - Bjørn MoeBjørn MoeBjørn Moe is a Norwegian conductor. He is an associate professor at the Department for Music at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and has since 1973 been conductor of Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir. He started as a boy soprano in the choir at the age of 8, and has later sung both...
, a Norwegian conductor - Björn "Speed" Strid, Swedish vocalist of modern melodic death metal band SoilworkSoilworkSoilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
- Bjørn TalénBjørn Talén-Biography:Bjørn Talén was born in Kristiania . His parents were Constantin Waldemar Talén and Maren Johanne Johnsen . His father was an engineer who became director of the Oslo Tramway. His parents were both art and theater enthusiasts and knew many of the contemporary artist...
, a Norwegian opera singer - Bjørn TagemoseBjørn TagemoseBjörn Tagemose is an Antwerp based, Swedish photographer & creative director.Having his roots in Scandinavia, he combines the strong image language of the North and his fashion experiences with the popular Antwerp-designer scene...
, a Swedish director and videoartist - Bjorn ThorsrudBjorn ThorsrudBjorn Thorsrud is a music producer and audio engineer. He has recorded musicians such as: David Coverdale, Billy Corgan, The Dandy Warhols, Bruce Dickinson, Marianne Faithfull, The Frogs, Monster Magnet, Sleeping at Last, The Smashing Pumpkins, Linda Strawberry, Whitesnake and Zwan.-List of...
, a music producer - Bjørn TorskeBjørn TorskeBjørn Torske is a house music producer. Born in 1971 in Tromsø, Norway, Torske became involved with producing music and local radio before moving to Bergen, Norway. He has collaborated on many occasions with Röyksopp.-Disco Members:...
, a Norwegian music producer - Björn UlvaeusBjörn UlvaeusBjörn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
, a Swedish musician and a member of the pop group ABBAABBAABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog... - Bjørn WiinbladBjørn WiinbladBjørn Wiinblad , was a Danish painter, designer and artist in ceramics, silver, bronze, textiles, and graphics. His work has been shown widely in Europe, in the United States of America first in 1954 and in Japan, Australia and Canada in 1968.He was attached to the United States Embassy in Paris in...
, a Danish artist
Business:
- Bjørn Rune GjelstenBjørn Rune GjelstenBjørn Rune Gjelsten is a Norwegian businessman and Offshore powerboat racing World Champion. He was also a joint owner of Wimbledon Football Club and involved in the controversial relocation of the team from London to Milton Keynes.Gjelsten made his powerboat racing debut in 1994 in the U.S.,...
, a businessman and powerboat racer - Björn PrytzBjörn PrytzBjörn Prytz was a Swedish industrialist in the early 1900s and from 1937 to 1947 an envoyé in London for the Swedish government.He was employed 1913 at S.K.F. as marketing manager. He became managing director for S.K.F. around 1921-22. Björn Prytz was the man behind the name Volvo during the time...
, a Swedish industrialist - Björn StigsonBjörn StigsonBjörn Stigson is president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development , a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development....
, a Swedish business leader - Björn WahlroosBjörn WahlroosBjörn Arne Christer Wahlroos is the Chairman of the Board in Sampo Group, Nordea and UPM-Kymmene. Wahlroos’s nickname is "Nalle", which means "teddy bear" in Finnish and Swedish.- Career :...
, CEO of Sampo Group - Bjorn WeggeBjorn WeggeBjorn Wegge was the director of Public Relations for the Norwegian Humanitarian Enterprise with a special interest in Azerbaijan and the theories linking ancient Scandinavia and Azerbaijan as propounded by Thor Heyerdahl.- The Land We Came From :...
, director of information for the Norwegian Humanitarian EnterpriseNorwegian Humanitarian EnterpriseNorwegian Humanitarian Enterprise , part of Normisjon, an organisation within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway, was established in 1994, in the aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, to give aid to internally displaced persons within Azerbaijan. Another branch of Normisjon, Viator... - Björn WesterlundBjörn WesterlundBjörn Westerlund, titled Vuorineuvos , was a Finnish businessman and a short-time minister in the government of Finland. He was the former and first President and CEO of Nokia Corporation that was formed in a 1967 merger between the three Finnish companies Nokia Company, Finnish Rubber Works and...
, former CEO of NokiaNokiaNokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
History:
- Björn at HaugiBjörn at HaugiBjörn at Haugi , Björn på Håga, Björn II or Bern was according to Hervarar saga a Swedish king and the son of Erik Björnsson, and Björn ruled together in diarchy with his brother Anund Uppsale:This account dates king Björn to the first half of the 9th century, as his nephew Eric Anundsson was...
, also called Björn på Håga and Bjorn Eriksson, a Swedish king - Björn (III) ErikssonBjörn (III) ErikssonBjörn was the father of Olof Björnsson and Eric the Victorious, and he was the grandfather of Styrbjörn the Strong, according to the Hervarar saga and Harald Fairhair's saga...
, a historical king of Sweden - Bjørn FarmannBjørn FarmannBjørn Farmann was the king of Vestfold. Bjørn was one of the sons of Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway...
, first king of Norway - Björn Ironside HaraldssonBjörn Ironside HaraldssonBjörn Haraldsen Ironside was a Danish prince.Bjorn was one of the 15 sons of prince Harald Kesja. Björn married princess Katarina Ingesdotter of Sweden, the daughter of King Inge I of Sweden. Björn was the father of Christina Bjornsdatter, a Swedish queen.Björn was executed by orders from his...
, the father of Christina BjornsdatterChristina BjornsdatterChristina of Denmark ; c. 1120/25–1170), was a Swedish queen consort in the 12th century, married to king Eric IX of Sweden and mother of king Canute I of Sweden.-Biography:...
, a Swedish queen - Björn IronsideBjörn IronsideBjörn Ironside was a semi-legendary king of Sweden who would have lived sometime in the 9th century. Björn Ironside is said to have been the first ruler of a new dynasty...
, a legendary Swedish king - Björn the EunuchBjörn the EunuchBjörn the Eunuch was a semi-legendary king of Sweden who would have lived some time in the 10th century. Björn the Eunuch is said to have been a ruler of House of Munsö who reigned briefly before being emasculated by his enemies and exiled to the Duchy of Normandy.-Bibliography:*Lagerquist, Lars O....
, a legendary Swedish king - Björn the Pale, mentioned in the Saga of Gisli
- Björn StallareBjörn StallareBjørn Stallare was an 11th century Norwegian diplomat and civil servant during the reign of King Olaf II of Norway.Bjørn Stallare was involved in the negotiations in behalf of King Olaf, for his marriage to Ingegerd Olofsdotter, the daughter of King Olof Skötkonung of Sweden...
, an 11th century Norwegian diplomat - Bjørn (Viking), a 9th century Danish Viking
Politics and government:
- Björn BjarnasonBjörn BjarnasonBjörn Bjarnason is an Icelandic politician. His father was Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister of Iceland, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs and Mayor of Reykjavík....
, an Icelandic politician - Herman Bjorn Dahle, a politician from Wisconsin, USA
- Bjørn EggeBjørn EggeBjørn Egge CBE was a retired Major General of the Norwegian Defence Force.Egge was a soldier during the German attack on Norway in 1940...
. a Major general of the Norwegian Defence Force - Björn EngholmBjörn EngholmBjörn Engholm is a Lübeck born German SPD politician. He was Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1988 to 1993 and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany between 1991 and 1993....
, a German politician - Björn ErikssonBjörn ErikssonBjörn Eriksson is a Swedish civil servant. A former director of the Swedish Coast Guard, the Swedish Customs Service, the Swedish Police Service, and the Interpol, he was from 1996 to August 31, 2009 governor of Östergötland County, residing at the castle in Linköping.- References :...
, a Swedish civil servant - Björn von der EschBjörn von der EschCarl Gösta Björn Joachim von der Esch was a Swedish Christian democratic politician, member of the Riksdag 1998–2006....
, a Swedish politician - Bjørn Tore GodalBjørn Tore GodalBjørn Tore Godal is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs 1991-1994, as well as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993-1994. He was then Minister of Foreign Affairs 1994-1996 and 1996-1997, and Minister of Defense 2000-2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg...
,a Norwegian politician - Björn HamiltonBjörn HamiltonBjörn Axel Åke Malcolm Hamilton is a Swedish count, civil engineer and politician.Hamilton has been a member of the Swedish parliament for the Moderate Party since 2002.- References :...
, a Swedish politician - Bjørn JacobsenBjørn JacobsenBjørn Jacobsen is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party . He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 2001....
, a Norwegian politician - Björn JónssonBjörn JónssonBjörn Jónsson was Prime Minister of Iceland from 31 March 1909 to 14 March 1911. He was the father of Sveinn Björnsson, the only governor and first president of Iceland. Björn became minister of Iceland after Hannes Hafstein and his supporters suffered a bad outcome in the elections of 1908, where...
, a former Prime Minister of Iceland - Björn LeivikBjörn LeivikBjörn Leivik, born in 1948, is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has been a member of the Riksdag during the period 1998-2002 and again since 2006.- External links :*...
, a Swedish politician - Björn RosengrenBjörn RosengrenBjörn Folke Rosengren, born 14 April 1942 in Täby, county of Stockholm; Swedish, active in the labour union and a Social Democratic politician; chairman of the Swedish community salaried employees' association 1976-1982 and the white-collar's central organisation TCO 1982–1994 , county governor in...
, a Swedish politician - Bjørn SkauBjørn SkauBjørn Skau is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.In 1959, during the third cabinet Gerhardsen, he was appointed personal secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs. He was promoted to state secretary in 1961, but lost the position temporarily in 1963, when the cabinet Lyng held office...
, a Norwegian politician - Björn von SydowBjörn von SydowBjörn Gustaf von Sydow was the speaker of the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. He held this office following the 2002 election, when he succeeded Birgitta Dahl, until he was replaced on 2 October 2006...
, a Swedish politician - Björn ÞórðarsonBjörn ÞórðarsonBjörn Þórðarson was Prime Minister of Iceland from 16 December 1942 to 21 October 1944, in the only government that did not rely on parliamentary support. He was prime minister when Iceland became a republic. His cabinet was named the Coca-Cola rule because two of its ministers started franchises...
(Thordarson), a former Prime minister of Iceland - Bjørn Erling YtterhornBjørn Erling YtterhornBjørn Erling Ytterhorn was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.He was born in Fana.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1981, and was re-elected on one occasion. Midway through his second term, he died in 1987 and was replaced by Hans J...
, a Norwegian politician
Science:
- Björn EngquistBjörn EngquistBjörn Engquist has been a leading contributor in the areas of multiscale modeling and scientific computing, and a productive educator of applied mathematicians.He received his Ph.D...
, a mathematician - Björn EnvallBjörn EnvallBjörn Envall, born in 1942, is a retired automobile designer. He was head of the design department at Saab.He started his career in the 1960s at Saab as an apprentice under Sixten Sason, especially helping with the design of the Saab 99 and the ill-fated Saab Catherina sports car...
, an automotive designer - Bjørn GrindeBjørn GrindeBjørn Grinde is a biologist working in the fields of genetics and evolution, with a particular interest in human evolution. He studied natural sciences as well as psychology and anthropology at the University of Oslo, resulting in a Dr.scient and a Dr.philos from the same university...
, a biologist - Björn GunnlaugssonBjörn GunnlaugssonBjörn Gunnlaugsson was an Icelandic mathematician and cartographer. For the Icelandic Literary Society, he surveyed the country from 1831 to 1843. The results of his work were published in a topographic map of Iceland at a scale of 1:480,000 on four sheets...
, an Icelandic mathematician and cartographer - Björn KurténBjörn KurténBjörn Olof Lennartson Kurtén was a distinguished vertebrate paleontologist. He belonged to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. He was a professor in paleontology at the University of Helsinki from 1972 up to his death in 1988...
, a Finland-SwedishFinland-SwedishFinland Swedish is a general term for the closely related cluster of dialects of Swedish spoken in Finland by Swedish-speaking Finns as their mother tongue...
paleontologist - Bjørn LomborgBjørn LomborgBjørn Lomborg is a Danish author, academic, and environmental writer. He is an adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre and a former director of the Environmental Assessment Institute in Copenhagen...
, an environmental skeptic and author
Sports:
- Bjørn Bang AndersenBjørn Bang AndersenBjørn Bang Andersen is a former Norwegian shot putter.He finished ninth at the 1966 European Championships with a throw of 17.84 metres. In addition he competed at the European Championships in 1962 and 1971 without reaching the finals. He never participated in the Summer Olympics...
, a Norwegian shot putter - Björn AnderssonBjörn AnderssonBjörn Andersson is a former Swedish footballer from Markaryd who played for Bayern Munich and was part of their European Cup victory in 1975...
, a Swedish former playerFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
and coach - Björn Andersson (handballer)Björn Andersson (handballer)Björn "Lurch" Andersson is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the Swedish team which finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored eleven goals....
, a Swedish Olympic handballer - Björn AndraeBjörn AndraeBjörn Andræ is a German volleyball player. He is playing in Panathinaikos.- Career :He began to play with SCC Berlin. After that, he went to VfB Friedrichshafen. His next clubs were Noicom Cuneo, Sempre Volley Padua and then Mlekpol AZS Olsztyn. In 2008 he transferred to Panathinaikos...
, a German volleyball player - Björn BachBjörn BachBjörn Bach is a German sprint canoer who competed from 1997 to 2006. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silver medals in the K-4 1000 m ....
, a German kayaker - Björn BorgBjörn BorgBjörn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...
, a Swedish tennis player - Björn Borg (swimmer)Björn Borg (swimmer)Björn Borg was a Swedish backstroke and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born in Örby and died in Zürich, Switzerland on April 13, 2009....
, a Swedish swimmer - Björn BothénBjörn BothénBjörn Bothén was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he was a crew member of the Swedish boat Marga which finished fourth in the 10 metre class competition.- References :...
, a Swedish sailor - Bjørn Otto BragstadBjørn Otto BragstadBjørn Otto Bragstad is a former football defender from Norway. He currently works as a teacher.-Club career:Bragstad came through the youth ranks at Rosenborg before making his senior debut in the 1989 season. He scored 26 goals in 194 matches for them. In 2000, he joined English team Derby...
, a Norwegian soccer player - Bjorn BregyBjörn BregyBjörn "The Rock" Bregy is a Swiss super heavyweight kickboxer, European Yoseikan Budo Champion and K-1 Europe 2006 in Amsterdam tournament Champion.-Career:...
, a Swiss kickboxer - Björn CederbergBjörn CederbergBjörn Cederberg , nicknamed "Kapten" , was a notable Swedish rally co-driver. His most famous and successful partnership was with Stig Blomqvist, in a Saab 99 Turbo, with whom he shared success in a number of international motor rallies, from 1979-1982...
, a Swedish rally driver - Bjørn DæhlieBjørn DæhlieBjørn Erlend Dæhlie is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. With 8 olympic gold medals, Dæhlie is the most winning winter olympic champion of all time. With nine gold medals in the Nord World Ski Championships he is in addition the most winning World Champion skier...
, a Norwegian skier - Björn DaelemansBjörn DaelemansBjörn Daelemans is a Belgian footballer who currently plays for Heracles Almelo. Daelemans was born in Mersen and made his debut in professional football in the 1997-98 season when playing for Verbroedering Geel. He also played competitive matches for RBC Roosendaal.-References:...
, a Belgian soccer player - Bjørn Dahl (footballer born 1954)Bjørn Dahl (footballer born 1954)Bjørn Dahl is a Norwegian businessman and former footballer.From 2000 until 2010 he was managing director of his home town team SK Brann, a club he spent most of his active career playing for. He played a total of 85 leagugames, scoring ten goals between 1972 and 1983.-References:...
, Norwegian footballer - Bjørn Dahl (footballer born 1978), Norwegian footballer
- Wouterus van der DoelenBjörn van der DoelenWouterus Jacobus Antonius "Björn" van der Doelen is a former football midfielder from the Netherlands, who started his professional career for PSV Eindhoven in the 1994/95 season in the Dutch highest league, Eredivisie...
, known as Björn van der Doelen, a Dutch soccer player - Björn DunkerbeckBjörn DunkerbeckBjörn Dunkerbeck is a professional windsurfer who has won Professional Windsurfers Association Overall World Championships a record twelve times....
, a windsurfer - Björn EinarssonBjörn EinarssonBjörn Einarsson is a Swedish Bandy player who currently plays for Vetlanda BK as forward. Björn has scored over 100 goals in the Allsvenskan.Björn has only played for two clubs:-External links:**...
, a Swedish bandyBandyBandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
player - Björn EmmerlingBjörn EmmerlingBjörn Emmerling is a field hockey player from Germany, who plays for Hanauer THC in his native country. The defender made his international senior debut for the German team in 1996, and competed at three Summer Olympics. HE retired from international play after the 11th World Cup, in Germany in...
, a German field hockey player - Björn FerryBjörn FerryBjörn Ferry is a Swedish biathlete and medal winning Olympian. He began competing internationally in World Cup competitions in 2001, but did not win his first international race until the 2007/2008 season. In 2007, he won gold in the mixed relay event at the Biathlon World Championships...
, a Swedish skier - Bjørn GrimnesBjørn GrimnesBjørn Grimnes is a former javelin thrower from Norway. He represented Kongsberg IF.At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he finished fifth in the javelin final with a throw of 83.08 metres. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he finished fourteenth with 74.88 m. He became Norwegian champion in 1972, 1973 and 1978...
, a Norwegian athlete - Bjørn GundersenBjørn GundersenBjørn Gundersen is a former Norwegian high jumper who represented Elverum IL.At the 1952 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.90 metres. He became Norwegian champion in 1947, 1951 and 1954....
, a Norwegian athlete - Bjorn HaneveerBjorn HaneveerBjorn Haneveer is a Belgian professional snooker player. Haneveer also commentates on snooker matches for Dutch Eurosport.-Career:...
, a Belgian snooker player - Bjørn "Bummen" JohansenBjørn JohansenBjørn "Bummen" Johansen is a former Norwegian footballer, who played midfielder for Tromsø IL for most of his career. Johansen got his debut in 1987, and played for Tromsø I.L. until 1992. He moved to Viking F.K. in 1993, and stayed there for two seasons. In 1995, Johansen was back at Tromsø I.L.,...
, a Norwegian soccer player - Björn JoppienBjörn JoppienBjörn Joppien is a male badminton player from Langenfeld, Germany.-Career:Joppien played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Kasperi Salo of Finland in the first round...
, a German badminton player - Björn KircheisenBjörn KircheisenBjörn Kircheisen is a nordic combined athlete from Germany who has competed since 2000...
, also known as Bjoern Kircheisen, a German Olympic athlete - Björn KnutssonBjörn KnutssonBjörn Knutsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1965.-World Final Appearances:* 1961 - Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 2nd - 12pts + 3pts* 1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - 4th - 10pts + 2pts...
, a Swedish motorcycle racer - Bjørn "Benny" KristensenBjørn KristensenBjørn Kristensen is a Danish former professional football player who most notably played for English club Newcastle United, where he was nicknamed "Benny"...
, a Danish soccer player - Bjorn KotzeBjorn KotzeBjorn Leo Kotze is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.He has appeared in the ICC Trophy since 1997 and made five One Day International appearances in the World Cup in 2003....
, a Namibian cricketer - Bjørn Tore KvarmeBjørn Tore KvarmeBjørn Tore Kvarme is a Norwegian former football defender. Kvarme earned one cap for the Norwegian national team, a friendly against Colombia in 1997....
, a Norwegian soccer player - Björn LeukemansBjörn LeukemansBjörn Leukemans is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. During 2008 Leukemans was suspended for doping with artificial testosterone. For 2009 he joined the .- Palmares :2011...
, a Belgian bicycle racer - Björn LindBjörn LindBjörn Lind is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won gold medals in both the Individual and Team sprint events at Turin in 2006....
, a Swedish skier - Bjørn Arve LundBjørn Arve LundBjørn Arve Lund is a football player for Levanger in the Norwegian second division. He has played for F.K. Bodø/Glimt in the Norwegian Premier League. He started his career for Brønnøysund IL before moving to Bodø....
, a Norwegian soccer player - Björn Maaseide, a Norwegian beach volleyball player
- Björn MelinBjörn MelinBjörn Melin is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He has reached agreement with Dinamo Riga and will return to KHL in 11-12 season.- Playing career :...
, a Swedish ice hockey player - Bjorn MordtBjorn MordtBjorn Haaken David Mordt is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Mordt is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Mutare, Manicaland Province....
, a Zimbabwean cricketer - Bjørn MyrbakkenBjørn MyrbakkenBjørn Myrbakken is a Norwegian ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 1995. He won a gold medal in the team large hill at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun and finished 33rd in the individual normal hill in those same championships.Myrbakken's best individual finish at the Winter...
, a Norwegian ski jumper - Björn NittmoBjörn NittmoBjörn Arne Nittmo is a retired American football placekicker, being the first Swedish-born player ever in the National Football League.-Football career:...
, a Swedish American FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
kicker - Björn NordqvistBjörn NordqvistBjörn Nordqvist is a former football defender from Sweden. During the 1960s and '70s he was the Swedish national team captain. He played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup and 1978 FIFA World Cup and in total amassed 115 international matches, and as such held the world record for...
, a Swedish soccer player - Björn OttoBjörn OttoBjörn Otto is a German pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.85 metres, achieved in September 2006 in Elstal. He has a better result indoor with 5.90 metres from February 2007 in Leipzig, a result which was the world leading mark that season.-Achievements:-References:...
, a German pole vaulter - Bjørn PaulsonBjørn PaulsonBjørn Andreas Paulson was a Norwegian high jumper and jurist.He was a grandson of Andreas Paulson. He was born in Bergen, but represented the club IL Skjalg. At the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London he finished second in the high jump final with a jump of 1.95 metres. He became Norwegian...
, a Norwegian high jumper - Björn PhauBjorn PhauBjörn Phau is a German tennis player and the son of a German mother and an Indonesian father. He reached a singles ranking of 59 in the world on 19 June 2006. He defeated Andre Agassi 7–5, 7–5 at the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships. In an interview, Agassi cited Phau as one of the quickest tennis...
, a German tennis player - Bjørn Helge RiiseBjørn Helge RiiseBjørn Helge Semundseth Riise is a Norwegian professional footballer. He plays his club football for Fulham. He plays either a central midfielder or a right winger having joined Fulham in July 2009 from Norwegian club Lillestrøm, and is the brother of his Fulham team-mate John Arne...
, a Norwegian soccer player - Bjørn Einar RomørenBjørn Einar RomørenBjørn Einar Romøren is a Norwegian ski jumper representing Øvrevoll Hosle IL in Bærum.His first World Cup victory came in Bischofshofen, Austria during the Four Hills Tournament in January 2003. He has later won several World Cup competitions as well as two FIS Nordic World Ski Championships...
, a Norwegian ski jumper - Björn RunströmBjörn RunströmBjörn Sandro Runström is a Swedish footballer who currently plays as a striker for the superettan side Hammarby IF- Club career :Björn grew up in the southern suburbs of Stockholm and went to Enskede school as a child....
, a Swedish soccer player - Björn SchlickeBjörn SchlickeBjörn Schlicke is a German footballer. He currently plays for FSV Frankfurt as a defender.Schlicke began his career at SpVgg Greuther Fürth and has had spells at Hamburger SV, 1. FC Köln and MSV Duisburg.-References:...
, a German soccer player - Björn SchröderBjörn SchröderBjörn Schröder is a German professional road bicycle racer for Team Nutrixxion.- Palmares :* Bayern-Rundfahrt - 1 stage * Sachsen Tour - 1 stage * Circuit des Mines - 2 stages...
, a German cyclist - Björn SengierBjörn SengierBjörn Sengier is a Belgian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for KVSK United. Sengier is a goalkeeper who was born in Ghent and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Cercle Brugge squad in the 1999-2000 season. He also played for K.M.S.K. Deinze and Zulte Waregem before...
, a Belgian soccer player - Björn SiegemundBjörn Siegemund-Career:Siegemund competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Nicol Pitro. They defeated Travis Denney and Kate Wilson-Smith of Australia in the first round but lost to Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms of Great Britain in the round of 16.-External links:*...
, a German badminton player - Bjørn SkaareBjørn SkaareBjørn Skaare was a Norwegian ice hockey player. He was the first Norwegian to play in the NHL, playing a single game with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1978–79 NHL season.-Playing career:...
, a Norwegian ice hockey player - Bjørn SkjærpeBjørn SkjærpeBjørn Skjærpe was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Norwegian team, which won the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team, free system event.- External links :*...
, a Norwegian gymnast - Bjørn Erik Skjelbred, a Norwegian soccer player
- Bjørn SundquistBjørn SundquistBjørn Richard Sundquist is a Norwegian actor, famous for TV, theatre, and movie roles.For many years he worked at Det Norske Teatret and Nationaltheateret in Oslo, and he is especially famous for the roles as Merlin and Hamlet....
, a German Olympic athlete - Björn SvenssonBjörn SvenssonBjörn Svensson is a Swedish professional ice hockey player, currently playing for Timrå IK in Elitserien. He is the older brother of Edmonton Oilers' Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson.-Career statistics:...
, a Swedish hockey player - Bjorn ThorfinnssonBjörn ThorfinnssonBjörn Thorfinnsson is a chess player and International Master.In 1995, Thorfinnsson was a member of Iceland's first-place Under-16 Chess Olympiad team.-External links:...
, an Icelandic chess player - Bjørn TronstadBjørn TronstadBjørn Tronstad is a retired Norwegian football player. Tronstad played at SK Brann from 1974 to 1979. During his 5 years at Brann Tronstad scored a total of 127 goals during 222 matches, and became one of the top-scoring players in the history of the club...
, a Norwegian soccer player - Björn WaldegårdBjörn WaldegårdBjörn Waldegård from Rimbo is a former Swedish rally driver, and the winner of the inaugural World Rally Championship for drivers in 1979...
, a Swedish rally driver - Björn WirdheimBjörn WirdheimBjörn Karl Michael Wirdheim is an auto racing driver. Wirdheim is the son of Örnulf Wirdheim, a Swedish racing driver. He began racing karts, competing in his first race, at the age of 10...
, a Swedish racing driver - Bjørn WirkolaBjørn WirkolaBjørn Wirkola is former ski jumper and footballer from Norway.He became World Champion in Oslo in 1966, winning both the large and normal hill competitions...
, a Norwegian ski jumper - Björn ZikarskyBjörn ZikarskyBjörn Zikarsky is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Tröger, his twin brother Bengt Zikarsky and Mark Pinger. He also competed in the 1988 Summer...
, a German swimmer
Writers:
- Bjørn BenkowBjørn BenkowBjørn Leo Benkow was a Norwegian journalist who became infamous for notoriously faking interviews with celebrities. Among the persons Benkow claimed to have interviewed are Bill Gates, Michael Schumacher, Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Thatcher, all of them denying that the interviews took place...
, a Norwegian journalist exposed as a plagiarist - Björn Th. BjörnssonBjörn Th. BjörnssonBjörn Theodor Björnsson was an Icelandic writer born in Reykjavík. He attended the University of London, University of Edinburgh, and the University of Copenhagen. He was President of the Icelandic writers union for a time. He was married to an artist, Ásgerður Búadóttir, and has written several...
, an Icelandic writer - Bjørn Hansen, a Norwegian journalist
- Björn HellbergBjörn HellbergBjörn Hellberg, born August 4, 1944 in Borås, Sweden. Hellberg is a sports journalist, author, tennis oracle and TV personality, mostly known as co-host and judge of the television show "På spåret". He has also written many crime novels that have been translated to different languages.Hellberg is...
, a sports journalist and author - Björn KummBjörn KummBjörn Kumm is a Swedish journalist and author. He has written books on Latin America, the Cold War, and on the history of terrorism....
, a Swedish journalist - Björn NybergBjörn NybergBjörn Emil Oscar Nyberg, born September 11, 1929, is a Swedish fantasy author best known for his additions to the series of Conan stories begun by Robert E. Howard. His primary contribution to the series was The Return of Conan , which was revised for publication by L. Sprague de Camp. He lives in...
, a Swedish fantasy author - Björn RanelidBjörn RanelidBjörn Ranelid is a Swedish author from Malmö. Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Ranelid has published twenty novels and written about five hundred articles in different magazines and newspapers. The author has also made numerous speeches throughout the years since his debut. Ranelid is...
, a Swedish author - Bjørn Erik ThonBjørn Erik ThonBjørn Erik Thon is a Norwegian jurist and ombudsman.He graduated as cand.jur. in 1989. From 1999 to 2000, during the first cabinet Bondevik Thon worked as a political advisor in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. He has been a member of Grefsen-Kjelsås borough council for the Liberal Party...
, a Norwegian jurist and writer - Bjørnstjerne BjørnsonBjørnstjerne BjørnsonBjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...
, a Norwegian writer
As a surname:
- Evert BjörnEvert BjörnEvert Björn was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....
, Swedish Olympic athlete - Hugo BjörneHugo BjörneHugo Björne was a Swedish film and theater actor.-Life and career:Björne was born in Varberg on the Swedish west coast. He made his stage debut in 1907 and his film acting debut in 1913, starring in silent movies. Later, Björne would be better known as a supporting actor...
, Swedish actor - Kristen BjornKristen BjornKristen Bjorn is the stage name of a British director and producer of gay pornographic movies and a former gay pornographic actor....
, gay porn director and actor - Kristian BjørnKristian BjørnKristian Bjørn was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed in the 1940s and 1950s.He finished ninth in the 50 km race at the 1948 Winter Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.He represented Alvdal IL. He is the father of Torgeir...
, Norwegian skier - Lars "Lasse" BjörnLars BjörnLars Gunnar Raldo "Lasse" Björn is a retired ice hockey defenceman who played 217 games for the national team Tre Kronor. He won nine Swedish ice hockey championships with Djurgårdens IF between 1950 and 1963, making him the only player ever to have won that many championships...
, a Swedish Olympic ice hockey player - Thomas BjørnThomas BjørnThomas Bjørn is a professional golfer from Denmark who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won thirteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1999 he also became the first Dane to qualify for a European Ryder Cup team...
, Danish golfer
Places
- Bjorne PeninsulaBjorne PeninsulaThe Bjorne Peninsula is located on the western coast of Ellesmere Island, a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It protrudes northwest into Norwegian Bay from the island's mainland. Goose Point, a narrow isthmus, is the furthest northwest landform...
, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada - Björns trädgårdBjörns trädgårdBjörns trädgård , is a small public park in Södermalm in Stockholm, named after Carl Gustaf Björn, a gardener. His son, Carl Fredrik Björn, known as "Rike Björn" , inherited the garden in the 1880s, and donated the garden to the city in his will upon his death in 1915...
, a public park in Stockholm
Other uses
- Björn AgainBjörn AgainBjörn Again is a tribute show to the Swedish pop group ABBA founded in 1988 in Australia, but now involving multiple touring troupes performing under the Björn Again name...
, the name of several related ABBA tribute bands - Peter Bjorn and JohnPeter Bjorn and JohnPeter Bjorn and John are a Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1999 and named after the first names of the band's members: Peter Morén , Björn Yttling and John Eriksson .They are best known for the 2006 single "Young Folks", which...
, a Swedish rock band - Peter Bjorn and John (album)Peter Bjorn and John (album)Peter Bjorn and John is the first album by Swedish indie-pop band Peter Bjorn and John.- Track listing :# "I Don't Know What I Want Us to Do"# "Failing and Passing"# "People They Know"# "A Mutual Misunderstanding"# "From Now On"# "Matchmaker"...
, an album by the above band - Bjorn Unicorn, the head of the Peggle Institute from the casual game PegglePegglePeggle is a casual puzzle video game developed by Sukhbir Sidhu and Brian Rothstein of PopCap Games. Initially released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X systems in 2007, it has since had versions released for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, the Nintendo DS , Windows Mobile, the iPod, the...
- Baby Björn A brand of baby carriers.
See also
- BeornBeornBeorn is a fictional character created by J. R. R. Tolkien. He appears in The Hobbit as a shape-shifter , a man who could assume the appearance of a great black bear.-Literature:...
- BjarneBjarneBjarne is a Nordic male name, a variant of Bjorn, and can refer to the following people:*Bjarne Andersson, a cross-country skiier*Bjarne Berg-Sæther, a Norwegian politician*Bjarne Berntsen, a Norwegian football coach and former player...
- Björk (disambiguation)Björk (disambiguation)- Name:* Björk , Swedish and Icelandic family and given name, meaning birch* Björk , Icelandic singer-songwritter-Other uses:* Bjork–Shiley valve, an artificial heart valve...