Bruun is a surname of

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origin. The meaning is ''brown'' (''brun'' in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian). In Denmark, the name is known to have been in use since the 13th century in the form Bruun. Other spelling variants are ''Bruhn'' and ''Brun''. Today, c. 0.1% of the population carries Bruun as their surname or middle name. The name is also in use in Norway (c. 0.02% of the population), the

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and the other

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(even less frequent). In the Danish translation of ''

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'',

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is called Søren Brun.

Abundance

As of 2007, the numbers of bearers of the surnames Bruun, Bruhn and Brun in the

are: The infrequent occurrences of Bruun as a surname outside Scandinavia, mainly Germany, Great Britain, Canada and the U.S., is due to

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as Permanent residency, permanent residents. Commuting, Commuter ...

from the

; in Germany possibly as a variation over the given name ''Bruno''.

Notable people

Persons with Bruun as their surname

Amalie Bruun Amalie Bruun (born 6 January 1985) is a Danish musician, actress and model. She currently fronts the one-person black metal project Myrkur, where she acts as songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Bruun has released four studio albums, one live a ...

(1985 - ), Danish singer, musician, model * Anders Bruun (born 1979), Swedish bandy player *

Anton Frederik Bruun Anton Frederik Bruun (14 December 1901 – 13 December 1961) was a Danish oceanographer and ichthyologist. Educated at University of Copenhagen (1926) and employed at the Danish Commission for Marine Research (Kommissionen for Danmarks Fiskeri- ...

(1901–1961), Danish oceanographer and ichthyologist * Antti Bruun (1979 -), Finnish ice hockey player *

Bertel Bruun Bertel Bruun (November 13, 1937 – September 21, 2011) was a naturalist, international conservationist and neurologist. Bruun wrote many books and was the co-author of The Golden Field Guide to Birds of North America first published in 1966. He ...

(1937–2011), Danish-American ornithologist and illustrator * Birgitte Bruun (1934–1997), Danish actress * Malte Conrad Bruun (1755–1826), Danish-French geographer and journalist * Edgar Bruun (1905–1985), Norwegian race walker *

Erik Bruun Rolf Erik von Bruun (born 7 April 1926) is a Finnish graphic designer. Biography Bruun was born in Viipuri on 7 April 1926. He spent his childhood in village of Säiniö on the Karelian isthmus. In the war years his family was forced to move to ...

(born 1926), Finnish designer * Geoffrey Bruun (1899–1988), Canadian-American historian * Hans Henrik Bruun (1939–2018), Danish-British engineer * Hans Henrik R. Bruun (1946 -), Danish sociologist and diplomat *

Kai Aage Bruun Kai Aage Bruun (23 January 1899 – 11 May 1971) was a Danish music writer, critic and composer. Bruun grew up in a musical home. His father was cellist in The Royal Chapel and was educated by The Royal Danish Academy of Music. His mother w ...

(1899–1971), Danish composer and state radio administrator *

Kim Malthe-Bruun Kim Malthe-Bruun (born Kim Friis-Hansen, 8 July 1923 – 6 April 1945) was a Canadian-born seaman and a member of the Danish resistance, who was executed by the Germans during their occupation of Denmark. Biography He was born in Edmonton, ...

(1923–1945), Danish resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation * Mads Pagh Bruun (1809–1884), Danish politician * Magnus Bruun (1984-), Danish actor *

Morten Bruun Morten Bruun (born 28 June 1965) is a Danish former professional footballer who played his entire career for Silkeborg IF. With them, he won the 1993–94 Danish Superliga and 2001 Danish Cup trophies. He played 424 matches and scored 35 goals ...

(1965-), Danish football player * Peter Daniel Bruun (1796–1864), Danish politician * Charles Kristian Bonnycastle Bruun (1979–), Canadian-Finnish actor

Persons with Brun as their surname

Ane Brun Ane Brun (; born Ane Brunvoll on 10 March 1976) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist of Sami people, Sami origin who sings primarily in English. Since 2003, she has released eleven studio albums, six live albums, five compilations, o ...

(1976 -),Norwegian singer/songwriter * Charles Brun (1866–1919) - Danish politician *

Constantin Brun Johan Christian Constantin Brun (27 November 1746 – 19 February 1836) was a German- Danish merchant. Born in Germany, came to Denmark as Royal administrator of the trade on the Danish West Indies and in the same time built a successful private t ...

(1746–1836), German-Danish merchant and one of the richest Danes of his day *

Eske Brun Eske Brun (May 25, 1904 – October 11, 1987) was a Danish high civil servant in and later governor of Greenland and connected to Greenland from 1932 to 1964. Early life and career Eske Brun was born in Aalborg in the northern part of Jutlan ...

(1904–1987), Danish governor in

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during

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Friederike Brun Friederike Brun, née ''Münther'' (3 June 1765 – 25 March 1835), was a Danish author and salonist. She was married to the affluent merchant Constantin Brun and during the Danish Golden Age of the first half of the 19th century she arranged l ...

(1765–1835) German-Danish author and art patron, wife of

Johan Nordahl Brun Johan Nordahl Brun (21 March 1745 – 26 July 1816) was a Norwegian-Danish poet, dramatist, bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin (1804–1816), and politician who contributed significantly to the growth of national romanticism in Norway, contributi ...

(1745–1816), Norwegian poet and bishop *

Viggo Brun Viggo Brun (13 October 1885 – 15 August 1978) was a Norwegian professor, mathematician and number theorist. Contributions In 1915, he introduced a new method, based on Legendre's version of the sieve of Eratosthenes, now known as the '' ...

(1885–1978) - Norwegian mathematician

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Notable people

Persons with Bruun as their surname

Persons with Brun as their surname

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