Orvar or Örvar is a
Nordic male given name, which means "
arrow
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" in
Old Norse
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.
[''Behind the Name'']
"Given Name Orvar"
Retrieved on 12 January 2016. Örvar-Oddr
Örvar-Oddr ( non, Ǫrvar-Oddr , "Arrow-Odd" or "Arrow's Point") is a legendary hero about whom an anonymous Icelander wrote a ''fornaldarsaga'' in the latter part of the 13th century. ''Örvar-Odds saga'', the Saga of Örvar-Odd, became very popul ...
("arrow's point") is a legendary hero in a 13th-century Icelandic saga. The name may refer to:
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Orvar Bergmark
Orvar Bergmark (16 November 1930 – 10 May 2004) was a Swedish football defender, manager and bandy player. He was the second Swedish national manager ever, and managed to qualify the Swedish national football team for the FIFA World Cup ...
(1930–2004), Swedish football player and manager
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Orvar Jönsson
Orvar Jönsson (born 5 September 1950) is a Swedish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known ...
(born 1950), Swedish fencer
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Orvar Lindwall
Lars Orvar Martin Lindwall (also ''Orwar''; born 10 August 1941) is a Swedish épée fencer who won two team medals at the 1961 and 1962 Fencing World Championships. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and finished fifth with ...
(born 1941), Swedish fencer
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Orvar Säfström
Orvar Säfström (born 18 February 1974) is a Swedish musician and writer, and former film reviewer and video game journalist. Together with Emma Gray, he hosted '' Filmkrönikan'' on the Swedish television network SVT from 2003 to 2006. Before ...
(born 1974), Swedish film critic
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Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason
Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (born 1977) is a founding member of Icelandic experimental band múm, and has been a part-time member of other Icelandic bands such as Benni Hemm Hemm, Singapore Sling, Slowblow, Andhéri, Skakkamanage, FM Be ...
(born 1977), Icelandic musician
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Orvar Trolle
Nils Orvar Trolle (4 April 1900 – 7 March 1971) was a Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
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(1900–1971), Swedish swimmer
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Scandinavian masculine given names
Swedish masculine given names