Torbjörn
Torbjörn, Thorbjörn, Torbjørn or Thorbjørn (given name) are modern Swedish, Norwegian and Danish forms of the Old Norse name Þòrbjörn, meaning thunder (from the name Thor) and bear.
Other variants of the name include the Danish/German form Torben and the predominantly German form Thorben. English variants include Thurburn, Thorburn, Thorbern, Thorebern, Thorber, and Thurber, which are, however, normally used as surnames. The English variant also includes Tubby, which is common in the Norfolk area of England and the early whaling communities of North America.
Notable people named Torbjörn
- Torbjørn Agdestein (born 1991), Norwegian footballer
- Torbjörn Arvidsson (born 1968), Swedish football player
- Torbjörn Axelman (born 1932), Swedish TV producer, director and writer
- Thorbjørn Egner (1912–1990), Norwegian children's author
- Torbjørn Bergerud (born 1994), Norwegian handball player
- Torbjörn Blomdahl (born 1962), Swedish billiards player
- Torbjörn Blomqvist (born 1941), Finnish sprint canoer
- Torbjørn Brundtland (born 1975), band member of the Norwegian electronic music duo, Röyksopp
- Torbjörn Caspersson (1910–1997), Swedish cytologist and geneticist
- Torbjørn Clausen (1931–2001), Norwegian boxer
- Torbjörn Ek (1949–2010), Swedish bandy- and soccer player
- Torbjörn Eriksson (born 1971), Swedish athlete
- Torbjörn Evrell (1920–2008), Swedish inventor and businessman
- Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926–2016), Swedish politician
- Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964), Swedish novelist
- Torbjørn Gaarder (1885–1970), Norwegian chemist
- Torbjørn Hansen (born 1972), Norwegian politician
- Thorbjørn Jagland (born 1950), Norwegian politician from Norwegian Labour Party
- Torbjörn Johansson (born 1970), Swedish middle-distance runner
- Torbjörn Jonsson (born 1936), Swedish footballer
- Torbjørn Kjerrgård (born 1983), Norwegian football defender
- Torbjørn Kristoffersen (1892–1986), Norwegian gymnast
- Torbjörn "Ebbot" Lundberg (born 1966), Swedish artist, songwriter and music producer
- Torbjørn Løkken (born 1963), Norwegian nordic combined skier
- Torbjörn Martin (born 1981), Swedish film and music video director
- Torbjörn Nilsson (born 1954), soccer player
- Thorbjørn Olesen (born 1989), Danish golfer
- Torbjörn "Pugh" Rogefelt (born 1947), Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter
- Torbjørn Sunde (born 1954), Norwegian jazz musician
- Torbjørn Sindballe (born 1976), Danish triathlete
- Torbjörn Tännsjö (born 1946), Swedish philosopher
- Torbjörn Thoresson (born 1959), Swedish sprint canoer
- Torbjørn Urfjell (born 1977), Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party
- Torbjørn Yggeseth (1934–2010), Norwegian ski jumper
- Torbjörn Zetterberg (born 1976), Swedish jazz musician and composer
Video games
- Torbjörn Lindholm, a fictional character in the online game Overwatch
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