Björk (name)
Björk, Björck, Biörck, or Bjork is a Swedish surname meaning birch.
It is also an Icelandic name given to girls, meaning birch, specifically the most common native tree of Iceland, Betula pubescens tortuosa (Arctic downy birch).
Notable people with the name include
- Given name
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 1965), Icelandic singer
Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir (born 1972), Icelandic singer
- Surname
Anders Björck (born 1944), Swedish politician
Anita Björk (1923–2012), Swedish actress
Arne Bjork (1911–1996) was a Swedish dentist
Brant Bjork (born 1973), American musician
Carl-Johan Björk (born 1982), Swedish-born American football player
Cheng Yuk Han Bjork (born 1980), Chinese fencer
Fabian Biörck (1893–1977), Swedish gymnast
Fredrik Björck (born 1979), Swedish footballer
Gottfrid Björck (1893–1981), Swedish Army major general
Hildegard Björck (1847–1920), the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree
Jakob Björck (1727/28–1793), Swedish portrait painter
Nina Björk (born 1967), Swedish feminist author
Oscar Björck (1860–1929), Swedish painter
Philip R. Bjork, American geologist
Carl Kenneth Bjork, Sr. (1926-2014), American PhD chemist, patent attorney
Robert A. Bjork (born 1939), American psychologist
Svante Björck, Swedish geologist
Thed Björk (born 1980), Swedish racing driver
Jeremy Bjork (born 1972), innovative American marketing professional
Viking Björk (1918–2009), Swedish cardiac surgeon
See also
- Björk (disambiguation)
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