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Svarta Bjorn

Norwegian railroad cook (1878–1900)

  • Fame48.2
  • Momentum9.6
  • Chefs rank#141
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  • Fame48.2
  • Momentum9.6
  • Chefs rank#141
  • Wikipedia1.3K
Lived 1878–1900, aged 22Norway
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  • Era
    1878–1900
    Aged 22
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Updated 2026-07-21

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.

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48.2
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Momentum9.6
Historical6.4
Now attention28.9
Source confidence40.0
Completeness70.0
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