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Birk Borkason is a character in Astrid Lindgren's 'Ronia, the Robber's Daughter' (1981). He was originally named Bork before Lindgren realized that it was too easily confused with his father's name (Borka) and thus changed to Birk.
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Birk
-- their source: Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronia,_the_Robber%27s_Daughter
https://www.astridlindgren.com/sv/karaktarerna/ronja/varifran-kommer-namnen-i-ronja-rovardotter
(in Swedish) "Where does the names in Ronia the Robber's daughter come from?"
(Information from name #20395 originally submitted by user CSwe)
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https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Birk -- their source: Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronia,_the_Robber%27s_Daughter
https://www.astridlindgren.com/sv/karaktarerna/ronja/varifran-kommer-namnen-i-ronja-rovardotter (in Swedish) "Where does the names in Ronia the Robber's daughter come from?"
(Information from name #20395 originally submitted by user CSwe)