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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 less often a surname. The name means "
bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), 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 ...
" (the animal). In Swedish and Finnish, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn.


Surname

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Claus Bjørn Claus Ebbe Bjørn (7 October 1944 – 18 April 2005) was a Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster, who was Associate Professor of History of agriculture, Agricultural History at the University of Copenhagen, Chairman of ...
, Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster *
Evert Björn Evert Björn (21 January 1888 – 21 December 1974) was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He did not finish his initial semifinal heat of the 1500 metres in ...
, Swedish Olympic athlete *
Hugo Björne Hugo Björne (4 February 1886 – 14 February 1966) was a Swedish film and theater actor. Biography Ernst Hugo Alexis Björne was born in Varberg in Halland, Sweden. He made his stage debut in 1907 and belonged to the acting company of Hjalm ...
, Swedish actor * Kristian Bjørn, Norwegian skier * Lasse Björn, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player *
Nathalie Björn Nathalie Björn (; born 4 May 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Sweden national team. Club career Early career Björn started at Vaksala SK, a sports club ...
, Swedish football player *
Thomas Bjørn Thomas Bjørn (born 18 February 1971) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won fifteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1997 he also b ...
, Danish golfer


Given name


Acting

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Björn Andrésen Björn Johan Andrésen (born 26 January 1955) is a Swedish actor and musician. He is best known for playing the 14-year-old Tadzio in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film adaptation of the 1912 Thomas Mann novella '' Death in Venice''. He also played a ...
, Swedish actor and musician *
Björn Bjelfvenstam Björn Bjelfvenstam (born 19 February 1929) is a Swedish film actor. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden. Bjelfvenstam began his acting career in the theater in Uppsala. He studied first with the Axel Witzanskys theater school from 1949-1950. Later, ...
, Swedish actor *
Björn Granath Björn Gösta Tryggve Granath (5 April 1946 – 5 February 2017) was a Swedish actor who appeared in over 100 films and television shows. Life and career Granath was born in Örgryte, Gothenburg, Sweden. He starred in a broad range of roles fr ...
, Swedish actor *
Björn Gustafsson Lars Björn Gustafsson (born 19 February 1986) is a Swedish comedian and actor. He is known from TV shows such as '' Parlamentet'' and '' Stockholm Live''. Early and personal life Gustafsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He studied at the ...
, Swedish comedian and actor *
Björn Gustafson Björn Herman Leonard Gustafson (born 30 November 1934) is a Swedish actor. He was born in Stockholm and has appeared in 93 films and television shows since 1956. He starred in the 1965 film '' Love 65'', which was entered into the 15th Berlin ...
, Swedish actor *
Björn Kjellman John Björn Sture Kjellman (born 4 June 1963) is a Swedish actor and singer. Kjellman was born in Östra Grevie, Scania. He played roles in Swedish movies like '' Klassfesten'' and '' Livet är en schlager'', in which he plays a Melodifestiva ...
, Swedish actor and singer *
Björn Skifs Björn Nils Olof Skifs (; born 20 April 1947) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter. Skifs has represented Sweden twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, in the 1978 contest and in the 1981 contest. Career Björn Skifs formed ...
, Swedish singer and actor


Art and music

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Björn Afzelius Björn Svante Afzelius (27 January 1947 – 16 February 1999) was a Swedish singer-songwriter and guitar player. He was an outspoken socialist, known for his support for Olof Palme. His songs are about love, politics and joys and sadness in li ...
, Swedish musician * Björn Ågren, guitarist for the band
Razorlight Razorlight are an English indie rock band, formed in 2002 in London by lead singer and guitarist Johnny Borrell. Along with Borrell, the current line-up of the band is composed of founding members Björn Ågren on guitar and bassist Carl Dalem ...
* Björn Dixgård, Swedish musician *
Bjørn Eidsvåg Bjørn Eidsvåg (born 17 March 1954) is a Norwegian pop singer, songwriter, and ordained Lutheran minister. He was born in Sauda, and is a graduate of the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He has released more than 25 albums since his 1976 deb ...
, Norwegian musician and Lutheran minister * Bjorn Englen, Swedish-American bass player of the hard rock band Soul Sign *
Björn Gelotte Björn Gelotte (born 27 August 1975) is a Swedish guitarist and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for melodic death metal band In Flames. He originally joined the band as the drummer in 1995, and continued in this position during '' The ...
, guitarist of the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames * Björn Hjörtur Guðmundsson, Icelandic craftsman and environmental pioneer * Björn Holmgren, Swedish singer * Björn J:son Lindh, Swedish musician * Bjørn Johansen (musician), Norwegian jazz musician *
Björn Lodin Björn Lodin (born 1965) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and producer, primarily famous for his work with his band Baltimoore.Bjørn Melhus, German artist *
Bjørn Moe Bjørn Moe (born 19 March 1945) is a Norwegian conductor. He worked as an associate professor at the Department for Music at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and was the conductor of the Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir from 1973 un ...
, Norwegian conductor *
Bjørn Nilsen Bjørn Nilsen (born 27 December 1934) is a Norwegian poet and television producer. His literary debut was the poetry collection ''Hvis jeg var trollmann'' from 1960. He was a member of the editorial board of the literary magazine '' Profil'', a co ...
, Norwegian musician (performs as Lillebjørn Nilsen) * Bjørn Simensen, Norwegian culture administrator and journalist * Björn "Speed" Strid, Swedish vocalist of modern melodic death metal band Soilwork *
Bjorn Surrao Bjorn Surrao is an Indian singer-songwriter, performer, music producer and actor. He initially gained fame for his vocals in the song "Master the Blaster" from the Tamil film ''Master'' (2021). The track went on to become #1 on iTunes, Apple Mu ...
, Indian singer-songwriter, music producer and actor * Bjørn Tagemose, Swedish director and videoartist * Bjørn Talén, Norwegian opera singer * Bjorn Thorsrud, American music producer *
Bjørn Tidmand Bjørn Tidmand (born 24 January 1940 in Copenhagen) is a Danish singer, best known for his participation in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest. After being a member of the Copenhagen Boys Choir as a child, Tidmand began performing in local nightcl ...
, Danish singer * Bjørn Torske, Norwegian music producer *
Björn Ulvaeus Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA. He is also the co-composer of the musicals ''Chess (musical), Chess'', ''Kristina från Duve ...
, Swedish musician and a member of the pop group ABBA * Bjørn Wiinblad, Danish artist *
Björn Yttling Björn Daniel Arne Yttling (born 16 October 1974 in Umeå, Sweden) is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and musician. His production and songwriting credits include Lykke Li, Chrissie Hynde, Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, Sahara Hotnights, ...
, Swedish musician and music producer


Business

* Bjørn Rune Gjelsten, Norwegian businessman and powerboat racer *
Björn Jakobson Björn Jakobson, (born 14 August 1934 in Stockholm) is a Swedish entrepreneur. In 1961, he started the company Babybjörn. The initial product was a bouncy chair that he acquired on a trip to the United States, He and his wife, the designer Li ...
, Swedish businessman, founder of Babybjörn and Artipelag * Björn Prytz, Swedish industrialist *
Björn Stigson Björn Stigson was until 2012 president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development. He began his career as f ...
, Swedish business leader *
Björn Wahlroos Björn Arne Christer "Nalle" Wahlroos (born 10 October 1952) is a Finnish banker, investor, and the former chairman of the Board in Sampo Group, Nordea and UPM-Kymmene. Before switching to banking, Wahlroos worked as a professor at the Hanke ...
, Finnish CEO of Sampo Group * Bjørn Wegge, Norwegian director of information for the Norwegian Humanitarian Enterprise * Björn Westerlund (1912–2009), Finnish businessman and government minister, CEO of Nokia


Historical figures

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Björn at Haugi Björn at Haugi ("Björn at the Barrow" from the Old Norse word ''haugr'' meaning mound), 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 diarc ...
, also called Björn på Håga and Bjorn Eriksson, Swedish king in the 9th century *
Björn (III) Eriksson 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 ...
, king of Sweden in the 9th and 10th centuries *
Beorn Estrithson Beorn Estrithson (died 1049) was the son of Jarl Ulf and Estrid Svendsdatter, sister of Cnut the Great. Life Beorn established himself in England where many of his relatives held high positions. He held an Earldom (Huntingdon) in what is now ...
(died 1049), English nobleman *
Bjørn Farmann Bjørn Farmann ("Bjørn the Tradesman", also called Bjørn Haraldsson, Farmand and Kaupman, died between 930 and 934) was a king of Vestfold. Bjørn was one of the sons of King Harald Fairhair of Norway. In late tradition, Bjørn Farmann was made ...
, king of
Vestfold Vestfold () is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the larg ...
,
petty kingdoms of Norway The petty kingdoms of Norway () were the entities from which the later Kingdom of Norway was founded. Before the unification of Norway in 872 and during the period of fragmentation after King Harald Fairhair's death, Norway was divided in se ...
in the 10th century * Björn Ironside Haraldsson, the father of Christina Bjornsdatter, 12th-century Swedish queen *
Björn Ironside Björn Ironside ( Swedish: ''Björn Järnsida''; Old Norse: ''Bjǫrn Járnsíða'') according to Norse legends, was a Norse Viking chief and Swedish king. According to the 12th- and 13th-century Scandinavian histories, he was the son of notor ...
, legendary Swedish king of the 9th century * Björn the Eunuch, legendary Swedish king of the 10th century *
Björn Stallare 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 ...
, 11th-century Norwegian diplomat


Politics and government

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Björn Bjarnason Björn Bjarnason (born 14 November 1944) is an Icelandic politician. His father was Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1908), Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister of Iceland, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs and Mayor of Reykjavík. Matric ...
, Icelandic politician * Herman Bjorn Dahle, politician from Wisconsin, USA * Bjørn Egge. a major general of the Norwegian Defence Force * Björn Engholm, German politician * Björn Eriksson, Swedish civil servant * Björn von der Esch, Swedish politician *
Bjørn Tore Godal Bjørn Tore Godal (born 20 January 1945) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994–1997 and Minister of Defence from 2000–2001 in Stoltenberg's First Cabinet. From 2003-2007 he was the N ...
, Norwegian politician *
Björn Leví Gunnarsson Björn Leví Gunnarsson (born 1 June 1976) is an Icelandic politician from the Pirate Party (Iceland), Pirate Party. He has represented Reykjavík North (Althing constituency), Reykjavik South in the Parliament of Iceland from 2017 to 2018 and 202 ...
, Icelandic politician * Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician *
Björn Höcke Björn Uwe Höcke (born 1 April 1972) is a German politician of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. He is chair of the state branch of the AfD in Thuringia, that is classified as a right-wing extremist organization. Höcke led th ...
, German politician * Bjorn Holland, American politician * Bjørn Jacobsen, Norwegian politician * Björn Jónsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland * Ole Bjørn Kraft, Danish journalist and politician * Björn Leivik, Swedish politician *
Björn Rosengren (politician) Björn Folke Rosengren (born 14 April 1942) is a Swedish politician and advisor to the Stenbeck family. Life and career Rosengren was born in Täby. He was active in the labour union and as a Social Democratic politician. He served as chairm ...
, Swedish politician * Bjørn Skau, Norwegian politician *
Björn Söder Björn Olof Söder (born 3 January 1976) is a Swedish Sweden Democrats politician who served as Second Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag from September 2014 to September 2018. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (SD) for Stockholm County (Riksdag con ...
, Swedish politician * Björn von Sydow, Swedish politician *
Björn Þórðarson Björn Þórðarson (; 6 February 1879 – 25 October 1963) 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 r ...
(Thordarson), former prime minister of Iceland * Bjørn Westh, Danish politician * Björn Wiechel (born 1983), Swedish politician *
Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn (17 August 1923 – 12 September 1987) 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. ...
, Norwegian politician


Science and technology

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Björn Engquist Björn Engquist (also ''Bjorn Engquist''; born 2 June 1945 in Stockholm) has been a leading contributor in the areas of multiscale modeling and scientific computing, and a productive educator of applied mathematicians. Life He received his PhD ...
, Swedish mathematician *
Björn Envall Björn Erik Anders Envall (born 1942), is a Swedish 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 t ...
, Swedish automotive designer *
Björn Ekwall Björn Ekwall (13 June 1940 – 19 August 2000) was a Swedish cell toxicologist, known for his pioneering work in ''in vitro'' toxicology. Biography Ekwall was born in Uppsala in 1940. He studied at Uppsala University Medical School and got h ...
, Swedish toxicologist *
Bjørn Grinde Bjørn Grinde is a Norwegian biologist and author working as a scientist in the fields of genetics and evolution, with particular interests in human evolution, behaviour, happiness and consciousness. Early life and education He was born and gr ...
, Norwegian biologist *
Björn Gunnlaugsson Björn Gunnlaugsson (25 September 1788 – 17 March 1876)Benedikz, p. 568ff. 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 publis ...
, Icelandic mathematician and cartographer * Biörn Ivemark, Swedish physician *
Björn Kurtén Björn Kurtén (19 November 1924 – 28 December 1988) was a Finnish vertebrate paleontologist and science fiction writer. Early life and education Kurtén was born in Vaasa in 1924. He was a member of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland ...
, Finnish-Swedish paleontologist *
Bjørn Lomborg Bjørn Lomborg (; born 6 January 1965) is a Danish political scientist, author, and the president of the think tank Copenhagen Consensus Center. He is the former director of the Danish government's Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI) in ...
, Danish environmental skeptic and author *
Bjorn Poonen Bjorn Mikhail Poonen (born July 27, 1968, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a mathematician, four-time Putnam Competition winner, and a Distinguished Professor in Science in the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ...
, American mathematician


Sports

* Bjørn Bang Andersen, Norwegian shot putter *
Björn Andersson (footballer, born 1951) Björn Andersson (born 20 July 1951) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best remembered for representing Bayern Munich and was part of their European Cup victory in 1975. A full international between 1972 ...
, Swedish former player and coach *
Björn Andersson (handballer) Björn "Lurch" Andersson (born 5 July 1950) is a Swedish former handball player who played all his active years in IF Saab in Linköping. He won the Swedish championship in 1973 and , 1974 with the club. He was topscorer in the Swedish league i ...
, Swedish Olympic handballer * Björn Andrae, German volleyball player * Björn Bach, German kayaker * Bjorn Basson, South African rugby player *
Björn Borg Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 109 weeks. Borg won 66 singles titles during his caree ...
, Swedish tennis player * Björn Borg (swimmer), Swedish swimmer *
Björn Bothén Björn Bothén (26 April 1893 – 19 August 1955) 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 Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 10 me ...
, Swedish sailor * Bjørn Otto Bragstad, Norwegian soccer player * Bjorn Bregy, Swiss kickboxer * Björn Cederberg, Swedish rally driver *
Bjørn Dæhlie Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie (born 19 June 1967) is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. From 1992 to 1999, Dæhlie won the Nordic World Cup six times, finishing second in 1994 and 1998. Dæhlie won a total of 29 medals in the Oly ...
, Norwegian skier * Björn Daelemans, Belgian soccer player * Bjørn Dahl (footballer born 1954), Norwegian footballer * Bjørn Dahl (footballer born 1978), Norwegian footballer * Björn van der Doelen, Dutch footballer *
Björn Dunkerbeck Bjørn Dunkerbeck (born 16 July 1969) is a professional windsurfer who has won the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) Overall World Championships a record 42 times. Dunkerbeck is the son of a Dutch father and a Danish mother, but sailed ...
, Dutch windsurfer *
Björn Einarsson Björn Einarsson may refer to: * Björn Einarsson Jórsalafari (died 1415), Icelandic travel writer * Björn Einarsson (bandy player) (Born 1978), Swedish bandy player {{hndis ...
, Swedish bandy player * Björn Emmerling, German field hockey player *
Björn Ferry Björn Ferry (born 1 August 1978 in Stensele, Storuman, Västerbotten) is a former Swedish biathlete and medal winning Olympian. He began competing internationally in World Cup competitions in 2001, but did not win his first international race ...
, Swedish skier *
Björn Vleminckx Björn Vleminckx (; born 1 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Born in Boom, Antwerp, Vleminckx began his career with Beveren and joined in July 2005 Oostende on loan. In summer 2006 he s ...
, Belgian footballer *
Björn Forslund (sailor) Björn (or Bjørn) Forslund (born 3 May 1972) is an entrepreneur and former Swedish professional sailor who has participated in six Dinghy World Championships, winning two gold medals and ranked first in many national and international level sailing ...
, Swedish sailor *
Björn Forslund (Speed skater) Björn Forslund may refer to: * Björn Forslund (sailor) * Björn Forslund (speed skater) {{hndis, Forslund, Bjorn ...
, Swedish speed skater * Bjorn Fortuin, South African cricketer *
Bjorn Fratangelo Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993) is an American tennis coach and former professional player. In 2011, he won the boys' singles title at the French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo was only the second American to win the event, f ...
, American tennis player * Bjørn Grimnes, Norwegian athlete * Bjørn Gundersen, Norwegian athlete * Björn Hardley, Dutch footballer *
Bjorn Haneveer Bjorn Haneveer (born 4 September 1976 in) is a Belgian snooker player and commentator. Haneveer, formerly a professional competitor, now plays at semi-professional level and also commentates on snooker matches for Dutch Eurosport. Career A six ...
, Belgian snooker player * Bjørn Johansen (footballer), Norwegian footballer * Bjørn Johansen (ice hockey), Norwegian ice hockey player *
Björn Joppien Björn Joppien (born 30 January 1981) is a male badminton player from Germany. Career Joppien played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Kasperi Salo of Finland in the first round. In the round of 16, Joppien was ...
, German badminton player * Björn Kircheisen, also known as Bjoern Kircheisen, German Olympic athlete * Björn Knutsson, Swedish motorcycle racer * Bjorn Kotze, Namibian cricketer * Bjørn "Benny" Kristensen, Danish soccer player *
Björn Kuipers Björn Kuipers (; born 28 March 1973) is a former Dutch football referee. He has been a FIFA listed referee from 2006 to 2021 and an UEFA Elite group referee from 2009 to 2021. He was assisted during international matches by Sander van Roekel ...
, Dutch football referee *
Bjørn Tore Kvarme Bjørn Tore Kvarme (born 17 June 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Kvarme earned one cap for the Norwegian national team, a friendly against Colombia in 1997. Career Kvarme was born in Trondheim, Nor ...
, Norwegian soccer player *
Björn Leukemans Björn Leukemans (born 1 July 1977 in Deurne) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. During 2008, Leukemans was suspended for doping with artificial testosterone. In 2009, he joined the team. Leukemans joined for the 2014 seas ...
, Belgian bicycle racer * Björn Lilius, Swedish footballer *
Björn Lind Björn Johan Lind (born March 22, 1978, in Ljusterö, Uppland) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won gold medals in both the Individual and Team sprint events at Turin in 200 ...
, Swedish skier * Bjørn Arve Lund, Norwegian soccer player * Björn Maaseide, Norwegian beach volleyball player * Björn Melin, Swedish ice hockey player * Bjorn Merten, American football player * Bjorn Mordt, Zimbabwean cricketer * Bjørn Myrbakken, Norwegian ski jumper * Beorn Nijenhuis, Dutch speed skater *
Björn Nittmo Björn Arne Nittmo (born July 26, 1966) is a Swedish former professional football placekicker, being the only Swedish-born player ever to complete as much as a full season in the National Football League (NFL). Football career The left-footed N ...
, Swedish American Football kicker *
Björn Nordqvist Björn Axel Göte Nordqvist (born 6 October 1942) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. A full international between 1963 and 1978, he won 115 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at th ...
, Swedish soccer player * Björn Otto, German pole vaulter * Bjørn Paulson, Norwegian high jumper *
Björn Phau Björn Phau (born 4 October 1979) is a retired German tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in June 2006. Career highlights include reaching five ATP tour semifinals ( Tokyo in 2005, Casablanca in 2006, Beiji ...
, German tennis player *
Bjørn Helge Riise Bjørn Helge Semundseth Riise (born 21 June 1983) is a Norwegian former professional association football, footballer. Riise played either a central midfielder or a right winger, and earned 35 international caps for Norway national football team ...
, Norwegian soccer player *
Bjørn Einar Romøren Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1 April 1981) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2001 to 2014. His career highlights include eight individual World Cup wins, two ski flying world records, and a team bronze medal at ...
, Norwegian ski jumper * Björn Runström, Swedish soccer player * Björn Schlicke, German soccer player * Björn Schröder, German cyclist *
Björn Sengier Björn Sengier (born 12 July 1979) is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Sengier is a goalkeeper who was born in Ghent and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge K ...
, Belgian soccer player * Björn Siegemund, German badminton player * Bjørn Skaare, Norwegian ice hockey player *
Bjørn Skjærpe Bjørn Skjærpe (born 22 October 1898, date of death unknown) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as An ...
, Norwegian gymnast *
Bjørn Sundquist Bjørn Richard Sundquist (born 16 June 1948) is a Norwegian actor, famous for TV, theatre, and movie roles. For many years he worked at Det Norske Teatret and Nationaltheateret in Oslo. Sundquist is especially famous for the roles as Merlin ...
, German Olympic athlete *
Björn Svensson Björn Svensson (born 16 June 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward, currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for ERC Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He is the older brother of Magnus Pääjär ...
, Swedish hockey player * Bjorn Thorfinnsson, Icelandic chess player * Björn Thurau, German cyclist * Bjørn Tronstad, Norwegian soccer player *
Björn Waldegård Björn Waldegård (12 November 1943 – 29 August 2014) was a Swedish rally driver, and the winner of the World Rally Championship for drivers in 1979. His Swedish nickname was "Walle". Career Waldegård, who came from Rimbo, had a career that ...
, Swedish rally driver * Björn Wirdheim, Swedish racing driver *
Bjørn Wirkola Bjørn Tore Wirkola (born 4 August 1943) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career He became World Champion in Oslo in 1966, winning both the large and normal hill competitions. The 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were also held in conj ...
, Norwegian ski jumper * Björn Zikarsky, German swimmer


Writers

* Bjørn Benkow, Norwegian journalist exposed as a plagiarist * Björn Th. Björnsson, Icelandic writer * Bjørn Hansen, Norwegian journalist * Björn Hellberg, Swedish sports journalist and author * Björn Kumm, Swedish journalist * Björn Nyberg, Swedish fantasy author * Björn Ranelid, Swedish author *
Bjørn Erik Thon Bjørn Erik Thon (born 6 February 1964) is a Norwegian jurist and ombudsman. Career 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 P ...
, Norwegian jurist and writer *
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished ...
, Norwegian writer


Other people with the given name

* Axlar-Björn, Icelandic serial killer *
Björn Engwall Senior Colonel Björn Engwall (24 September 1917 – 24 June 2005) was a Swedish Coastal Artillery officer. He served as commanding officer of Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment in Vaxholm from 1967 to 1969 and as Defence District Commander of ...
, Swedish officer *
Björn Frantzén Björn Frantzén (born 26 January 1977) is swedish chef, restaurateur and business man. As of 2025 Björn Frantzén is the only chef in the world in charge of three separate restaurants with three Michelin stars each. Career Frantzén was born ...
, Swedish chef and former footballer * Bjørn Nyland (Automotive YouTuber), Thai-born Norwegian video blogger * Claus Bjørn Larsen, Danish photographer


See also

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Beorn Beorn is a character created by J. R. R. Tolkien, and part of his Middle-earth legendarium. He appears in ''The Hobbit'' as a " skin-changer", a man who could assume the form of a great black bear. His descendants or kinsmen, a group of Men kn ...
, a character in ''The Hobbit'' *
Bjarne Bjarne is a Nordic countries, Nordic male name, a variant of Bjorn, and can refer to the following people: *Bjarne Andersson, a cross-country skier *Bjarne Berg-Sæther, a Norwegian politician *Bjarne Berntsen, a Norwegian football coach and for ...
* Björk (name) *
Urs Urs (from ''‘Urs'') or Urus (literal meaning wedding), is the death anniversary of a Sufi saint, usually held at the saint's dargah (shrine or tomb). In most Sufi orders such as Naqshbandiyyah, Suhrawardiyya, Chishtiyya, Qadiriyya, etc. ...
, name also meaning bear


References

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