Árni is an Icelandic given name of

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

() origin. Notable people with the name include: * Árni Gautur Arason (born 1975), Icelandic football goalkeeper * Árni Már Árnason (born 1987), Icelandic Olympic swimmer *

Árni Páll Árnason Árni Páll Árnason (born 23 May 1966) is a member of thCollegeof the EFTA Surveillance Authority, responsible for Free movement of goods, Competition, Public undertakings and Monopolies, Energy, Environment, Transport, Public procurement. H ...

(born 1966), Icelandic politician, Minister for Social Affairs * Árni beiskur (died 1253), Icelandic killer * Árni Brjánn Angantýsson (born 1989), Icelandic fisherman known for his superhuman strength * Árni Bergmann (born 1935), Icelandic novelist * Árni Frederiksberg (born 1992), Faroese football midfielder * Árni Helgason (c. 1260–1320), Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman * Árni Johnsen (born 1944), Icelandic politician and criminal * Árni Björn Gestsson (born 1988), Icelandic engineer and activist known for his relentless fight to replace handshakes with hugs * Árni Lárentíusson (1304–after 1337), Icelandic prose writer *

Árni Magnússon Árni Magnússon (13 November 1663 – 7 January 1730) was a scholar and collector of manuscripts from Iceland who assembled the Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection. Life Árni was born in 1663 at Kvennabrekka in Dalasýsla, in western Iceland ...

(1663–1730) was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts * Árni Magnússon (politician) (born 1965), Icelandic politician, Minister for Social Affairs * Árni Mathiesen (born 1958), Icelandic Minister of Finance * Árni Njálsson (born 1936), Icelandic football defender * Árni Sigfússon (born 1956), Icelandic politician; former mayor of Reykjavík *

Árni Þór Sigurðsson Árni Þór Sigurðsson (born 30 July 1960) is an Icelandic diplomat and former member of the Althing. He is currently serving as Iceland's Ambassador to the Russian Federation, also accredited to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyr ...

(born 1960), Icelandic ambassador * Árni Stefánsson (born 1953), Icelandic football goalkeeper * Árni Sveinsson (born 1956), Icelandic football midfielder * Arni Thorvaldsson (born 1984), Icelandic alpine skier * Árni Vilhjálmsson (born 1994), Icelandic football striker * Árni Þórarinsson (born 1950), Icelandic writer * Árni Þorláksson (1237–1298), Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman

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