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