Vagn () 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 ...
masculine forename, meaning 'vehicle; wagon, wain'.
It was the name of a famous 10th-century
Jomsviking,
Vagn Åkesson.
The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the name on record being
Vagn Ekman (1874-1954), a Swedish oceanographer.
The name became popular in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s.
[Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)]
Other people called Vagn include:
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Vagn Bennike (1888–1970), Danish resistance fighter during World War II
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Vagn Holmboe
Vagn Gylding Holmboe (, 20 December 1909 – 1 September 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher.
Life
Vagn Holmboe was born in Horsens, Jutland, into a merchant family of dedicated amateur musicians. Both parents played the piano. His fath ...
(1909–1996), Danish composer.
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Vagn Hovard
Vagn Eichner Hovard (14 July 1914 – 6 September 1998) was a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born in Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Reg ...
(1914–1998), Danish field hockey player
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Vagn Jørgensen
Vagn Jørgensen was a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1930s. He won a bronze in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1938 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Vaxholm
Vaxholm is a locality and the seat of Vaxholm Municipality, St ...
(
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1930s), Danish sprint canoeist
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Vagn F. Flyger
Vagn F. Flyger (14 January 1922 – 9 January 2006) was a Danish-American wildlife biologist and one of the world's foremost authorities on squirrels. His landmark work was ''The 1968 Squirrel "Migration" In The Eastern United States''. Flyger w ...
(1922–2006), Danish-American wildlife biologist
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Vagn Schmidt
Arthur Vagn Schmidt (born January 15, 1935) is a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 10000 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague.
Schmidt also ...
(born 1935), Danish sprint canoeist
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Vagn Nielsen
Vagn Harris Nielsen (born 28 November 1943) is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He played club handball with Bolbro GF. In 1972 he was part of the Denmark men's national handball team
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(born 1943), Danish handball player
Related terms
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Vaghn,
Vaughn (disambiguation)
Vaughn may refer to:
Places in the United States
*Vaughn, California, former name of Bodfish, California
*Vaughn, Montana
* Vaughn, New Mexico
* Vaughn, Oregon
* Vaughn, Pennsylvania
* Vaughn, Virginia
* Vaughn, Washington
Name
*Vaughn (surname) ...
,
Vaughan,
Wagn,
Waghn
See also
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References
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Danish masculine given names
Scandinavian masculine given names
Swedish masculine given names