Agnar or Agnarr is a masculine
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 f ...
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 ]name day
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, as well as Christian communities elsewhere. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively t ...
is June 21st.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, 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
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