Bamse
[ˈbɑːm.sə]Meaning
a Swedish given name, recorded as rare and masculine
Background Story
Bamse is recorded as a rare masculine given name in Swedish. The word is also the name of the title character in the Swedish children's cartoon Bamse – Världens starkaste björn, created by Rune Andréasson, which began as television short films and a weekly Sunday strip in 1966.
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