Famous People with Name Birger

Birger Ivar "Bigge" Holmqvist            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Birger Ivar "Bigge" Holmqvist: was a Swedish ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics.In 1924 he finished fourth with the Swedish team in the first Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament.

Birger Maertens            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Birger Maertens: is a Belgian footballer. He plays at centre back for Heracles Almelo in the Eredivisie and at the international level for the Belgian national team.On 12 October 2005 he collected his first cap for the Belgium national team, in the qualification stages for the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Lithuania (1-1).

Birger Jensen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Birger Jensen: is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played in the goalkeeper position. He most notably played professionally for Belgian club Club Brugge, with whom he reached the 1978 European Cup final. He played 19 matches for the Denmark national football team from 1973 to 1979.

Birger Eyolf Kleven            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Birger Eyolf Kleven: was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player, who played 30 games and scored eight goals for the Denmark national football team from 1930 to 1942. Born in Copenhagen, Kleven played as a midfielder for AB from 1927 to 1944.

Birger Hvirring Larsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Birger Hvirring Larsen: is a Danish former football player who spent his entire career with Boldklubben Frem. He played 12 games for the Denmark national football team, and participated in the 1964 European Championship. After finishing his career Larsen worked in insurance. He is now retired.

Pablo Birger            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Pablo Birger: was an Argentine racing driver who raced in two World Championship Grands Prix for the Gordini team. He raced a Gordini Type 15 in the 1953 Argentine Grand Prix but the car lasted just twenty-one laps. Two years later he again rented a seat with Gordini, this time racing a Type 16, but spun on the first lap and collided with Carlos Menditeguy.

Birgitta Birgersdotter            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Birgitta Birgersdotter: later known as Saint Birgitta, also known as Santa Brigida or St. Bridgid of Sweden and Birgitta of Vadstena (in Swedish commonly as den heliga Birgitta), was a Mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettine Order, after over 20 years of married life before her husband died. Uniquely among saints of the second millennium, she was also the mother of a saint—Saint Catherine of Vadstena of Sweden.