Bjorn

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| gender = male

| region = Germanic

| meaning = Bear

| language = Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Dutch, German, Finnish

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| alternative spelling = Bjørn, Bjõrn, Bjorne, Beorn, Bjôrn, Biorn

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| related names = Bjarne, Bjorne, Bjarni, Birni

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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" (the animal). In Swedish and Finnish, the nickname Nalle ("teddy bear") refers to Björn.

Surname

Claus Bjørn, Danish author, historian, and television and radio broadcaster
Evert Björn, Swedish Olympic athlete
Hugo Björne, Swedish actor
Kristian Bjørn, Norwegian skier
Lasse Björn, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player
Nathalie Björn, Swedish football player
Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer

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Given name

=Acting=

Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor and musician
Björn Bjelfvenstam, Swedish actor
Björn Granath, Swedish actor
Björn Gustafsson, Swedish comedian and actor
Björn Gustafson, Swedish actor
Björn Kjellman, Swedish actor and singer
Björn Skifs, Swedish singer and actor

=Art and music=

Björn Afzelius, Swedish musician
Björn Ågren, guitarist for the band Razorlight
Björn Dixgård, Swedish musician
Bjørn Eidsvåg, Norwegian musician and Lutheran minister
Bjorn Englen, Swedish-American bass player of the hard rock band Soul Sign
Björn Gelotte, 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, Swedish musician
Bjørn Melhus, German artist
Bjørn Moe, Norwegian conductor
Bjørn Nilsen, 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, 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, Danish singer
Bjørn Torske, Norwegian music producer
Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish musician and a member of the pop group ABBA
Bjørn Wiinblad, Danish artist
Björn Yttling, Swedish musician and music producer

=Business=

Bjørn Rune Gjelsten, Norwegian businessman and powerboat racer
Björn Jakobson, Swedish businessman, founder of Babybjörn and Artipelag
Björn Prytz, Swedish industrialist
Björn Stigson, Swedish business leader
Björn Wahlroos, 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=

Björn at Haugi, also called Björn på Håga and Bjorn Eriksson, Swedish king in the 9th century
Björn (III) Eriksson, king of Sweden in the 9th and 10th centuries
Beorn Estrithson (died 1049), English nobleman
Bjørn Farmann, king of Vestfold, petty kingdoms of Norway in the 10th century
Björn Ironside Haraldsson, the father of Christina Bjornsdatter, 12th-century Swedish queen
Björn Ironside, legendary Swedish king of the 9th century
Björn the Eunuch, legendary Swedish king of the 10th century
Björn Stallare, 11th-century Norwegian diplomat