Blom (surname)
Blom is a surname of Scandinavian, German and Dutch origin. Blom is a Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Afrikaans term for bloom or flower. In German and among Ashkenazic Jews it is a variant of Blum meaning flower or bouquet. In Dutch it is a variant of bloem meaning flour or flower. [1]
Notable people named Blom
- Alice Blom (born 1980), Dutch volleyball player
- Anton Blom (1924–2012), Norwegian journalist and author
- August Blom (1869–1947), Danish film director
- Birger Blom-Kalstø (1940–2011), Norwegian politician
- Carl Magnus Blom (1737–1815), Swedish physician and apostle of Linnaeus
- Carl Peter Blom (1762–1818), Swedish sailor
- Christian Blom (1782–1861), Norwegian ship owner and composer
- Christian Theodor Oker-Blom (1822–1900), Finnish general
- Donald Blom (born 1949), American suspected serial killer
- Edward Blom (born 1970), Swedish archivist
- Ellen Blom (born 1979), Norwegian ski mountaineer
- Eric Blom (1888–1959), Swiss-born British music lexicographer of Danish origin
- Frans Blom (1893–1963), Danish explorer and archeologist
- Fredrik Blom (1781–1853), Swedish architect
- Fredrik C. Blom (1893–1970), Norwegian businessperson
- Gertrude Blom (1901–1993), Swiss journalist, anthropologist, photographer
- Gijs Blom (born 1997), Dutch actor
- Gustav Peter Blom (1785–1869), Norwegian politician
- Gustava Kielland née Blom (1800–1889), Norwegian missionary pioneer
- Hans Blom (born 1943), Dutch historian, director of the NIOD
- Hans Jensen Blom (1812–1875), Norwegian politician
- Hans Willem Blom (born 1947), Dutch Professor of Social and Political Philosophy
- Herman Blom (1885–1963), Dutch actor, screenwriter and playwright
- Holger Blom (1906–1996), Swedish architect
- Ida Blom (1931–2016), Norwegian historian
- Ingrid Blom Sheldon (born 1945), U.S. mayor
- Jandré Blom (born 1984), South African rugby union player
- Jasper Blom (born 1965), Dutch jazz saxophonist
- Jyrki Blom (born 1962), Finnish javelin thrower
- Kees Blom (born 1946), Dutch ecologist
- Kenneth Blom (born 1967), Norwegian painter
- Kevin Blom (born 1974), Dutch football referee
- Kimmo Blom (born 1970), Finnish vocalist and stage artist,
- Knut Blom (1916–1996), Norwegian judge
- Laura Betterly-Blom, U.S. Spam Queen
- Louis Blom-Cooper (born 1926), British lawyer and writer
- Maria Blom (born 1971), Swedish film director, dramatist and screenwriter
- Merel Blom (born 1986), Dutch equestrian
- Morné Blom (born 1989), Namibian rugby player
- Otto Blom (1887–1972), Dutch tennis player
- Per Blom (born 1946), Norwegian film director
- Per Blom (born 1949), Norwegian sprint canoer
- Philipp Blom (born 1970), German novelist and historian
- Piet Blom (1934–1999), Dutch architect
- Reinier Blom (1867–1943), Dutch gymnast
- Rens Blom (born 1977), Dutch pole vaulter
- Rolf Blom (fl. 1980s), Swedish cryptographer who developed the Blom's scheme protocol
- Thomas Blom Hansen (born 1958), Danish anthropologist
- Tobbe Blom (born 1975), Swedish magician and television host
- Tommy Blom (born 1947), Swedish singer and radio host
- Tore Blom (1880–1961), Swedish athlete
- Viktor Blom (born 1990), Swedish poker player
See also
- Bloem, short for Bloemfontein
- Blohm
- Blome (disambiguation)
- Bloom (disambiguation)
- Blum (disambiguation)
References
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