Knut ( Norwegian and Swedish), Knud ( Danish), or Knútur ( Icelandic) is a Scandinavian and

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first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which comes from the Latin version Canutus, and in Finland, the name Nuutti is based on the name Knut. The name is derived from the

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Knútr meaning "knot". In English the ''K'' is not mute, so the name is not properly pronounced ''nut'' or ''nute''. It is the name of several medieval kings of Denmark, two of whom also reigned over England during the first half of the 11th century.

People

* Harthaknut I of Denmark (Knut I, Danish: Hardeknud) (b. c. 890), king of Denmark * Knut the Great (Knut II, Danish: Knud den Store or Knud II) (d. 1035), Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway **Subject of the apocryphal

King Canute and the waves The story of King Canute and the tide is an apocryphal anecdote meant to illustrate the piety or humility of King Canute the Great (also written as Cnut), recorded in the 12th century by Henry of Huntingdon. In the story, Canute demonstrates ...

* Harthaknut (Knut III, Danish: Hardeknud or Knud III) (d. 1042), king of Denmark and England *Saint Knud IV of Denmark (Danish: Knud IV), king of Denmark (r. 1080–1086) and martyr * Knud Lavard (d. 1131), Danish prince and saint *

Knud V of Denmark Canute V Magnussen () ( – 9 August 1157) was a King of Denmark from 1146 to 1157, as co-regent in shifting alliances with Sweyn III and Valdemar I. Canute was killed at the so-called ''Bloodfeast of Roskilde'' in 1157. Nothing certain is know ...

(Danish: Knud V), king of Denmark (r. 1146–1157) *

Canute I of Sweden Knut Eriksson (; born before 1150 – died 1195/96), also known as Canute I, was King of Sweden from 1173 until his death (rival king since 1167). He was a son of King Erik the Saint and Queen Christina, who was a granddaughter of the Swedish k ...

(Swedish: Knut Eriksson) (king 1173–1195) *

Canute II of Sweden Cnut ( ; ; – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rul ...

(Swedish: Knut Långe) (king 1229–1234) * Knud VI of Denmark (Danish: Knud VI), king of Denmark (r. 1182–1202) *

Knut Wicksell Johan Gustaf Knut Wicksell (December 20, 1851 – May 3, 1926) was a Swedish economist of the Stockholm school. He was professor at Uppsala University and Lund University. He made contributions to theories of population, value, capital and mon ...

(1851–1926), Swedish economist * Knut Wallenberg (1853–1938), Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs and banker *

Knut Hamsun Knut Hamsun (4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to conscio ...

(1859–1952), Norwegian author *

Knud Rasmussen Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen (; 7 June 1879 – 21 December 1933) was a Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" (now often known as Inuit Studies or Greenlandic and Arctic Studies) ...

(1879–1933), Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist *

Knute Rockne Knute Kenneth Rockne (; March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame. Leading Notre Dame for 13 seasons, Rockne accumulated over 100 wins and three national championships. Rockne is ...

(1888–1931), American football player and coach *

Knute Cauldwell Harold Paul "Knute" Cauldwell (July 14, 1896 – October 30, 1952), sometimes misspelled as Caldwell, was an American professional football tackle who played two seasons with the Akron Pros/Indians of the National Football League (NFL). He ...

(1896–1952), American football player *

Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (Knud Christian Frederik Michael; 27 July 1900 – 14 June 1976) was a member of the Danish royal family, the younger son and child of Christian X of Denmark, King Christian X and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Sch ...

(1900–1976), younger son of King Christian X *

Knud Reimers Knud Reimers (May 20, 1906 – 1987) was one of the most important Scandinavian yacht designers of the 20th century. Biography Knud Hjelmberg Reimers was born in Århus, Denmark and educated as a shipwright in Germany at Friedrich Krupp Germania ...

(1906–1987), Danish yacht designer *

Knut Haukelid Knut Haukelid (May 17, 1911 – March 8, 1994) was a Norwegian military officer. He was a Norwegian resistance movement soldier during World War II, most notable for participating in the Norwegian heavy water sabotage. Early life Knut Anders ...

(1911–1994), American-born Norwegian soldier and resistance fighter *

Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (September 24, 1915 – January 25, 2007) was a comparative physiologist and Professor of Physiology Emeritus at Duke University. Background Born in Trondheim, Norway. He was educated in Oslo and Copenhagen. He became a stud ...

(1915–2007), Norwegian-born American biologist *

Knut Haugland Knut Magne Haugland, DSO, MM, (23 September 1917 – 25 December 2009) was a resistance fighter and noted explorer from Norway, who accompanied Thor Heyerdahl on his famous 1947 '' Kon-Tiki'' expedition. Early life and World War II Haugland, ...

(1917–2009), Norwegian resistance fighter and explorer *

Knut Risan Knut Risan (19 February 1930 – 1 February 2011) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Trondheim, and made his stage debut at Nationaltheatret in 1956. He was employed here until 1998, and had guest appearances at the Norwegian National Opera, D ...

(1930–2011), Norwegian actor *

Knud Heinesen Knud Heinesen (26 September 1932 – 8 January 2025) was a Danish economist and politician who held various cabinet posts, including the minister of education and minister of finance. In 1985 he retired from politics and was involved in business ...

(1932–2025), Danish politician *

Knut Hergel Knut Hergel (27 November 1899 – 2 September 1982) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production ...

(1899–1982), Norwegian actor * Knut Frydenlund (1927–1987), Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs * Knut Engdahl (born 1933), Norwegian politician * Knut Vollebæk (born 1946), Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Knut Knudsen Knut Knudsen (born 12 October 1950) is a retired Norway, Norwegian road and track cyclist. As an amateur, he placed fifth in the 4000m individual pursuit at the 1968 Olympics before becoming Olympic champion in the same discipline in 1972. He wo ...

(born 1950), Norwegian cyclist, Olympic and World Champion * Knut Hamre (born 1952), Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player * Knut Fleckenstein (born 1953), German politician * Knut Petter Torgersen (born 1955), Norwegian politician * Knut Storberget (born 1964), Norwegian politician and former Minister of Justice * Knut Abraham (born 1966), German politician * Knut Reinhardt (born 1968), German footballer *

Knut Arild Hareide Knut Arild Hareide (born 23 November 1972) is a Norwegian politician who served as a member of parliament from Hordaland and as the leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 2011 to 2019. He served as Minister of Transport and Communication ...

(born 1972), leader of Norway's Christian Democratic Party, and a former Minister of the Environment * Knut Schreiner (born 1974), Norwegian guitarist for Turbonegro, Euroboys, Mirror Lakes, and music producer

Fictional characters

* Adonis Cnut, Rik Mayall's character in the sitcom '' Believe Nothing''

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