Reidun is an
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 for girls and women, mostly given in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. The name Reidun consists of the elements ''Hreiðr'', meaning ''house'' and ''unnr'', sometimes translated as ''to wave''. Another translation for ''unnr'' would be ''elska'', meaning ''to love''. The first part of the name, ''Hreiðr'', can also be translated with ''nest''. With the last 2 translations the name Reidun would refer to a woman who loves her home or nest.
Reidun was most popular as a name in the 1930s and 1940s There are 9195 women in Norway who have Reidunn as their
first name
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. The name Reidun has only rarely been given as a first name in the 21st century. The name is sometimes spelled as Reidunn. In
Sweden
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the name Reidun has become rare, so it is far below the top 100 list of women's names in Sweden.
Given names, women, top 100
Statistikmyndigheten SCB/Swedish statistics agency, published 31st of December 2019, retrieved 6th of January 2021
Notable people called Reidunn
Reidun is a given name for girls and women. Notable people with the given name include:
*Reidun Andersson
Reidun Andersson (26 June 1922 – 25 January 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, s ...
(1922–1992), Norwegian politician
*Reidun Andreassen
Reidun Andreassen (born 15 June 1936) is a Norwegian Labour Party politician. She was a member of the Storting from 1985 to 1989.
Biography
Andreassen was born on 15 June 1936 in Oslo to Arne Throndsen and Agnes Otilie Bakke. She was elected re ...
(born 1936), Norwegian politician
*Reidun Brusletten
Reidun Brusletten (born 29 November 1936 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She served as the first Minister of International Development
An International development minister is a position in many governments ...
(born 1936), Norwegian politician
*Reidun Gravdahl
Reidun Gravdahl, née Engen (born 12 January 1948 in Østre Toten) is a profiled Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Outside politics she worked at Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker from 1978, and became involved in the trade union there. She j ...
(born 1948), Norwegian politician
*Reidun Gunnarson
Reidun Gunnarson is a Norwegian handball player. She played 35 matches for the national handball team from 1989 to 1991, and participated at the 1990 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1990 World Women's Handball Championship took place in ...
, Norwegian handball player
*Reidun Røed Reidun Røed, née Hjartøy (22 March 1921 – 5 April 2009) was a Norwegian resistance member.
She was born in Rjukan, but the family moved to Jar in her youth, and she finished her secondary education at Stabekk Upper Secondary School. She studi ...
(1921–2009), Norwegian resistance member
*Reidun Seth
Reidun Seth (born 9 June 1966) is a Norwegian footballer, world champion and olympic medallist, a football goalkeeper and a goalkeeper trainer.
She debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1984, and played 71 matches for the nat ...
(born 1966), Norwegian footballer
*Reidun Tatham
Reidun Tatham (born March 20, 1978) is a Canadian retired synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Tatham participated on the Canadian team that received a bronze medal in synchronized team at the 2000 Summer ...
(born 1978), Canadian synchronized swimmer
References
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External links
For more information in English about the name Reidun you could read this website:
Reidun on 'Behind the name' website
For more information in Norwegian about the name Reidun you could read this website:
Reidun on 'Store norske leksikon'/Big Norwegian Dictionary
article written by Gulbrand Alhaug from Arctic University in Tromsø
Old Norse personal names