Torbjörn, Thorbjörn, Torbjørn or Thorbjørn (given name) are modern Swedish, Norwegian and Danish forms of the Old Norse and Icelandic name Þorbjörn, 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. Tubby, which is common in the Norfolk area of England and the early whaling communities of North America.
The Icelandic short form is Tobbi. The supposed site of Þorbjörn's farm in Hrafnkels saga was known as "Tobbahól" by the locals.
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 Harr (born 1974), Norwegian actor
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
Thorbjørn Schierup (born 1990), Danish Olympic sailor
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
Torbjörn Lindholm, a character in the first-person shooter video game Overwatch
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