Agnar or Agnarr is a masculine

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of Scandinavian origin. The name is a compound. The first part is either the word ''agn'' 'punishment, deed' or ''egg'' 'knife edge', and the second part is from ''harr'' 'warrior'. It has the variant ''Agner''.

Given name

In 2022, 29 men in Denmark and 755 men in Norway had the name. Its

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is June 21st. *

Agnar Helgason Agnar Helgason (born 31 July 1968 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic scientist working with genetic anthropology. PhD in Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford, 2001. He is best known for his research on the origin of Icelandic population. He i ...

(born 1968), Icelandic scientist *

Agnar Johannes Barth Agnar Johannes Barth (26 August 1871 – 4 May 1948) was a Norwegian forester. He was born in Lillehammer as the son of Jacob Bøckmann Barth. Carl G. Barth was his brother. Described as his "country's leading authority on forestry for many ...

(1871–1948), Norwegian forester *

Agnar Mykle Agnar Mykle (8 August 1915 – 15 January 1994) was a Norwegian author. He became one of the most controversial figures in Norwegian literature in the 20th century. Early life Born in Norway's third largest city, Trondheim, Mykle was often s ...

(1915–1944), Norwegian writer *

Agnar Sandmo Agnar Sandmo (9 January 1938 – 31 August 2019) was a Norwegian economist at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). He made a series of important contributions in the study of disparities, redistribution, insurance arrangements and tax systems ...

(born 1938), Norwegian economist

Fictional characters

Agnarr Geirröðsson Agnarr (Old Norse: ) is the son of King Gerriod, son of Hraudung in Norse mythology. He was named after his uncle Agnarr, who was betrayed by Gerriod and sent to die on the high seas. Agnarr is solely attested in the poem '' Grímnismál'' in the ...

, son of King Geirröðr in the ''Poetic Edda'' poem ''Grímnismál'' * King Agnar, a character in the Disney ''Frozen'' franchise * Chief of the Mangalores in the 1997 movie ''

The Fifth Element ''The Fifth Element'' () is a 1997 English-language French science-fiction action film conceived and directed by Luc Besson, and co-written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It stars Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, an ...

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