given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
that may refer to:
* King Svend
* Svend Aagesen (c.1145–?), Danish historian
* Svend Asmussen (1916–2017), Danish jazz violinist known as "The Fiddling Viking"
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Svend Auken
Svend Gunnarsen Auken (; 24 May 1943 – 4 August 2009) was a Danish politician. He represented the Social Democrats as a member of the Danish parliament (Folketinget) from 1971 until his death.
He was married to journalist and editor Bettina H ...
(1943–2009), Danish politician
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Svend Bayer
Svend Bayer (born 2 January 1946 in Uganda to Danish parents) is a Danish-British studio potter described by Michael Cardew as "easily my best pupil."
Bayer grew up in Tanganyika and discovered pottery whilst studying geography and economics at ...
(born 1946), Ugandan-born Danish/English studio potter
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Svend Bergstein
Svend Bergstein (1941–2014) was a Danish military officer and politician who was the first minister of higher education and science.
Biography
Bergstein was born in Copenhagen on 7 July 1941. He joined the Royal Danish Air Force in 1971. He ...
(1941–2014), Danish military officer and politician
* Svend Bille (1888–1973), Danish stage and film actor
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Svend Borchmann Hersleb
Svend Borchmann Hersleb (7 March 1784 – 12 September 1836) was a Norwegian professor of theology who also served one term in the Norwegian Parliament.
Personal life
He was born in AlstahaugSvend von Düring (1915–1969), Norwegian actor
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Svend Engedal
Svend Robert Husted Engedal (June 23, 1928 - November 6, 2001) was a U.S. soccer goalkeeper. He played on the U.S. soccer team at the 1956 Summer Olympics and earned two caps with the U.S. national team in 1957.
Engedal was born in Denmark, b ...
(1928–2001), Danish-born American soccer goalkeeper
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Svend Foyn
Svend Foyn (July 9, 1809 – November 30, 1894) was a Norwegian whaling, shipping magnate and philanthropist. He pioneered revolutionary methods for hunting and processing whales. Svend Foyn introduced the modern harpoon cannon and brought ...
(1809–1894), Norwegian sailor
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Svend Frømming
Svend Frømming (August 15, 1918 – April 7, 1979) was a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1950 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen.
Frømming also competed ...
(1918–1979), Danish sprint canoer
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Svend Grundtvig
Svend Hersleb Grundtvig (9 September 1824, Copenhagen – 14 July 1883, Frederiksberg) was a Danish literary historian and ethnographer. He was one of the first systematic collectors of Danish traditional music, and he was especially interested ...
(1824–1883), Danish literary historian and ethnographer
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Svend Haugaard
Svend Haugaard (1913–2003), was a Danish politician and party leader. Member of Folketinget for the Social Liberal Party 1964–1979. Agronomist. Headmaster of an agricultural high school. Was part of a leftist oppositional party faction dur ...
(1913–2003), Danish politician
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Svend Erik Hovmand
Svend Erik Hovmand (born 8 December 1945, in Sakskøbing) is former member of Folketinget, the Danish parliament. He was representing the Liberal Party. He was Tax Minister in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I from 27 November 2001 to 2 Augu ...
(born 1945), Danish politician representing the Liberal Party (Former tax minister)
* Svend Jacobsen (1906–1986), Danish fencer and Olympic competitor
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Svend Jakobsen
Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022) was a Danish politician who held different cabinet posts between 1973 and 1981. He was the speaker of the Danish Parliament or Folketing from 1981 to 1989.
Biography
Jakobsen was born in Vendsyssel on 1 November 193 ...
(1935–2022), Danish politician
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Svend Aage Jensby
Svend Aage Jensby (born 10 September 1940) is a Denmark, Danish politician representing the Liberal Party (Denmark), Liberal Party. He was Defence Minister of Denmark, Defence Minister in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I from 27 November 2001 ...
(born 1940), Danish politician representing the Liberal Party (Former defence minister)
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Svend Jensen
Svend Aage Julius Jensen (6 October 1905 - 25 April 1979) was a Danish football (soccer) player, who played 41 games for the Denmark national football team. Born in Copenhagen,
(1905–1979), Danish footballer
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Svend Karlsen
Svend 'Viking' Karlsen (born 6 October 1967) is a Norway, Norwegian former Strongman (strength athlete), strongman, powerlifter, and International Federation of BodyBuilders, IFBB professional bodybuilder. Being a winner of the World's Strongest ...
(born 1967), Norwegian strongman
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Svend Kornbeck
Svend Kornbeck (3 July 1869 – 30 October 1933) was a Danish stage and film actor.
Early life and career
Kornbeck was born in Copenhagen, the son of painter Johan Peter Kornbeck (1837–1894) and his wife Anna Nathalie Kornbeck (''née'' Trolle) ...
(1869–1933), Danish stage and film actor
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Svend-Erik Kristensen
Svend Erik Kristensen (born 24 June 1956) is a retired male long-distance runner from Denmark, who twice represented his native country at the European Athletics Championships during his career: 1982 and 1986. He is a four-time National Marathon ch ...
(born 1956), Danish long-distance runner
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Svend Unmack Larsen
Svend Unmack Larsen (23 September 1893, in Aarhus – 23 March 1965) was a Danish politician for the Social Democratic Party who served as Denmark's Minister of Justice (1939–1940) and was the mayor of Aarhus, Denmark for 13 years (1945 ...
(1893–1965), Danish politician
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Svend Lomholt
Svend Lomholt (18 October 1888 - 17 July 1949) was a Danish veterinarian and dermatologist.
He published a number of journals of his works, in 1924, he published a report at The University Institute for Theoretical Physics and Pathological Institu ...
(1888–1949), Danish veterinarian and dermatologist
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Svend Lund
Svend Otto Lund (born April 1, 1949) is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: Münch ...
(born 1949), Danish handball player and Olympic competitor
* Svend Aage Madsen (born 1939), Danish novelist
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Svend Melsing
Svend Melsing (27 December 1888 – 8 June 1946) was a Denmark, Danish stage and film actor, theatre director and playwright whose career spanned nearly forty years.
Early life
Born Svend Nielsen in Fredericia, Denmark, he was the son of Pede ...
(1888–1946), Danish actor and theatre director
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Svend Methling
Svend Methling (1 October 1891 – 4 June 1977) was a Danish actor and film director.
He was a director for Dansk Skolescene 1924-1929, for Folkescenen 1925 and for Komediehuset 1929-1930. He also worked as a director at the Det Ny Teate ...
(1891–1977), Danish actor and film director
* Svend Munck (1899–1974) Danish fencer and Olympic competitor
* Svend Petersen (1911–1992), Danish-born American author, political researcher and analyst
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Svend Poulsen
Svend Poulsen ( – ), also referred to as Svend Poulsen Gønge ( sv, Svend Gjönge Povlsen) was a Danish-Norwegian military commander in the 17th century, serving in the armies of Christian IV, Frederick III, and Christian V. He fought in t ...
(c. 1610–c. 1680), Danish military commander
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Svend Pri
Svend Pri (earlier Svend Andersen; March 18, 1945 – June 8, 1983) was a Danish badminton player who won numerous major titles from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s.
Career
His play was marked by great power, tenacity, and tactical astute ...
(1945–1983), Danish badminton player
* Svend Rasmussen Svendsen (1864–1945), Norwegian-born American impressionist artist
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Svend Rathsack
Svend Rathsack (8 September 1885 in Fredericia – 14 December 1941 in Frederiksberg) was a Danish sculptor.
Early life
Rathsack studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Danish Academy (1903-1907) under Otto Bache, Frants Henni ...
(1885–1941), Danish sculptor
* Svend Rindom (1884–1960), Danish screenwriter
* Svend Robinson (born 1952), Canadian politician and activist for gay rights
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Svend S. Schultz
Svend Simon Schultz (December 30, 1913 – June 6, 1998) was a Danish composer and conductor. A pupil of Poul Schierbeck.
Notable works
*Bag kulisserne (1949)
*Kaffehuset (1949)
*Solbadet (1949)
*Høst (1950)
*Tordenvejret eller Da Søren blev ...