Holmberg

Holmberg is primarily a Scandinavian 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.

Holmberg may refer to:

• Holmberg IX, a dwarf irregular galaxy and a satellite galaxy of M81
• 3573 Holmberg, a Main-belt asteroid discovered on August 16, 1982
• Åke Holmberg (1907–1991), a Swedish author and translator
• Anne Holmberg (born 1938), an American writer of historical romance novels
• Arvid Holmberg (1886–1958), a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Barbro Holmberg (born 1952), a Swedish Social Democratic politician
• Birgit Agda Holmberg (born 1921), a Swedish revue director, actress and singer
• Bo Holmberg (1942–2010), a Swedish politician, widower of former Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh (1957–2003).
• Brett Holmberg (born 1986), a Canadian ice hockey player
• Britta Holmberg (1921–2004), a Swedish film actress
• Carl Holmberg (1884–1909), a Swedish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Carl-Erik Holmberg, a Swedish football player active in the 1920s
• Dennis Holmberg (born 1951), a former American minor league baseball player and major league coach
• Eduard Ladislas Kaunitz, baron von Holmberg (1778–1853), an Austrian military officer who joined the Argentine revolutionary forces
• Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1852–1937), an Argentine natural historian and novelist
• Erik Holmberg may refer to :
  • Erik Holmberg (astronomer) (1908–2000), a Swedish astronomer
  • Erik Holmberg (football player) (1922–1998), a former Norwegian football player active in the 1950s
  • Erik Holmberg (ice hockey) (born 1963), a Swedish ice hockey player active in the 1980s
  • Erik Holmberg (singer) (born 1970), a musician in Swedish band Dive and music producer
  • a director of the Swedish Institute at Athens (1947–1948)
• Gunnar Holmberg (1897–1975), a Swedish football player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Henric Holmberg (born 1946), a Swedish actor, director and scriptwriter
• Henrik Johan Holmberg or Heinrich Johann Holmberg (1818–1864), a Finnish naturalist, geologist and ethnographer
• John-Henri Holmberg (born 1949), a Swedish author, critic, publisher and translator
• Kari Lise Holmberg (born 1951), a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
• Molle Holmberg (born 1978), a Swedish celebrity, reality show participant and musician
• Nils Holmberg (1902–1981), a communist leader in Sweden
• Oswald Holmberg (1882–1969), a Swedish gymnast and tug of war competitor
• Pelle Holmberg (born 1948), a Swedish biologist and writer
• Per Holmberg may refer to :
  • a passenger, SAS flight captain and survivor of the Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 crash
  • Per Holmberg (actor) (born 1951), a Swedish actor
  • Per Holmberg (football player), a football player
• Peter Holmberg (born 1960), a sailor from the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Rob Holmberg (born 1971), a former American football linebacker
• Rolf Holmberg (1914–1979), a Norwegian football player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Ronald Holmberg (born 1938), an American tennis instructor
• Tobias Holmberg (born 1987), a Swedish Bandy midfielder
• Uno Holmberg-Harva (1882–1949), a Finnish Protestant theologist, religions historian, ethnographer and ethnosociologist
• Dylan Holmberg (born 1992), a Canadian small time musician, luthier, and fine woodworker