# Holmberg

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**Holmberg** is a Swedish surname formed from the words *holm(e)* meaning [islet](/source/Islet) and *berg* meaning [mountain](/source/Mountain). It is a relatively common name, at least in Sweden, which has to do with the fact that many Swedish place names contain the suffixes *-holm*, *-holmen* or *-berg*, *-berga*, *-berget*. Notable people with the surname include:

- [Åke Holmberg](/source/%C3%85ke_Holmberg) (1907–1991), Swedish author and translator
- [Anne Holmberg](/source/Anne_Holmberg) (born 1938), American writer of historical romance novels
- [Arvid Holmberg](/source/Arvid_Holmberg) (1886–1958), Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
- [Barbro Holmberg](/source/Barbro_Holmberg) (born 1952), Swedish Social Democratic politician
- [Birgit Agda Holmberg](/source/Birgit_Agda_Holmberg) (1921–2007), Swedish revue director, actress and singer
- [Bo Holmberg](/source/Bo_Holmberg) (1942–2010), Swedish politician, widower of former Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh (1957–2003)
- [Britta Holmberg](/source/Britta_Holmberg) (1921–2004), Swedish film actress
- [Carl Holmberg](/source/Carl_Holmberg) (1884–1909), Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
- [Carl-Erik Holmberg](/source/Carl-Erik_Holmberg), Swedish football player active in the 1920s
- [Cay Holmberg](/source/Cay_Holmberg) (born 1933), Swedish Navy officer
- [Dennis Holmberg](/source/Dennis_Holmberg) (born 1951), American minor league baseball player and major league coach
- [Eduard Ladislas Kaunitz, baron von Holmberg](/source/Eduard_Ladislas_Kaunitz,_baron_von_Holmberg) (1778–1853), Austrian military officer who joined the Argentine revolutionary forces
- [Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg](/source/Eduardo_Ladislao_Holmberg) (1852–1937), Argentine natural historian and novelist
- [Elena Holmberg](/source/Elena_Holmberg) (1931–1978), assassinated Argentine diplomat
- [Erik Holmberg (astronomer)](/source/Erik_Holmberg_(astronomer)) (1908–2000), Swedish astronomer
- [Erik Holmberg (football player)](/source/Erik_Holmberg_(football_player)) (1922–1998), Norwegian football player active in the 1950s
- [Erik Holmberg (singer)](/source/Erik_Holmberg_(singer)) (born 1970), musician in Swedish band Dive and music producer
- Erik Holmberg, director of the [Swedish Institute at Athens](/source/Swedish_Institute_at_Athens) (1947–1948)
- [Gunnar Holmberg](/source/Gunnar_Holmberg) (1897–1975), Swedish football player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
- [Henric Holmberg](/source/Henric_Holmberg) (1946–2026), Swedish actor, director and scriptwriter
- [Henrik Holmberg](/source/Henrik_Holmberg) (born 1963), Swedish curler
- [Henrik Johan Holmberg](/source/Henrik_Johan_Holmberg) or Heinrich Johann Holmberg (1818–1864), Finnish naturalist, geologist and ethnographer
- [Igge Holmberg](/source/Igge_Holmberg) (1966–2020), Ålandic politician
- [John-Henri Holmberg](/source/John-Henri_Holmberg) (born 1949), Swedish author, critic, publisher and translator
- [Joyce Holmberg](/source/Joyce_Holmberg) (1930–2017), American educator and politician
- [Kari Lise Holmberg](/source/Kari_Lise_Holmberg) (born 1951), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
- [Krister Holmberg](/source/Krister_Holmberg) (born 1946), professor of Surface Chemistry at [Chalmers University of Technology](/source/Chalmers_University_of_Technology)
- [N. J. Holmberg](/source/N._J._Holmberg) (1878–1951), American farmer and politician
- [Nils Holmberg](/source/Nils_Holmberg) (1902–1981), communist leader in Sweden
- [Oswald Holmberg](/source/Oswald_Holmberg) (1882–1969), Swedish gymnast and tug of war competitor
- Per Holmberg, passenger, SAS flight captain and survivor of the [Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751](/source/Scandinavian_Airlines_Flight_751) crash
- [Peter Holmberg](/source/Peter_Holmberg) (born 1960), sailor from the U.S. Virgin Islands
- [Pontus Holmberg](/source/Pontus_Holmberg) (born 1999), Swedish ice hockey player
- [Ray Holmberg](/source/Ray_Holmberg) (born 1944), former North Dakota state senator and convicted child sex offender
- [Rob Holmberg](/source/Rob_Holmberg) (born 1971), American football linebacker
- [Rolf Holmberg](/source/Rolf_Holmberg) (1914–1979), Norwegian football player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
- [Ronald Holmberg](/source/Ronald_Holmberg) (born 1938), American tennis instructor

## See also

- [Holmberg IX](/source/Holmberg_IX), a dwarf irregular galaxy and a satellite galaxy of M81
- [3573 Holmberg](/source/3573_Holmberg), a Main-belt asteroid discovered on August 16, 1982

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