ÅRUD NorwegianFrom Norwegian
å meaning "river, stream" and the archaic word
rud meaning "clearing".
BERGMAN SwedishFrom Swedish
berg "mountain" and
man "man", originally a name for a person living on a mountain.
BORG SwedishFrom Swedish
borg meaning "fortification, castle".
DAHL Norwegian, Swedish, DanishFrom 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'.
DAHLMAN SwedishFrom Swedish
dal meaning "dale, valley" and
man meaning "man".
DALGAARD DanishFrom Old Norse
dalr meaning "valley" and
garðr meaning "yard, farmstead".
DAM Dutch, DanishMeans "dike, dam" in Dutch and Danish. In modern Danish it also means "pond".
ELD SwedishFrom Old Norse
eldr, modern Swedish
eld, meaning "fire".
ENGMAN SwedishFrom Swedish
äng "meadow" and
man "man", originally a name for a person who lived in a meadow.
FRISK SwedishFrom Swedish
frisk "healthy", which was derived from the Middle Low German word
vrisch "fresh, young, frisky".
GUSTAFSSON SwedishMeans "son of
GUSTAF". The actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990) was originally named Greta Gustafsson.
HAUGEN NorwegianMeans "the hill" in Norwegian, referring to a person who lived on a hilltop.
HOLST Danish, Low German, DutchOriginally 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).
HORN English, German, Norwegian, DanishFrom the Germanic 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.
IBSEN DanishMeans "son of
IB". A famous bearer was the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906).
KRON German, SwedishFrom German
Krone and Swedish
krona meaning "crown" (from Latin
corona), perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.
LINDGREN SwedishFrom Swedish
lind "linden tree" and
gren "branch". A famous bearer of this name was Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002).
LUND Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, EnglishIndicated a person who lived near a grove of trees, from Old Norse
lundr meaning "grove". There are towns in Sweden and Britain called Lund.
NESS English, Scottish, NorwegianFrom English
ness and Norwegian
nes meaning "headland, promontory", of Old Norse origin, originally referring to a person who lived there.
NØRUP DanishFrom the name of Danish villages named
Nørup or
Norup.
OLANDER SwedishDenoted someone from the islands of Öland (eastern Sweden) or
Åland (western Finland).
ÖMAN SwedishFrom Swedish
ö meaning "island" and
man meaning "man".
OMDAHL NorwegianDenoted a person hailing from any one of a number of farms in Norway called either Åmdal or Omdal meaning "elm valley".
ØSTER DanishFrom Danish
øst meaning "east", originally denoting a dweller on the eastern side of a place.
RANDRUP DanishFrom the name of homesteads in Denmark (in Viborg or Rebild municipalities).
RAPP (1) SwedishFrom Swedish
rapp meaning "quick, prompt", one of the names adopted by soldiers in the 17th century.
REENBERG DanishMeaning unknown. The second element is probably from Old Norse
berg "mountain" (modern Danish
bjerg).
RIBER DanishOriginally indicated a person from the county or town of Ribe in southwestern Denmark.