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Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛːra ˈpjœr̥k ˈθouːr̥halsˌtouhtɪr̥]; born 29 March 1972) is an Icelandic singer.She is known for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Je ne sais quoi", where she finished 19th, and at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival 2013 with the song "Because You Can", where she won in the ...
Björk, Björck, Biörck, or Bjork is a Swedish surname meaning birch. It is also an Icelandic name given to girls, meaning birch, specifically the most common native tree of Iceland, Betula pubescens tortuosa (Arctic downy birch). Notable people with the name include Given name. Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 1965), Icelandic singer
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
"Scared of Heights" (Icelandic: Við förum hærra [ˈvɪːð ˈfœːrʏm ˈhairːa]; transl. "We Go Higher") is a song by Icelandic singer Hera Björk, written by Ferras Alqaisi, Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir, Jaro Omar and Michael Burek.
In promotion of her latest two albums, 2017's Utopia and 2022's Fossora, Björk performed the Cornucopia show from 2019 through 2023.The ambitious production — "a monster to travel with," she ...
"Je ne sais quoi" is an Icelandic eurodance song composed by Örlygur Smári and Hera Björk and performed by Hera Björk, and was the Icelandic entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Oslo, Norway on 25, 27 and 29 May 2010. The performance took place in the first semi-final on 25 May and was performed again in the final, four days ...
Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal).
Hera, full name Hera Hjartardóttir, an Icelandic/New Zealand singer-songwriter Hera Björk (born 1972), Icelandic singer Hera Hoffer, an American drag queen best known under the stage name Jinkx Monsoon