Lars is a common male name in

Scandinavian countries Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Swede ...

Origin

''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was borne by several Etruscan kings, and later used as a last name by the Roman Lartia family. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown.

People

Lars (bishop) Lars was the name of the Archbishop of Sweden 1255–1267. Lars is a Swedish form for the Latin name Laurentius, which in English is Lawrence. This was the name Lars used as an archbishop. His birthname is unknown. Lars was recruited from the re ...

, 13th-century Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden * Lars Kristian Abrahamsen (1855–1921), Norwegian politician * Lars Ahlfors (1907–1996), Finnish Fields Medal recipient *

Lars Amble Lars Anders Amble-Næss (10 August 1939 – 20 August 2015) was a Swedish actor and director. Amble was the son of Leif Amble-Næss and Maritta Marke. After finishing theater school in Stockholm, which he attended from 1962 to 1965, he was ...

(1939–2015), Swedish actor and director *

Lars Herminius Aquilinus __NoToC__ Lars Herminius Aquilinus was consul in 448 BC with Titus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus (consul 448). Their year of office was relatively peaceful, as neither consul took sides in the conflict between the patricians and the plebeian ...

, ancient Roman consul *

Lars Bak Lars Ytting Bak (born 16 January 1980) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2019 for the Fakta, , , , and squads. From 2022, Bak will act as team manager for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bac ...

(born 1980), Danish road bicycle racer *

Lars Bak (computer programmer) Lars Bak (born 1965) is a Danish computer programmer. He is known as a JavaScript expert and for his work on virtual machines. He previously worked for Google, having contributed to the Chrome browser by developing the V8 JavaScript engine. P ...

(born 1965), Danish computer programmer *

Lars Bender Lars Bender (; born 27 April 1989) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right back and defensive midfielder. He is the twin brother of Sven Bender. Club career Early career Lars Bender played from 1993 to 1999 in the you ...

(born 1989), German footballer *

Lars Christensen Lars Christensen (6 April 1884 – 10 December 1965) was a Norwegian shipowner and whaling magnate. He was also a philanthropist with a keen interest in the exploration of Antarctica. Career Lars Christensen was born at Sandar in Vestfold, Nor ...

(1884–1965), Norwegian shipowner, whaling magnate and philanthropist *

Lars Magnus Ericsson Lars Magnus Ericsson (; 5 May 1846 – 17 December 1926) was a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson ( incorporated as ''Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson''). Lars Magnus was born in Värmsko ...

(1846–1926), Swedish inventor * Lars Eriksson, several people *

Lars Frederiksen Lars Erik Frederiksen (born Lars Erik Dapello, August 30, 1971) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and ...

(born 1971), American musician *

Lars Frölander Lars Arne Frölander (born 26 May 1974) is a Swedish swimmer. He has competed in six consecutive Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012). Biography Frölander was born in Boden. He grew up in Ornäs in Borlänge Municipality. ...

(born 1974), Swedish swimmer *

Lars Eilebrecht Lars Eilebrecht (born March 1972) is a German software engineer, solutions architect, IT security expert, and Open Source evangelist. He is one of the original developers of the Apache HTTP Server, and co-founder and former Vice President of the ...

(born 1972), German software engineer *

Lars Eller Lars Fosgaard Eller (born 8 May 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Tiger", he was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall in ...

(born 1989), Danish ice hockey player *

Lars Grael Lars Schmidt Grael (born February 9, 1964 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian politician and former professional sailor, having won two Olympic bronze medals (in 1988 and 1996). His brother, Torben Grael, is also a sailor. Together they won t ...

(born 1964), Brazilian sailor *

Lars Gullin Lars Gunnar Victor Gullin (4 May 1928 – 17 May 1976) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist. Career Lars Gullin was born in Visby, Sweden. He was a child prodigy on the accordion. At age thirteen, he played clarinet in a military band and later ...

(1928–1976), Swedish jazz saxophonist *

Lars Haglund Lars Gösta Haglund (born 22 May 1940) is a retired Swedish discus thrower who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1965 he won the discus throw at the Summer Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized ...

(born 1940), Swedish discus thrower *

Lars Peter Hansen Lars Peter Hansen (born 26 October 1952 in Urbana, Illinois) is an American economist. He is the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics, and the Booth School of Business, at the University of Chicago and ...

(born 1952), American economist and Nobel laureate *

Lars Hjortsberg Lars Hjortsberg (22 November 1772 – 8 July 1843) was a Swedish stage actor. He belonged to the pioneer generation of elite actors of the Royal Dramatic Theatre and has, alongside Emilie Högquist, been referred to as the most famous Swedish ...

(1772–1843), Swedish actor * Lars Holte (born 1966), Norwegian trance producer and DJ * Lars Hörmander (1931–2012), Swedish mathematician and Fields Medal recipient * Lars Isacsson (born 1970), Swedish politician *

Lars Iyer Lars Iyer is a British novelist and philosopher of Indian/Danish parentage. He is best known for a trilogy of short novels: ''Spurious'' (2011), ''Dogma'' (2012), and ''Exodus'' (2013), all published by Melville House. Iyer has been shortlisted ...

(born 1970), British novelist and philosopher * Lars Jansson (cartoonist) (1926–2000), Finnish author and cartoonist * Lars Jansson (composer) (born 1951), Swedish jazz pianist and composer * Lars Jonsson (disambiguation), several people * Lars Kleppich (born 1967), Australian sailor *

Lars Knudsen Lars Ramkilde Knudsen (born 21 February 1962) is a Danish researcher in cryptography, particularly interested in the design and analysis of block ciphers, hash functions and message authentication codes (MACs). Academic After some early work in ...

(born 1962), Danish researcher in cryptography * Lars Kragh Andersen (born 1980), Danish activist *

Lars Krutak Lars Krutak (April 14, 1971) is an American anthropologist, photographer, and writer known for his research about tattoo and its cultural background. He produced and hosted the 10-part documentary series ''Tattoo Hunter'' on the Discovery Channe ...

(born 1971), American tattoo anthropologist *

Lars Lagerbäck Lars Edvin "Lasse" Lagerbäck (; born 16 July 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player, who is the technical director of the Iceland national football team. Lagerbäck has managed a number of national teams prior to his current pos ...

(born 1948), Swedish football manager * Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck (born 1963), Swedish musician, better known as Yngwie Malmsteen * Lars Larson (born 1959), American conservative talk radio show host *

Lars Leiro Lars Leiro (13 April 1914 – 22 March 2005) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was born in Haus. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1958, and was re-elected on two occasions. From August to Septe ...

(1914–2005), Norwegian politician * Lars Lindberg Christensen (born 1970), Danish astronomer * Lars Lönnroth (born 1935), Swedish literary scholar * Lars-Erik Lövdén (born 1950), Swedish politician *Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (born 1974), Swedish composer and vocalist of Opeth and Bloodbath *

Lars Mikkelsen Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen (born 6 May 1964) is a Danish actor. He has played Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels Hartmann in the drama series '' The Killing'', Charles Augustus Magnussen in the third series of '' Sherlock'', the Russian ...

(born 1964), Danish actor *

Lars Nootbaar Lars Taylor-Tatsuji Nootbaar ( ja, 榎田達治, ''Enokida Tatsuji'', born September 8, 1997) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). On the international level, he represents ...

(born 1997), American baseball player * Lars Onsager (1903–1976), Norwegian chemist and Nobel laureate * Lars Pensjö, creator of the

LPMud LPMud, abbreviated LP, is a family of MUD server software. Its first instance, the original LPMud game driver, was developed in 1989 by Lars Pensjö (hence the LP in LPMud). LPMud was innovative in its separation of the MUD infrastructure into a ...

software, often referred to in the MUD community solely by his first name *

Lars Petrus Lars Erik Petrus (born 4 November 1960 in Luleå in Sweden) is an accomplished speedcuber. In 1982, he became the national champion of Sweden, and went on to finish fourth overall at the first official Rubik's Cube World Championships held in Bud ...

(born 1960), Swedish Rubik's Cube champion * Lars Porsena, Etruscan king of Clusium * Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964), Prime Minister of Denmark, 2009 to 2011 and 2015 to 2019 * Lars Kristian Relander (1883–1942), Finnish president *

Lars Riedel Lars Peter Riedel (born 28 June 1967, in Zwickau) a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the seventh longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50 m. Riedel began his discus career in the former German Democratic Republic. ...

(born 1967), German discus thrower * Lars Rainer Rüetschi (born 1977), Swiss musician *

Lars Saabye Christensen Lars Saabye Christensen (born 21 September 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian/Danish author. Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland in northern Norway; both places play a major ro ...

(born 1953), Norwegian author * Lars Skalm (born c. 1430), Finnish noble and mayor of Turku * Lars Spuybroek (born 1959), Dutch architect * Lars Stjernkvist (born 1955), Swedish politician and journalist *

Lars Tolumnius Lars Tolumnius ( Etruscan: Larth Tulumnes, d. 437 BC) was the most famous king of the wealthy Etruscan city-state of Veii, roughly ten miles northwest of Rome, best remembered for instigating a war with Rome that ended in a decisive Roman victory ...

(died 437 BC), Etruscan king of Veii * Lars von Trier (born 1956), Danish film director * Lars Ulrich (born 1963), Danish drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica * Lars Unnerstall (born 1990), German footballer *

Lars Vilks Lars Endel Roger Vilks (20 June 1946 – 3 October 2021) was a Swedish visual artist and activist who was known for the controversy surrounding his drawings of Muhammad. He also created the sculptures '' Nimis'' and ''Arx'', made of driftwood a ...

(1946–2021), Swedish artist * Lars Wegendal (born 1949), Swedish politician

Fictional characters

* Lars, the Go Jetters' expert mechanic. * Lars, in the

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim'' and often abbreviated as s'') is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programmed by its in-house ...

television pilot ''

Paid Programming Paid or PAID may refer to: * ''Paid'' (1930 film), an American film starring Joan Crawford * ''Paid'' (2006 film), a Dutch film *''Personality and Individual Differences ''Personality and Individual Differences'' is a peer-reviewed academic jo ...

'' * Lars, in the 1979 film ''

Scavenger Hunt ''Scavenger Hunt'' is a 1979 American comedy film with a large ensemble cast which includes Richard Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Ruth Gordon, Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Richard Mulligan, Tony Rand ...

'', played by

Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, film producer, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of California between 2003 and 2011. ''Time'' ...

* Laramie "Lars" Barriga, a supporting character in the '' Steven Universe'' cartoon series * Lars, in the ''

Star Trek: The Original Series ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew. It later acquired the retronym of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' (''TOS'') to distinguis ...

'' episode ''

The Gamesters of Triskelion "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Margaret Armen and directed by Gene Nelson, it was first broadcast January 5, 1968. In the ep ...

'' * Lars, the unseen husband of Phyllis Lindstrom in '' The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' *

Lars Alexandersson is a fictional character from the ''Tekken'' fighting game franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment. First introduced in the 2008 arcade game '' Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion'', he became the main protagonist in the story mode of ''Tekken 6''. ...

, in the Tekken series * Lars Fillmore, in the animated movie '' Futurama: Bender's Big Score'' * Lars Lindstrom, the lead character of the 2007 film ''

Lars and the Real Girl ''Lars and the Real Girl'' is a 2007 romantic comedy-drama film written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. It stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, and Patricia Clarkson. The film follows Lars (Gosling ...

'', portrayed by Ryan Gosling * Lars Rodriguez, in the '' Rocket Power'' TV series * Lars Umlaut, in the Guitar Hero series * Lars, the main character (a baby polar bear) in the children's book series '' The Little Polar Bear'' by Hans de Beer * Lars, in the 2011 film '' The Thing'', a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name * Lars, in the 2003 film " 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure", a German artist * Lars, a family name in the " Star Wars" film series, a matrimonial branch of the Skywalker family

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