Vagn
Vagn (Danish: [ˈvɑwn]) is an Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'vehicle; wagon, wain'. It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson.
The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the name on record being Vagn Ekman (1874-1954), a Swedish oceanographer.[1] The name became popular in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s.[2] Other people called Vagn include:
- Vagn Bennike (1888–1970), Danish resistance fighter during World War II
- Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996), Danish composer.
- Vagn Hovard (1914–1998), Danish field hockey player
- Vagn Jørgensen (fl. 1930s), Danish sprint canoeist
- Vagn F. Flyger (1922–2006), Danish-American wildlife biologist
- Vagn Schmidt (b. 1935), Danish sprint canoeist
- Vagn Nielsen (b. 1943), Danish handball player
Related terms
- Vaghn, Vaughn (disambiguation), Vaughan, Wagn, Waghn
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Vagn
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