Holger is a Scandinavian

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derived from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

name ''Hólmgeirr'', a compound of ''hólmr'' meaning "island", and ''geirr'' meaning "spear". It is most common amongst

Danish people Danes ( da, danskere, ) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural. Danes generally regard t ...

. It is uncommon as a

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, but is found as ''Holkeri'' in Finnish. People with the name include: *

Holger Albrechtsen Holger Albrechtsen (23 June 1906 – 14 August 1992) was a Norwegian hurdler who specialized in the 110 and 400 metre hurdles. He won a bronze medal in 110 metre hurdles and finished fourth in 400 metre hurdles at the 1934 European Championships ...

(1906–1992), Norwegian hurdler *

Holger Badstuber Holger Felix Badstuber (born 13 March 1989) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or left-back. Badstuber made his debut in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich in the 2009–10 season, at the age of 19. He played ne ...

, German footballer *

Holger Behrendt Holger Behrendt (born 29 January 1964 in Schönebeck, Bezirk Magdeburg) is a German gymnast and Olympic champion. Olympics Holger Behrendt competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where he received a gold medal in ''rings ...

, German gymnast and Olympic champion *

Holger Börner Holger Börner (7 February 1931, in Kassel – 2 August 2006, in Kassel) was a German politician of the SPD. He was the 4th Minister President of Hesse from 1976 until 1987. In this position, he served as the 38th President of the Bundesrat ...

(1931–2006), German politician *

Holger Cahill Edgar Holger Cahill (January 13, 1887 – July 8, 1960) was an Icelandic-American curator, writer, and arts administrator who served as the national director of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration during the New Deal in th ...

(1887–1960), American, National Director of the Federal Art Project * Holger Chen, Taiwanese YouTuber *

Holger Crafoord Alf Erik Holger Crafoord (born Lundquist; 25 July 1908 – 21 May 1982) was a Swedish industrialist and patron. He founded Gambro, which developed and commercialized the artificial kidney. He also established the , the proceeds of which fund the C ...

(1908–1982), Swedish industrialist who established the Crafoord Prize *

Holger Czukay Holger Schüring (24 March 1938 – 5 September 2017), known professionally as Holger Czukay (), was a German musician best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. Described as "successfully bridg ngthe gap between pop and the avant-g ...

, German musician *

Holger Drachmann Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (9 October 1846 – 14 January 1908) was a Danish poet, dramatist and painter. He was a member of the Skagen artistic colony and became a figure of the Scandinavian Modern Breakthrough Movement. Early yea ...

(1846–1908), Danish poet and dramatist *

Holger Fach Holger Fach (born 6 September 1962) is a German football manager and former professional player. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he could also pitch in at centre back. Club career Between 1981 and 1998, Fach played 416 Bundesliga games for Fort ...

, German football player and manager * Holger Glandorf, German former professional handballer *

Holger Granström Holger Granström (25 December 1917 in Ruokolahti, Finland – 22 July 1941) was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for KIF. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985. He also played for th ...

(1917–1941), Finnish ice hockey player * Holger Gustafsson, Swedish politician *

Holger Hansen Holger Hansen (1929–2015) was a Danish politician, academic and jurist from Venstre who served as the minister of environment and minister of Greenland in the cabinet of Poul Hartling from 1973 to 1975. Trained as an agronomist, he received ...

(1929–2015), Danish politician and academic *

Holger Juul Hansen Holger Juul Hansen (14 August 1924 – 19 March 2013) was a Danish actor.Holger Henning Vice Admiral Carl Holger Holter Henning (30 July 1905 – 4 February 1981) was a Swedish Navy officer. Henning served as Chief of the Military Office of the Ministry of Defence from 1961 to 1970. Early life Henning was born on 30 July 1905 in ...

(1905–1981), Swedish Navy vice admiral *

Holger Hieronymus Holger Hieronymus (born 22 February 1959) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Born in Hamburg, Hieronymus started his career with local side TuS Hamburg at the age of six and was a promising talent for ...

(born 1959), German football player *

Holger Hiller Holger Hiller (born 26 December 1956) is a German musician. Hiller studied art at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg, where he met Walter Thielsch and Thomas Fehlmann and recorded first works with them. With Fehlmann he later fou ...

, German musician *

Holger Hott Holger Hott, formerly Holger Hott Johansen, (born 8 April 1974) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor who has won two individual long-distance bronze medals in the World Championships in 2004 and 2005. He was part of Norway's relay team that ...

, Norwegian athletic *

Holger Löwenadler Holger Carl Minton Löwenadler (1 April 1904 – 18 June 1977) was a Swedish film actor. He starred in Ingmar Bergman's ''A Ship to India'' (1947). He appeared in ''Divorced'' (1951), which was written by Bergman. Other appearances include ...

(1904–1977), Swedish film actor *

Hólger Matamoros Hólger Eduardo Matamoros Chunga (born January 4, 1985) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for C.D. El Nacional. Club career Club Deportivo Cuenca Matamoros has been playing for Cuenca since 2006. He was part of the squad who participated in ...

(born 1985), Ecuadorian football player *

Holger Bech Nielsen Holger Bech Nielsen (born 25 August 1941) is a Danish theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at the Niels Bohr Institute, at the University of Copenhagen, where he started studying physics in 1961. Work Nielsen has made original contribut ...

, Danish physicist *

Holger K. Nielsen Holger Kirkholm Nielsen, known as Holger K. Nielsen (born 23 April 1950), is a Danes, Danish politician, member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party (Denmark), Socialist People's Party. He was Denmark's Minister for Foreign Affairs ( ...

, Danish politician *

Holger Osieck Holger Osieck (born 31 August 1948) is a German football manager who last managed the Australia national team. Prior to the Australian role, he most recently managed J. League club Urawa Red Diamonds, where he won the 2007 AFC Champions League ...

, German football coach *

Hólger Quiñónez Hólger Abraham Quiñónez Caicedo (born 18 September 1962) is an Ecuadorian retired footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Quiñónez was born in San Carlos, Los Ríos Province. During his 20-year professional career he pla ...

(born 1962), Ecuadorian football player * Holger Romander (1921-2020), Swedish civil servant *

Holger Simon Paulli Holger Simon Paulli (22 February 181023 December 1891) was a Danish conductor and composer. Paulli composed an opera, thirteen ballets, an overture, and pieces for violin and lieder. Biography Paulli was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a st ...

(1810–1891), Danish conductor and composer *

Holger Pedersen (linguist) Holger Pedersen (; 7 April 1867 – 25 October 1953) was a Danish linguist who made significant contributions to language science and wrote about 30 authoritative works concerning several languages. He was born in Gelballe, Denmark, and died in ...

(1867–1953), Danish linguist *

Holger Pedersen (astronomer) Holger Pedersen (born 3 November 1946), Emeritus at the Niels Bohr Institute is a Danish astronomer at the European Southern Observatory. He specialises in gamma-ray bursts, meteorites and minor planets. Asteroids 9266 Holger and 3312 Peders ...

(born 1946), Danish astronomer *

Holger Petersen Holger Petersen, (born 23 November 1949) is a Canadian businessman, record producer and radio broadcaster. He founded the independent roots music record label Stony Plain Records in 1975 with partner Alvin Jahns. The label was sold to True Nor ...

, Canadian businessman, record producer and radio broadcaster * Holger Rasmusen (1894–1983), American politician *

Holger Roed Holger Peter Roed (2 November 1846 – 20 February 1874), was a Danish painter, born in Copenhagen to painter Jørgen Roed and wife Emilie Mathilde. He had a promising artistic career ahead of him when he died at the age of 27. He was one of two ...

(1846–1874), Danish painter * Holger Sundström (born 1925), Swedish sailor *

Holger Thiele Holger Thiele (September 25, 1878 – June 5, 1946) was a Danish American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets. He was the son of Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (1838–1910), the noted Danish astronomer, actuary and mathematician, af ...

(1878–1946), Danish-American astronomer * Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune (born 2003), Danish tennis player

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