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
- Alexander Björk (born 1990), Swedish professional golfer
- Anders Björck (born 1944), Swedish politician
- Anita Björk (1923–2012), Swedish actress
- Arne Björk (1911–1996), 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
- Johan Björk (born 1984), Swedish ice hockey player
- Nils Björk (1898–1989), Swedish Army lieutenant general
- Nina Björk (born 1967), Swedish feminist author
- Oscar Björck (1860–1929), Swedish painter
- Patrik Björck (born 1957), Swedish politician
- Peder Björk (born 1975), Swedish politician
- Philip R. Bjork, American geologist
- Robert A. Bjork (born 1939), American psychologist
- Svante Björck, Swedish geologist
- Thed Björk (born 1980), Swedish racing driver
- Therese Björk (born 1981), Swedish footballer
- Viking Björk (1918–2009), Swedish cardiac surgeon
See also
- Björk (disambiguation)
- Bjørk, Norwegian equivalent
- Birk, Estonian given name and surname
- Bajorek, Polish surname