Famous People with Name Rune

Rune Djurhuus            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Rune Djurhuus: is a Norwegian chess player, and the fourth Norwegian International Grandmaster. Djurhuus plays for the "Akademisk" chess club, which is tied to the University of Oslo. Djurhuus is also the chess columnist for Aftenposten and Adresseavisen.

Rune Elmqvist            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Rune Elmqvist: developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958, working under the direction of Åke Senning, senior physician and cardiac surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.In 1948, he developed the first inkjet ECG printer[1] which he called the mingograph while working at Elema-Schönander, a company which later became Siemens-Elema. In 1957 he received an honorary doctorate.In 1960 he became Head of Development at Elema-Schönander. Siemens-Elema's pacemaker operations were sold to the American company Pacesetter Systems in 1994, which was subsequently sold to St Jude Medical.

Rune Stordal            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Rune Stordal: is a Norwegian speed skater.He won the 1500 m at the 2005 World Single Distance Championships. This is his only international championship medal. He has competed for Norway in World Cup races since the 2001 season and has several Norwegian Championship me

Rune Glifberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Rune Glifberg: is a professional skateboarder who currently resides in the Leucadia district of Encinitas, California. Glifberg began skating at age 11 after a friend brought a board over to his house. In the early 1990s, Glifberg turned professional as a vert skater and made the trek across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States.

Rune Ewert Öberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Rune Ewert Öberg: was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.In 1948 he was part of the Swedish team which finished fifth in the water polo tournament. He played six matches.

Johan Ludvig Runeberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Johan Ludvig Runeberg: was a Finnish poet, and is the national poet of Finland. He wrote in the Swedish language.Runeberg studied first in the cities of Vaasa and Oulu, later on at Academy of Åbo, where he befriended Johan Vilhelm Snellman and Zacharias Topelius. His studies co

Johan Runesson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Johan Runesson: is a Swedish orienteering competitor and Junior World Champion.