What is "bjelke"

Bjelke may refer to:

• Bjelke (Dano-Norwegian family)
• Bjelke-Petersen, the name of an Australian family of both Danish and Swedish descent
• Bjelke-Petersen Dam, built 1984–1988, creating the lake called "Barambah" after the original property in the region
• Flo Bjelke-Petersen (born 1920), Lady Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician
• Jens Tillufssøn Bjelke, Danish-Norwegian nobleman and a feudal lord of Jemtland, Norway
• Joh Bjelke-Petersen KCMG (1911–2005), New Zealand-born Australian politician
• Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen, significant court case in the High Court of Australia
• Marie Bjelke Petersen (1874–1969), Danish-born Australian novelist and physical culture teacher

See also Bielke.

Bjelke, also spelled Bielke, was a Danish and Norwegian noble family, known since the mid-15th century and extinct in 1868.