Jørgen
Jørgen is a Scandinavian male given name .
Origin and meaning
Jørgen is the Danish and Norwegian form of Jürgen , a subsidiary of the Greek name Georg . For the original origin and meaning of the name see here . A short form of the name is Jørn ; as patronymic educated family name occurs Jørgensen on.
Name bearer
- Jørgen Bentzon (1897–1951), Danish composer
- Jørgen Bo (1919–1999), Danish architect
- Bård Jørgen Elden (* 1968), Norwegian Nordic combined skier
- Jørgen Emborg (* 1953), Danish jazz pianist, keyboard player and composer
- Jørgen Pedersen Gram (1850-1916), Danish mathematician
- Jørgen Frantz Hammershaimb (1767–1820), Faroese lawyer
- Jørgen Peder Hansen (1923–1994), Danish Minister and Member of the Folketing
- Johan Jørgen Holst (1937–1994), Norwegian politician
- Jørgen Ingmann (1925–2015), Danish guitarist
- Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen (1900–1938), Faroese writer
- Jørgen Grunnet Jepsen (1927–1981), Danish journalist and jazz author
- Jørgen Jørgensen (politician) (1891–1963), Danish conservative politician
- Jørgen Jürgensen (1780–1841), Danish adventurer
- Jørgen Juve (1906–1983), Norwegian football player
- Nils Jørgen Kaalstad (* 1979), Norwegian actor
- Jørgen Kosmo (1947–2017), Norwegian politician
- Jørgen Landt (≈1751–1804), Danish pastor, botanist and Faroe Islands researcher
- Jørgen Leth (* 1937), Danish filmmaker and poet
- Jørgen Løvland (1848–1922), Norwegian liberal politician
- Jørgen Moe (1813–1882), Norwegian writer and clergyman
- Jørgen Peter Müller (1866–1938), Danish athlete and gymnastics teacher
- Ole-Jørgen Nilsen (1936–2008), Norwegian actor and theater manager
- Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen (1878–1964), Danish engineer and industrialist
- Jørgen Rostrup (* 1978), Norwegian orienteer
- Jørgen Stubberud (1883–1980), Norwegian polar explorer
- Jørgen Herman Vogt (1784–1862), Norwegian lawyer, civil servant and politician
family name
- Elna Jørgen-Jensen (1890–1969), Danish ballet dancer and choreographer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jørgen on www.behindthename.com (English)