Trygve is a masculine given name most common in
Norway. Trygve is derived from the Old Norse ''tryggr'', meaning "true, trustworthy",
Behind the Name: Trygve
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'' treowe'', Old High German ''triuwe''. Gothic has ''triggws''.
The Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse form of the name is Tryggvi, e.g. Tryggve Olafsson.
There are 5,951 people with the forename Trygve in Norway in 2009, declining to 5,432 in November 2015.
The following people share the forename Trygve:
* Trygve Bendiksby
Trygve Bendiksby (1907–1992) was a Norwegian judge.
He was born in Modum of farmer roots. He finished his secondary education in 1925, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1930. From 1933 he worked as a deputy judge in Nordmøre, and from ...
(1907–1992), Norwegian judge
* Trygve Berge (born 1932), Norwegian Olympic downhill skier
* Trygve Bjørgo
Trygve Bjørgo (5 January 1916 – 2 March 1997) was a Norwegian educator and lyricist.
Biography
He was born in Nord-Aurdal, Norway.
He attended Valdres People's College and Grimeland School in Oslo. He took a linguistic diploma with Norweg ...
(1916–1997), Norwegian poet and educator
* Trygve Bornø
Trygve Bornø (born 2 February 1942) is a retired Norwegian international footballer.
Active career
His career began in Harstad IL, but he made his name with Skeid where he played 419 matches between 1964 and 1978.
VG awarded him the Player o ...
(born 1942), Norwegian footballer
* Trygve Braarud (1903–1985), Norwegian botanist
* Trygve Bratteli (1910–1984), Norwegian Prime Minister
* Trygve Brodahl (1905–1996), Norwegian cross-country skier
* Trygve Brudevold (1920–2021), Norwegian bobsledder
* Trygve Bruvik (born 1952), Norwegian engineer
* Trygve Bull (1905–1999), Norwegian lecturer and politician
* Trygve Christoffer Busch (1920-1999), Norwegian war hero
* Trygve Bøyesen (1886–1963), Norwegian gymnast
* Trygve Dalseg (1898–1987), Norwegian marketing agent
* Trygve Allister Diesen (born 1967), Norwegian film producer and director
* Trygve Gulbranssen (1894–1962), Norwegian novelist
* Trygve Haavelmo (1911–1999), Norwegian economist and Nobel Prize laureate
* Trygve Haugeland (1914–1998), Norwegian politician
* Trygve Helgaker (born 1953), Norwegian professor
* Trygve Hoff (1895–1982), Norwegian businessman and magazine editor
* Trygve Daniel Holmedal (born 1999), Norwegian physicist
* Trygve Johannessen (born 1953), Norwegian footballer
* V. Trygve Jordahl (1898–1984), American bishop
* Trygve Knudsen (1897–1968), Norwegian philologist
* Trygve de Lange (1918–1981), Norwegian lawyer
* Trygve Lie (1896–1968), Norwegian politician and first United Nations Secretary General
* Trygve Moe (journalist), Trygve Moe (born 1927), Norwegian journalist
* Trygve Moe (politician), Trygve Moe (1920–1998), Norwegian politician
* Trygve Nagell (1895–1988), Norwegian mathematician
* Trygve Nilsen (1893–1973), Norwegian politician
* Trygve Nygaard (born 1975), Norwegian footballer
* Trygve Olsen (1921–1979), Norwegian politician
* Trygve Owren (1912–1987), Norwegian politician
* Trygve Pedersen (1884–1967), Norwegian sailor
* Trygve Reenskaug (born 1930), Norwegian computer scientist and professor
* Trygve Rovelstad (1903–1990), American sculptor
* Trygve Røed-Larsen (born 1939), Norwegian physicist
* Trygve Schjøtt (1882–1960), Norwegian sailor
* Trygve Seim, Norwegian jazz saxophonist
* Trygve Simonsen (1937–2011), Norwegian politician
* Trygve Stangeland (1934–2011), Norwegian businessman
* Trygve Stokstad (1902–1979), Norwegian boxer
* Trygve Utheim (1884–1952), Norwegian politician
* Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (born 1978), Norwegian politician
* Trygve Wiese (born 1985), Norwegian singer
* Trygve Wyller (born 1950), Norwegian theologian
References
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Masculine given names
Norwegian masculine given names