Ludvig is a
Scandinavia
Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion#Europe, subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, ...
n given name, the equivalent of English ''Lewis'' or ''Louis''. People with the name include:
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Ludvig Almqvist
Ludvig Teodor Almqvist (4 January 1818 in Gränna, Sweden – August 26, 1884, on the island of Selaön), a Sweden, Swedish politician, was the son of Sven Johan Almqvist, vicar and priest.
He served as the Minister for Civil Service Affairs ...
, Swedish politician
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Ludvig Aubert
Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert (22 November 1838 – 5 February 1896) was a Norwegian professor, jurist and government official.
Biography
Aubert was born at Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of professor Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aube ...
, Norwegian Minister of Justice
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Ludvig Bødtcher
Ludvig Adolph Bødtcher (22 April 17931 October 1874) was a Danish lyric poet.
He was born and died in Copenhagen. Thanks to an inheritance, he lived in Italy from 1824 for about ten years, where he acted as confidant and guide to the Danish writ ...
, Danish lyric poet
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Ludvig G. Braathen
Ludvig Gustav Braathen (17 March 1891 – 27 December 1976) was a Norwegian entrepreneur that founded the shipping company Ludvig G. Braathens Rederi and the airline Braathens SAFE. He was CEO of both companies until his death.
Biography
Braath ...
, Norwegian shipping magnate and founder of the Braathens airline
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Ludvig Daae (disambiguation) Ludvig Daae may refer to:
* Ludvig Daae (priest) (1723–1786), Norwegian priest and landowner
*Ludvig Kristensen Daa (1809–1877), Norwegian historian and politician
*Ludvig Daae (politician) (1829–1893), Norwegian politician
*Ludvig Ludvigsen ...
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Ludvig Engsund
Ludvig Engsund (born March 16, 1993) is a Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing with Rögle BK of the Swedish Swedish Hockey League
The Swedish Hockey League (officially SHL; sv, Svenska Hockeyligan) is a professional ice ho ...
(born 1993), Swedish ice hockey goaltender
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Ludvig Faddeev
Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev (also ''Ludwig Dmitriyevich''; russian: Лю́двиг Дми́триевич Фадде́ев; 23 March 1934 – 26 February 2017) was a Soviet and Russian mathematical physicist. He is known for the discovery of the ...
, Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician
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Ludvig Gade
Ludvig Gade born in (16 April 1823 in Copenhagen–7 April 1897 in Copenhagen) was a Danish dancer and mime. Ludvig Gade was Director of Royal Danish Ballet 1877–1890 .
Gade came early into the Royal Danish Theater school . He stood as a balle ...
, Director of
Royal Danish Ballet
The Royal Danish Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Danish Theatre in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world and originates from 1748, when the Ro ...
1877–1890
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Ludvig Hammarskiöld
Lieutenant General Peder Adolf Ludvig Regnell Hammarskiöld (26 June 1869 – 4 July 1958) was a Swedish Army officer. Hammarskiöld's senior commands include commanding officer of the 2nd Army Division and the Eastern Army Division, the position ...
, Swedish officer and military historian
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Ludvig Hektoen
Ludvig Hektoen (July 2, 1863 – July 5, 1951) was an American pathologist known for his work in the fields of pathology, microbiology and immunology. Hektoen was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences in 1918, and served as president of ...
, American pathologist
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Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian dual monarchy. He was influenced by Humanism, ...
, Danish-Norwegian writer and playwright
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Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman Holstein, Count, Greve til Holsteinborg (18 July 1815 – 28 April 1892), was a Danish politician, landowner and noble. He was Council President of Denmark from 28 May 1870 to 14 July 1874 (4 years, 1 month, 16 da ...
, Danish politician
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Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Johan Ludvig Carl Christian Tido Holstein (10 June 1839 – 1 March 1912), was a Danish politician who was Minister of State of Denmark. He was Council President of Denmark for two months, from 16 August to 28 October 1909. He also served as ...
, Danish politician
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Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (15 January 1872 – 25 November 1907) was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland.
Literary expedition
With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen Mylius-E ...
, Danish explorer
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Ludvig Nobel
Ludvig Immanuel Nobel ( ; russian: Лю́двиг Эммануи́лович Нобе́ль, Ljúdvig Emmanuílovich Nobél’; sv, Ludvig Emmanuel Nobel ; 27 July 1831 – 12 April 1888) was a Swedish-Russian engineer, a noted businessman and a ...
, Swedish engineer, businessman and humanitarian
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Ludvig Schytte
Ludvig Schytte (28 April 1848 in Aarhus – 10 November 1909 in Berlin) was a Danish composer, pianist, and teacher.
Born in Aarhus, Denmark, Schytte originally trained as a pharmacist. He studied with Niels Gade and Edmund Neupert. In 1884, he t ...
, Danish composer, pianist, and teacher
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Ludvig Strigeus
Ludvig "Ludde" Strigeus (born January 1981) is a Swedish programmer, best known for developing software such as the BitTorrent client μTorrent, '' OpenTTD'', and Spotify.
Early life and education
Strigeus was born in January 1981, and he gradu ...
, Swedish programmer
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