Høy is a
Danish and
Norwegian surname
Heritable family names were generally adopted rather late within Scandinavia. Nobility were the first to take names that would be passed on from one generation to the next. Later, clergy, artisans and merchants in cities took heritable names. Fa ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alfred Høy (1885–1970), Norwegian engineer
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Andreas Høy
Andreas Høy (12 May 1817 in Kristiansand – 22 November 1886) was a Norwegian politician.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1859, representing the constituency of Stavanger
Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a ...
(1817–?), Norwegian politician
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Iver Høy
Iver Hesselberg Høy (26 September 1877 – 8 March 1943) was a Norwegian businessperson.
He was born in Langesund as a son of shipmaster Christian Høy (1836–1896) and Karen Elise Wright. In December 1902 he married ship captain's daughter Lill ...
(1877–1943), Norwegian businessman
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Jytte Høy
Jytte Høy (born 1951) is a Danish contemporary artist whose installations and sculptures consist of simple, everyday materials and objects. From 1996 to 2007 she served as rector of the Jutland Art Academy in Aarhus.
Among Høy's most notable ex ...
(born 1951), Danish artist
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Norwegian-language surnames
Danish-language surnames