Holmberg

Holmberg is a Swedish surname formed from the words holm(e) meaning islet and berg meaning 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 (1907–1991), Swedish author and translator
Anne Holmberg (born 1938), American writer of historical romance novels
Arvid Holmberg (1886–1958), Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
Barbro Holmberg (born 1952), Swedish Social Democratic politician
Birgit Agda Holmberg (1921–2007), Swedish revue director, actress and singer
Bo Holmberg (1942–2010), Swedish politician, widower of former Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh (1957–2003)
Britta Holmberg (1921–2004), Swedish film actress
Carl Holmberg (1884–1909), Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
Carl-Erik Holmberg, Swedish football player active in the 1920s
Cay Holmberg (born 1933), Swedish Navy officer
Dennis Holmberg (born 1951), American minor league baseball player and major league coach
Eduard Ladislas Kaunitz, baron von Holmberg (1778–1853), Austrian military officer who joined the Argentine revolutionary forces
Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1852–1937), Argentine natural historian and novelist
Elena Holmberg (1931–1978), assassinated Argentine diplomat
Erik Holmberg (astronomer) (1908–2000), Swedish astronomer
Erik Holmberg (football player) (1922–1998), Norwegian football player active in the 1950s
Erik Holmberg (singer) (born 1970), musician in Swedish band Dive and music producer
Erik Holmberg, director of the Swedish Institute at Athens (1947–1948)
Gunnar Holmberg (1897–1975), Swedish football player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
Henric Holmberg (born 1946), Swedish actor, director and scriptwriter
Henrik Holmberg (born 1963), Swedish curler
Henrik Johan Holmberg or Heinrich Johann Holmberg (1818–1864), Finnish naturalist, geologist and ethnographer
Igge Holmberg (1966-2020), Ålandic politician
John-Henri Holmberg (born 1949), Swedish author, critic, publisher and translator
Joyce Holmberg (1930-2017), American educator and politician
Kari Lise Holmberg (born 1951), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
Krister Holmberg (born 1946), professor of Surface Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology
N. J. Holmberg (1878-1951), American farmer and politician
Nils Holmberg (1902–1981), communist leader in Sweden
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 crash
Peter Holmberg (born 1960), sailor from the U.S. Virgin Islands
Rob Holmberg (born 1971), American football linebacker
Rolf Holmberg (1914–1979), Norwegian football player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
Ronald Holmberg (born 1938), American tennis instructor
Tobias Holmberg (born 1987), Swedish Bandy midfielder

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