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n given name. It is derived from the

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name

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, itself probably a diminutive of the prefix ''Agh-'', from the Germanic (meaning ''edge'' or ''fear''). The name Ove is earliest attested in 1434 in

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. Owe is another spelling of the same name, and

Uwe Uwe or UWE may refer to * Uwe (given name) * University of the West of England, Bristol * UML-based web engineering * University Würzburg's Experimental miniaturized satellites for space research UWE-1 and UWE-2 * Uwe - Wreck in Blankenese Blank ...

is the German spelling. The name may refer to the following people: * Ove Andersen (athlete) (1899–1967), Finnish athlete *

Ove Andersson Ove Andersson (3 January 1938 – 11 June 2008), nicknamed ''Påven'' ("the Pope"), was a Swedish rally driver and the first head of Toyota's F1 programme. Early life Andersson was born in Uppsala and grew up on a remote farm. His father bough ...

(1938–2008), Swedish rally driver * Ove Andersson (footballer) (1916–1983), Swedish footballer *

Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes (; born 7 April 1970) is a Norwegian pianist and chamber musician. Andsnes has made several recordings for Virgin and EMI. In 2012, Leif Ove Andsnes has signed to Sony Classical, and recorded for the label the "Beethoven Journe ...

(born 1970), Norwegian pianist * Ove Ansteinsson (1884–1942), Norwegian journalist and author *

Ove Arup Sir Ove Nyquist Arup, CBE, MICE, MIStructE, FCIOB (16 April 1895 – 5 February 1988) was an English engineer who founded Arup Group Limited, a multinational corporation that offers engineering, design, planning, project management, and ...

(1895–1988), Danish engineer *

Ove Aunli Ove Robert Aunli (born 12 March 1956 in Hemne) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He took the Olympic bronze medal in 1980 Lake Placid when Thomas Wassberg beat Juha Mieto by one-hundredth of a second for the gold medal, and won a sil ...

(born 1956), Norwegian cross-country skier * Ove Bang (1895–1942), Norwegian architect * Ove Bengtson (born 1945), Swedish tennis player * Ove Berg (born 1944), Swedish middle-distance runner * Ove H. Berg (1840–1922), American businessman and politician * Stein Ove Berg (1948–2002), Norwegian singer and songwriter * Ove Karl Berthelsen, Greenlandic politician * Ove Alexander Billington (born 1979), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer * Ove Bjelke (1611–1674), Norwegian nobleman and statesman *

Ove Blomberg Ove or OVE may refer to *Ove (given name) *Ové, a surname *Ove Peak in Antarctica *''A Man Called Ove (novel)'', a novel by Fredrik Backman *'' A Man Called Ove'', a 2015 Swedish film based on the novel *Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy (O ...

, Swedish footballer * Ove Christensen (born 1950), Danish Association football manager *

Kent Ove Clausen Kent Ove Clausen (born 7 November 1985) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. He made his World Cup debut in March 2008 in Drammen, and collected his first World Cup points with a 22nd place in Trondheim in March 2009. He has only competed in spri ...

(born 1985), Norwegian cross-country skier *

Ove Dahl Ove Christian Dahl (29 January 186217 September 1940) was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Orkdal. He graduated in philology from the University of Kristiania in 1886, and then worked as a teacher. His interests eventually turned towards bot ...

(1862–1940), Norwegian botanist *

Ove Dalsheim Ove Dalsheim (born 12 May 1944) is a Norwegian trade unionist and politician. He started his career in the Norwegian State Railways in 1961, and held his first post in the Norwegian Union of Railway Workers in 1967. In October 1992 he succeeded ...

(born 1944), Norwegian trade unionist and politician *

Sten Ove Eike Sten Ove Eike (born 8 October 1981) is a former Norwegian football forward, who played for Haugesund most of his career. Career Eike was born in Skudenes, and played for the local club Skudenes UIL before he joined Haugesund in 2004. Eike suffer ...

(born 1982), Norwegian footballer *

Ove Emanuelsson Ove Emanuelsson (24 May 1941 – 19 June 2021) was a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the 1960s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the C-1 1000 m event in Italy during the 1960 Summer Olympics ...

(born 1941), Swedish canoer *

Ove Ericsson Ove Ericsson was a Swedish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian ...

, Swedish footballer *

Ove Frederiksen Ove Frederiksen (22 August 1884 – 24 May 1966) was a Danish tennis player. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ...

(1884–1966), Danish tennis player *

Ove Fundin Ove Fundin (born 23 May 1933) is a Swedish former professional motorcycle speedway rider. He competed in the Speedway World Championships from 1951 to 1970. Fundin is notable for winning the Speedway World Champ ...

(born 1933), Swedish speedway rider *

Ove Gjedde Ove Gjedde (27 December 1594 – 19 December 1660) was a Danish nobleman and Admiral of the Realm (''Rigsadmiral''). He established the Danish colony at Tharangambadi (Danish: ''Trankebar'') and constructed Fort Dansborg as the base for Da ...

(1594–1660), Danish admiral *

Ove Grahn Jan-Olof "Ove" Grahn (9 May 1943 – 11 July 2007) was a Swedish professional football player who played as a striker. He represented IF Elfsborg, Grasshoppers, Lausanne Sports, and Örgryte IS during a career that spanned between 1960 and 197 ...

(1943–2007), Swedish footballer *

Ove Guldberg Ove Guldberg (2 December 1918 – 28 February 2008) was a Danish engineer, businessman and politician from Venstre who served as the minister of public works from 1968 to 1971 and minister of foreign affairs from 1973 to 1975. Early life and ...

(1918–2008), Danish politician * Kjell Ove Hauge (born 1969), Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower *

Ove Arbo Høeg Ove Fredrik Arbo Høeg (25 November 1898 – 7 July 1993) was a Norwegian botanist. Personal life Høeg was born in Larvik as a son of consul Thomas Arbo Høeg (1852–1930) and Sigrid Bugge (1862–1945). His first marriage was to physician ...

(1898–1993), Norwegian botanist *

Ove Høegh-Guldberg Ove Høegh-Guldberg (born ''Guldberg''; 1 September 1731 – 7 February 1808) was a Danish statesman, historian, and ''de facto'' prime minister of Denmark during the reign of the mentally unstable King Christian VII. Biography Guldber ...

(1731–1808), Danish politician * Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (born 1959), Australian biologist * Hans Ove Hansen (1904–1994), Saskatchewan farmer and politician *

Ove Verner Hansen Ove Verner Hansen (20 July 1932 – 20 February 2016) was a Danish opera singer and actor. He played the character, "Bøffen" (or "Biffen" in Norwegian, literally meaning "the steak" in both languages) in 16 of the ''Olsen-banden''-movies (11 d ...

(1932–2016), Danish opera singer and actor *

Sven Ove Hansson Sven Ove Hansson (born 1951) is a Swedish philosopher. He is a professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy and History of Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. He is an author and scientif ...

(born 1951), Swedish professor of philosophy and author * Nils Ove Hellvik (born 1962), Norwegian footballer * Ove Bjelke Holtermann (1852–1936), Norwegian architect * Ove König (1950–2020), Swedish speed skater * Ove Jensen (1919–2011), Danish footballer *

Ove Jensen (cyclist) Ove Jensen (born 3 September 1947) is a former Danish cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich ...

(born 1947), Danish cyclist *

Poul Ove Jensen Poul Ove Jensen (born 10 March 1937) is a Danish architect. He is the director of the bridge department at Dissing+Weitling. He was responsible for the design of over 200 bridges in 30 countries. Biography Poul Ove Jensen was born on 10 March 1937 ...

(born 1937), Danish architect *

Ove Joensen Ove Joensen (3 December 1948 – 26 November 1987The date of the recovery of his body, and as shown on his grave marker) was a Faroese seaman and adventurer, the first to row from the Faroe Islands to Denmark. Early life Ove Joensen, born in 194 ...

(1948–1987), Faeroese seaman * Ove Johansson (born 1948), Swedish player of American football * Ove Jørstad (1970–2008), Norwegian footballer * Ove Juul (1615–1686), Danish nobleman *

Truls Ove Karlsen Truls Ove Karlsen (born 25 April 1975 in Oslo) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. He made his Alpine Skiing World Cup debut in Sölden in 2001. He made a total of 143 World Cup starts, finishing third in a slalom in Sestriere in December 2002 an ...

(born 1975), Norwegian skier * Ove Karlsson (footballer) (1915–1982), Swedish footballer *

Ove Karlsson (sports journalist) Ove Karlsson (approximately "oo-vay kahwl-son", born 25 April 1944, died 24 April 2021) was a sports journalist and Olympic historian from Sweden. He was working as a journalist for more than 50 years. Since the 1970s, he was also involved in the Sw ...

(born 1944), Swedish journalist, member of the ISOH * Ove Karlsson (ice hockey) (born 1950), Swedish ice hockey player *

Ove Kindvall Bengt Ove Kindvall (born 16 May 1943) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in 1966 and became professional. The same year, he w ...

(born 1943), Swedish footballer * Ove Kinnmark (1944–2015), Swedish chess master * Ove Christian Charlot Klykken (1862–??), Norwegian politician *

Karl Ove Knausgård Karl Ove Knausgård (; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for six autobiographical novels, titled ''My Struggle'' (''Min Kamp''). Since the completion of the ''My Struggle'' series in 2011, he has also publis ...

(born 1968), Norwegian author * Geir Ove Kvalheim (born 1970), Norwegian film producer, director, actor and writer * Ove Lemicka (born 1961), Norwegian politician *

Ove Lestander Ove Lestander (born 23 July 1941) was a former Swedish cross-country skiing who scored international successes in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Champions ...

(born 1941), Swedish cross country skier *

Ove Liavaag Ove Liavaag (29 May 1938 - 19 December 2007) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was the director of the Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration from 1989 to 2000. Prior to this he was technical director of the same organization from 1981. He was a ...

(1938–2007), Norwegian civil servant *

Ove Ljung Lieutenant General Per-Ove Poul Ljung (18 May 1918 – 31 May 1997) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include Chief of the Army Staff and the General Staff Corps, Master-General of the Ordnance, head of the Royal Swedish Army Materi ...

(1918–1997), Swedish Army lieutenant general * Per-Ove Ludvigsen (born 1966), Norwegian footballer * Ove Lundell (1930–2001), Swedish motocross racer * Ove Malmberg (born 1933), Swedish ice hockey player * Ove Gjerløw Meyer (1742–1790), Norwegian writer and jurist * Niels-Ove Mikkelsen (born 1937), Danish sports shooter * Lars Ove Moen (born 1959), Norwegian race walker * Ove Molin (born 1971), Swedish ice hockey player * Ove Nilsson (1918–2010), Swedish footballer * Ove Nylén (born 1959), Swedish Olympic swimmer *

Ove Ødegaard Ove Ødegaard (11 April 1931 – 15 November 1964) was a Norwegian footballer. He made his international debut for Norway on 10 June 1952, playing a 1–2 loss to neighbours Finland at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo. He was a standby player for the ...

(1931–1964), Norwegian footballer * Jan-Ove Palmberg (born 1943), Swedish engineering professor *

Ove Paulsen Ove Vilhelm Paulsen (22 March 1874 – 29 April 1947) was a Danish botanist. Biography Paulsen was born at Aarhus, Denmark. He studied at the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugen Warming (1841-1924). Paulsen was a keeper at the Bot ...

(1874–1947), Danish botanist * Jan Ove Pedersen (born 1968), Norwegian football coach and player * Bent-Ove Pedersen (born 1967), Norwegian tennis player *

Svend Ove Pedersen Svend Ove Pedersen (31 October 1920 – 3 August 2009) was a Danish rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games o ...

(1920–2009), Danish rower * Ove Pihl (born 1938), Swedish art director, book publisher and graphic designer * Sten-Ove Ramberg (born 1955), Swedish footballer * Ove Rainer (1925–1987), Swedish politician *

Ove Krogh Rants Ove Krogh Rants (born 14 August 1926) is a Danish cyclist. He competed in the men's sprint event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the ...

(born 1925), Danish cyclist *

Ove Rode Ove Rode (31 August 1867 – 11 July 1933) was a Danish politician, writer, newspaper editor and Minister of Interior Affairs for Det Radikale Venstre. Biography As a young journalist, Rode was editor of his own newspaper, ''København'', ...

(1867–1933), Danish politician and newspaper editor *

Ove Røsbak Ove Røsbak (born 5 August 1959) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, children's writer and biographer. He made his literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection ''Lævandes dikt''. He has written biographies on Alf Prøysen Alf Prøysen ( ...

(born 1959), Norwegian writer *

Ove Rud Ove Rud (16 December 1923 – 21 September 2007) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 21 films between 1950 and 2000. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark. Filmography * '' Blinkende lygter'' (2000) * '' Skytten'' (197 ...

(1923–2007), Danish actor * Ove Rullestad (born 1940), Norwegian politician * Stig Ove Sandnes (born 1970), Norwegian sports official *

Ove Sellberg Ove Bertil Sellberg (born 15 October 1959) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour. He was the first Swede to win a European Tour event. Amateur career Sellberg was born in Stockholm and began playing golf, 10 years ol ...

(born 1959), Swedish golfer * Ove Skåra (born 1961), Norwegian civil servant * Ove Skaug (1912–2005), Norwegian engineer and civil servant *

Ove Sprogøe Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor. Life Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe Petersen. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. O ...

(1919–2004), Danish actor * Kai Ove Stokkeland (born 1978), Norwegian footballer * Svein Ove Strømmen (1949–2010), Norwegian businessperson * Sven-Ove Svensson (1922–1987), Swedish footballer * Ove Thorsheim (born 1949), Norwegian diplomat * Ove Bernt Trellevik (born 1965), Norwegian politician * Ove-Erik Tronvoll (born 1972), Norwegian skier *

Ove Vanebo Ove André Vanebo (born 2 May 1983) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. From 2008 to 2012 he was the chairman of the Youth of the Progress Party, the youth wing of the Progress Party. He served as a deputy representative to the N ...

(born 1983), Norwegian politician * Ove von Spaeth (born 1938), Danish writer, designer and scholar *

Jan-Ove Waldner Jan-Ove Waldner (; born 3 October 1965),Jan-Ove Waldner profile.'' Swedish Table Tennis Federation in Sweden commonly ''J-O Waldner'' (, is a Swedish former table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis."Bishop, G. ...

(born 1965), Swedish table tennis player * Per Ove Width (born 1939), Norwegian politician

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