# Svarta Bjorn

> Anna Rebecka Hofstad was a Norwegian cook. She was known in history as Svarta Bjorn, Svarta Bjørn (Norwegian), and Svarta Björn (Swedish). She was active as a canteen cook for the railway navvies (workers) during the construction of the Iron Ore Line between Kiruna and Narvik in 1899–1901. She has been treated as a local legend in the history of the area and became the object of fiction.

*Norwegian railroad cook (1878–1900)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Chef
- **Category:** Chefs
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 1878-04-07
- **Died:** 1900-09-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 28.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #141

## Sources
- [Svarta Björn](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svarta_Bj%C3%B6rn)
- [Svarta Bjørn](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svarta_Bj%C3%B8rn)
- [Svarta Bjorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svarta_Bjorn)
- [اسوارته بیورن](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%87_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86)
- [Svarta Bjørn](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svarta_Bj%C3%B8rn)
- [Svarta Björn](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svarta_Bj%C3%B6rn)
- [Svarta Bjørn](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svarta_Bj%C3%B8rn)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1776709)

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