Björk (name)
Björk, Björck, Biörck, or Bjork is a Swedish surname meaning birch. It is also a common 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
- Hildegard Björck (1847–1920), the first Swedish woman to complete an academic degree
- Jakob Björck (1727/28–1793), Swedish portrait painter
- Oscar Björck (1860–1929), Swedish painter
- Nina Björk (born 1967), Swedish feminist author
- Philip R. Bjork, American geologist
- Robert A. Bjork (born 1939), American psychologist
- Thed Björk (born 1980), Swedish racing driver
- Viking Björk (1918–2009), Swedish cardiac surgeon
See also
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