Birger

{{Infobox given name | name = Birger | pronunciation= | gender = [[Male]] | languageorigin = [[Old Norse]] | origin = Birgir | meaning = "helper", "saviour", "protector" | variant forms = Birgir, Byrgir | derivative = [[Börje]], [[Børge]] | footnotes = }} '''Birger''' is a [[Scandinavia]]n name from [[Old Norse]], ''bjarga'', meaning "to help, to save, to protect". It is widely used in [[Norway]] as Birger but also as Børge. The [[Sweden|Swedish]] variant of ''Birger'' would soon evolve into ''Börje'', however, the prior form would remain common, and was not confused with its successor. The [[Iceland]]ic form is ''Birgir''. Birger is primarily a [[Male|masculine]] [[given name]], but can also be found as a [[surname]].

==Birger== ===Given name=== ====Middle Ages==== * [[Birger, King of Sweden]] (1280–1321) * [[Birger Brosa]] (died 1202), Swedish jarl * [[Birger Gregersson]] ({{circa|1327}}{{snd}}1383), Archbishop of Uppsala * [[Birger Jarl]] (1210–1266), Swedish statesman * [[Birger Persson]] (died 1327), Swedish magnate, knight, privy councillor and Uppland's first lawspeaker

====Modern world==== * [[Birger Amundin]] (1880–1965), Swedish rower * [[Birger Andersson (disambiguation)]], several people * [[Birger Andreassen]] (1891–1961), Norwegian cyclist * [[Birger Åsander]] (1909–1984), Swedish actor * [[Birger Asplund]] (1929–2023), Swedish hammer thrower * [[Birger Bergersen]] (1891–1977), Norwegian anatomist and politician * [[Birger Bergling]] (1903–1973), Swedish scenographer and costume designer * [[Birger Blom-Kalstø]] (1940–2011), Norwegian politician * [[Birger Bohlin]] (1898–1990), Swedish paleontologist * [[Birger Braadland]] (1879–1966), Norwegian politician * [[Birger Brandtzæg]] (1893–1971), Norwegian businessman * [[Birger Breivik]] (1912–1996), Norwegian politician * [[Birger Brekke]] (1891–1981), Norwegian Scout leader * [[Birger Brodtkorb]] (1891–1935), Norwegian track and field athlete * [[Birger Bühring-Andersen]] (1907–2001), Norwegian sport shooter * [[Birger Carlstedt]] (1907–1975), Finnish artist * [[Birger Cederin]] (1895–1942), Swedish fencer * [[Birger Cnattingius]] (1875–1950), Swedish fencer * [[Birger Dahlerus]] (1891–1957), Swedish businessman and amateur diplomat * [[Birger Danielsson]] (1903–?), Swedish association football player * [[Birger Dannevig]] (1921–1998), Norwegian journalist and historian * [[Birger Ek]] (1911–1990), Finnish aviator * [[Birger Ekeberg]] (1880–1968), Swedish jurist * [[Birger Eklund]] (1929–2015), Swedish footballer * [[Birger Ekstedt]] (1921–1972), Swedish politician and priest * [[Birger Elmér]] (1919–1999), Swedish military and intelligence officer * [[Birger Eriksen]] (1875–1958), Norwegian colonel who repelled the initial German World War II invasion force * [[Birger Folke]] (1936–2020), Swedish tennis player and television commentator * [[Birger Forell]] (1893–1958), Swedish Lutheran priest * [[Birger Forsberg]] (1930–2007), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider * [[Birger Furugård]] (1887–1961), Swedish politician and veterinarian * [[Birger Gerhardsson]] (1926–2013), Swedish New Testament scholar and professor * [[Birger Gotaas]] (1883–1960), Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and non-fiction writer * [[Birger Gröning]] (born 1975), German politician * [[Birger Grønn]] (1898–1988), Norwegian engineer * [[Birger Gustafsson]] (1874–1969), Swedish competitive sailor * [[Birger Martin Hall]] (1741–1815), Swedish district medical officer and botanist * [[Birger Halvorsen]] (1905–1976), Norwegian high jumper * [[Birger Hatlebakk]] (1912–1997), Norwegian industrialist and politician * [[Birger Haug]] (1908–1981), Norwegian high jumper * [[Birger Hedqvist]] (1894–1964), Swedish lieutenant general * [[Birger Hjørland]] (born 1947), Danish academic * [[Birger Holmqvist]] (1900–1989), Swedish ice hockey and bandy player * [[Birger Hønningstad]] (1904–1976), Norwegian engineer and aircraft designer * [[Birger Jacobsson]] (born 1949), Swedish former footballer and football coach * [[Birger Jansen]] (1948–2016), Norwegian ice hockey player and sailor * [[Birger Jensen]] (1951–2023), Danish footballer * [[Birger Johansson (diplomat)|Birger Johansson]] (1887–1975), Swedish diplomat * [[Birger Johansson]] (1910–1940), Finnish canoeist * [[Birger Kaada]] (1918–2000), Norwegian physician and neurophysiologist * [[Birger Kaipiainen]] (1915–1988), Finnish ceramist and designer * [[Birger Kajanus]] (1882–1931), Swedish botanist, geneticist, plant breeder and lichenologist * [[Birger Karlsson]] (1926–2012), Finnish rower * [[Birger Kildal]] (1849–1913), Norwegian attorney and businessman * [[Birger Kivelä]] (1920–2013), Finnish diver * [[Birger Knudtzon]] (born 1936), Norwegian retired rower * [[Birger Lahti]] (born 1964), Swedish politician * [[Birger Larsen (disambiguation)]], several people * [[Birger Stuevold Lassen]] (1927–2011), Norwegian jurist, legal scholar and expert * [[Birger Leirud]] (1924–1999), Norwegian high jumper * [[Birger Lensander]] (1908–1971), Swedish actor * [[Birger Lie]] (1891–1970), Norwegian sport shooter * [[Birger Ljungberg]] (1884–1967), Norwegian military officer, politician and Minister of Defence from 1939 to 1942 * [[Birger Ljungström]] (1872–1948), Swedish engineer, technical designer, industrialist and inventor * [[Birger Løvaas]] (1901–1977), Norwegian actor and comedian * [[Birger Madsen]] (born 1982), Norwegian footballer * [[Birger Maertens]] (born 1980), Belgian former footballer * [[Birger Malling]] (1884–1989), Norwegian ophthalmologist and educator * [[Birger Malmsten]] (1920–1991), Swedish actor * [[Birger Meidell]] (1882–1958), Norwegian politician * [[Birger Meling]] (born 1994), Norwegian footballer * [[Birger Mörner]] (1867–1930), Swedish diplomat, author and book collector * [[Birger Fredrik Motzfeldt]] (1898–1987), Norwegian aviator and military officer * [[Birger Nerman]] (1888–1971), Swedish archaeologist, historian and philologist * [[Birger Nilsen]] (1896–1968), Norwegian sport wrestler * [[Birger Nilsen (gymnast)]] (1881–1981), American gymnast * [[Birger Nordholm]] (1897–1989), Swedish-American founding director * [[Birger Norman]] (1914–1995), Swedish journalist, poet, novelist, playwright and non-fiction writer * [[Birger A. Pearson]] (1934–2025), American scholar and professor * [[Birger Pedersen]] (born 1950), Danish footballer * [[Birger Pedersen (Norwegian footballer)]] (1910–1969) * [[Birger Peitersen]] (born 1945), Danish former football manager and player * [[Birger Persson (footballer)]], swedish footballer * [[Birger Rasmussen]] (1920–2007), Norwegian resistance fighter * [[Birger Axel Rasmusson]] (1901–1964), Finnish chess player * [[Birger Rosengren]] (1917–1977), Swedish footballer * [[Birger Ruud]] (1911–1998), Norwegian ski jumper and alpine skier * [[Birger Sandberg]] (1918–1998), Swedish football player and manager * [[Birger Sandzén]] (1871–1954), Swedish-American painter * [[Birger Schlaug]] (born 1949), Swedish author, public speaker, blogger and former spokesperson * [[Birger Schmidt]] (born 1980), German lightweight rower * [[Birger Simonsson]] (1883–1938), Swedish painter, illustrator and professor * [[Birger Fredrik Sinding-Larsen]] (1867–1941), Norwegian military officer * [[Birger Sjöberg]] (1885–1929), Swedish poet and songwriter * [[Birger Skeie]] (1951–2009), Norwegian businessperson * [[Birger Sörvik]] (1879–1978), Swedish gymnast * [[Birger Steen]] (1907–1949), Norwegian association football player * [[Birger Stenman]] (1925–1970), Swedish footballer * [[Birger Stenman (gymnast)]] (1909–1989), Finnish gymnast * [[Birger Strømsheim]] (1911–2012), Norwegian resistance member * [[Birger Stuevold-Hansen]] (1870–1933), Norwegian politician * [[Birger Tingstad]] (1939–2012), Norwegian football midfielder * [[Birger Tvedt]] (1910–2002), Norwegian sports medical and physiotherapist * [[Birger Var]] (1893–1970), Norwegian rower * [[Birger Verstraete]] (born 1994), Belgian footballer * [[Birger Vestermo]] (1930–2025), Norwegian cross-country skier * [[Birger Vikström]] (1921–1958), Swedish writer and illustrator * [[Birger Walla]], Swedish bandy player * [[Birger Warneby]] (1910–1958), Swedish association football player * [[Birger Wasenius]] (1911–1940), Finnish speed skater * [[Birger Wedberg]] (1870–1945), Swedish judge * [[Birger Wernerfelt]], Danish economist and management theorist

===Surname=== * [[Charles Birger]] (1881–1928), American bootlegger * [[Hugo Birger]] (1854–1887), Swedish painter * [[Jon Birger]], American freelance writer, speaker and author * [[Malene Birger]] (born 1962), Danish fashion designer * [[Myriam Birger]] (born 1951), French musician * [[Pablo Birger]] (1924–1966), Argentine racing driver * [[Trudi Birger]] (1927–2002), German Holocaust survivor and writer * [[Zev Birger]] (1926–2011), Israeli activist

==Birgir== Birgir is used in [[Iceland]] and the [[Faroes]]. In 2016, 1045 people had Birgir as a first given name in Iceland, and 285 had it as a second name.<ref>[https://www.hagstofa.is/talnaefni/ibuar/faeddir-og-danir/nofn/ Hagstofa Íslands - Nöfn]</ref>

* [[Birgir Ármannsson]] (born 1968), Icelandic politician * [[Birgir Borgþórsson]] (born 1958), Icelandic weightlifter * [[Birgir Finnbogason]] (born 1948), Icelandic handball player * [[Birgir Guðlaugsson]] (1941–2007), Icelandic cross-country skier * [[Birgir Hafþórsson]] (born 1976), Icelandic golfer and former player * [[Birgir Ísleifur Gunnarsson]] (1936–2019), Icelandic politician * [[Birgir Jakobsson]] (born 1948), Icelandic doctor and former basketball player * [[Birgir Mikaelsson]] (born 1965), Icelandic basketball player * [[Birgir Örn Birgis]] (1942–2017), Icelandic basketball player and coach * [[Birgir Örn Birgisson]] (born 1969), Icelandic basketball coach and former player * [[Birgir Björn Pétursson]] (born 1986), Icelandic basketball player * [[Birgir Sigurðsson (disambiguation)]], several people * [[Birgir Þórarinsson]] (born 1965), Icelandic politician

==See also== * [[Burger (disambiguation)]] * [[Burgers (surname)]] * [[Berger]] * [[Burgher (disambiguation)]] * [[Bürger]] * [[Børge]] * [[Börje]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

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