- Was stalked by a man who suffered from severe mental problems. He attempted to kill her by mailing her a book that had been hollowed out and filled with an explosive device. The police intercepted it before she received it. The stalker committed suicide.
- Her favorite housework around the house is washing clothes because that's when a tune usually comes into her head.
- In September 2002, MTV2 ranked her music video Björk: Pagan Poetry (2001) as one of the 20 Most Controversial Videos. It depicts several shots of not only Björk's breasts, but also multiple body piercings on her arms and back.
- Her name is pronounced "Byerk" (rhymes with "jerk"), not "Byork".
- Before she was famous, she worked odd jobs at an antiques shop, a bookstore, a Coca-Cola bottling plant where her job was to check for cleanliness, and a fish factory during the easter break in 1984.
- Some of her favorite movies include Tampopo (1985), Un ange à ma table (1990), Sweetie (1989), and Le tambour (1979).
- She was named the world's most eccentric star in a poll by the BBC in January 2006.
- Received much criticism at the 73rd Annual Academy Awards when she arrived on the red carpet with her now famous "swan dress" which "laid an egg" literally -- a large ostrich-sized egg dropped from under it!
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 36, a daughter named Ísadóra Bjarkardóttir Barney on October 3, 2002. Child's father is her ex-boyfriend, Matthew Barney.
- Wrote the song "Bedtime Story" for Madonna's album Bedtime Stories. Madonna had asked Björk to sing the song with her, but she declined.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 20, a son named Sindri Eldon Thorsson on June 8, 1986. Child's father is her ex-husband Þór Eldon.
- Her 1995 Spike Jonze-directed music video "It's Oh So Quiet" was ranked #50 on VH1's 100 Greatest Videos. The song was originally recorded by singer Betty Hutton in 1951.
- Has gone on record saying she will never make another movie, due to the difficulties she faced making Dancer in the Dark (2000).
- Has been quoted as saying that Story of the Eye by surrealist writer Georges Bataille was her main inspiration and reason behind the broken eggs featured in her Venus as a Boy music video.
- She is a fan of Wu-Tang Clan rapper and producer RZA. The two recorded a track together and RZA even referenced her in his rhymes on "Reunited".
- In February 2006, Björk visited Banda Aceh in Indonesia for two days as a goodwill ambassador to the victims of the 2004 tsunami.
- A short scene of her video "Big Time Sensuality" can be seen in Vanilla Sky (2001) during a vision sequence Tom Cruise has.
- Has a Soprano vocal range and can sing at 3.0 octaves.
- According to an urban legend, the Icelandic government gave her the island of Elliðaey in recognition of her contribution to promoting the country abroad. In fact, the only private property on Elliðaey belongs to a hunting association.
- Director Harmony Korine wrote the lyrics for the song 'Harm of Will' from her album 'Vespertine'.
- Mad TV character Miss Swan (played by Alex Borstein) is partially based on her.
- Ranked #36 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
- In 2002, her mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, went on a short-lived hunger strike to protest the development of an aluminum smelter at Reyðarfjörður, on the Icelandic coast. Reyðarfjörður was the setting of one of her music videos.
- Winner of the 1994 Brit Award for International Female.
- Former boyfriend Stephane Sednaoui directed some of her music videos and live performances.
- Winner of the 2005 Q Inspiration Award.
- Though she has been nominated for a Grammy Award 16 times, she has never won.
- Doppelganger of Tina Chow.
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