ÅRUD NorwegianFrom Norwegian
å meaning "river, stream", and
rud, an old word 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 Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, DanishFrom Middle Low German
dal or Old Norse
dalr both 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'.
DALGAARD ScandinavianFrom the Old Norse words
dal meaning "valley" and
gaard meaning "yard or farmstead".
DOCTOR DanishOriginally denoted someone who was a doctor, ultimately from Latin
doctor meaning "teacher".
EKLUND SwedishComposed of the elements
ek "oak" and
lund "grove".
ELD SwedishFrom Old Norse
eldr, modern Swedish
eld, meaning "fire".
FRISK SwedishFrom the Swedish word
frisk "healthy", which was derived from the Middle Low German word
vrisch "fresh, young, frisky" and was one of the names handed out to avoid confusion in the army.
GIESE German, DanishDerived from a short form of the given name
GISELBERT or any other Germanic name with the first element
gisil.
HAUGEN NorwegianMeans "hill" in Norwegian, used by families residing on hilltops.
HOLMSTRÖM SwedishMeans "islet stream" (from Swedish
holme "islet" and
ström "stream").
HOLST Danish, Low German, DutchReferred originally 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).
KRON German, SwedishMeans "crown", perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.
LANG Danish, Norwegian, GermanFrom Scandinavian
lang, Middle High German
lanc and Middle Low German
lank all meaning "long". It was originally a nickname for a tall person or family.
LINDGREN SwedishMeans "branch of a lime tree" from Swedish
lind "lime tree" and
gren "branch". A famous bearer of this name was Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002).
LINDQUIST SwedishDerived from the Swedish words
lind "linden tree" and
qvist "twig, branch".
LINDSTRÖM SwedishMeans "linden stream", and is derived from the swedish words
lind meaning "linden (lime) tree", and
ström which means "stream".
LJUNG SwedishFrom the Swedish name of the heather plant. There are many combinations of this name in Sweden, for example
Ljungberg "heather mountain",
Ljungblad "heather leaf", and so on.
LOSNEDAHL NorwegianFrom a place name:
dahl means "valley" in Norwegian, and
Losne is a place in Norway.
MÅRDH SwedishFrom Swedish
mård meaning "pine marten". It was often a soldier's nickname, which became a surname in later generations.
NASS NorwegianFrom the Norwegian word
næs meaning "a promontory".
NØRUP DanishDerived from the name of at least two different Danish villages.
NYLUND Finnish, SwedishFrom the Swedish-speaking south of Finland, directly from Swedish
ny "new" and
lund "grove".
NYSTRÖM SwedishFrom Swedish
ny meaning "new" and
ström meaning "stream".
OLANDER SwedishDenoted someone from the island of Öland, or a variant spelling of
Ålander, which is a habitational name for someone from the island of Åland.
ÖMAN SwedishFrom the Swedish words
ö meaning "island" and
man meaning "man". Thus the meaning is "man from the island".
OMDAHL NorwegianDenoted a person hailing from any one of a number of farms in Norway called either Åmdal or Omdal meaning "elm valley".
ÖSTBERG Swedish, JewishMeans "mountain (or hill) in the east" from Swedish
öst "east" and
berg "mountain, hill".
ØSTER DanishMeans "(dweller in the) eastern (side of a place)" from Danish
øster meaning "eastern".
ØSTERGÅRD DanishMeans "(dweller by or at the) eastern farm, enclosure" from Danish
øster "eastern" and
gård "enclosure, farm".
RANDRUP DanishFrom the name of homesteads in Denmark (in Viborg or Rebild municipalities).
RAPP (1) SwedishMeans "quick, prompt" from Swedish
rapp, one of the names adopted by soldiers in the 17th century.
RASK DanishMeans "healthy, energetic, speedy" in Danish.
RIBER DanishOriginally indicated someone who came from the county or town of Ribe in southwest Denmark.
SKJEGGESTAD NorwegianMeans "Skjegge's place" or "the bearded one's place" from Norwegian
skjegge "beard" and
stad "town, place".
SKOVGAARD DanishMeans "dweller in a farm near the woods" from Danish
skov "wood" and
gård "farm".