This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Scandinavian. This is the collective name for the North Germaniclanguages spoken in Scandinavia. See Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic for more specific lists.
BergfalkSwedish Derived from Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and falk (Old Norse falki) meaning "falcon".
BerggrenSwedish From Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".
BerglundSwedish Ornamental name from Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove".
BergmanSwedish From Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man", originally a name for a person living on a mountain.
BergqvistSwedish From Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".
BergströmSwedish Derived from Swedish berg meaning "mountain" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
BrunFrench, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Means "brown" in French, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. It was originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin.
DahlNorwegian, Swedish, Danish From Old Norse dalr meaning "valley". A famous of this surname was author Roald Dahl (1916-1990) who is mostly remembered for children's stories such as Matilda and Henry Sugar.
DahlbergSwedish Ornamental name derived from Swedish dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "dale, valley" and berg meaning "mountain".
DahlmanSwedish From Swedish dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "dale, valley" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man".
DalgaardDanish From Old Norse dalr meaning "valley" and garðr meaning "yard, farmstead".
DamDutch, Danish Means "dike, dam" in Dutch and Danish. In modern Danish it also means "pond".
EngbergSwedish Ornamental name derived from Swedish äng (Old Norse eng) meaning "meadow" and berg meaning "mountain".
EngmanSwedish From Swedish äng (Old Norse eng) meaning "meadow" and man (Old Norse maðr) meaning "person, man", originally a name for a person who lived in a meadow.
EngströmSwedish Ornamental name derived from Swedish äng (Old Norse eng) meaning "meadow" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Frank 3German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian Name for a person from Franconia in Germany, so called because it was settled by the Frankish people. A notable bearer was the German-Jewish diarist Anne Frank (1929-1945), a victim of the Holocaust.
GieseGerman, Danish Derived from a short form of the given name Giselbert or other Old German names beginning with the element gisal meaning "pledge, hostage".
HolmbergSwedish Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and berg meaning "mountain".
HolmgrenSwedish Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".
HolmströmSwedish From Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
HolstDanish, Low German, Dutch Originally referred to a person from the region of Holstein between Germany and Denmark. A famous bearer of this name was the English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934).
HornEnglish, German, Norwegian, Danish From the Old English, Old High German and Old Norse word horn meaning "horn". This was an occupational name for one who carved objects out of horn or who played a horn, or a person who lived near a horn-shaped geographical feature, such as a mountain or a bend in a river.
KronGerman, Swedish From German Krone and Swedish krona meaning "crown" (from Latin corona), perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.
LindgrenSwedish From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch". A famous bearer of this name was Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002).
LindholmSwedish From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island".
LundDanish, Swedish, Norwegian Indicated a person who lived near a grove of trees, from Old Norse lundr meaning "grove". There are towns in Sweden named Lund.
LundbergSwedish Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and berg meaning "mountain".