Svein

Svein is a Norwegian masculine given name. Notable people with the given name include:

Rulers

  • Sweyn Haakonsson (died c. 1016), in Norwegian Svein Håkonsson, an earl and co-ruler of Norway from 1000 to c. 1015
  • Svein Knutsson (c. 1016–1035), King of Norway as Sweyn II

Politicians, civil servants and businessmen

  • Svein Aaser (born 1946), Norwegian business executive
  • Svein Alsaker (born 1940), Norwegian politician
  • Svein Olav Agnalt (born 1949), Norwegian politician
  • Svein Fjellheim (born 1945), Norwegian trade unionist and politician
  • Svein Flåtten (born 1944), Norwegian politician
  • Svein Gjedrem (born 1950), Norwegian economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway
  • Svein Gjelseth (born 1950), Norwegian politician
  • Svein Roald Hansen (born 1949), Norwegian politician
  • Svein Harberg (born 1958), Norwegian businessman and politician
  • Svein Kristensen (born 1946), Norwegian civil servant, former Director of the Norwegian Tax Administration
  • Svein Longva (1943–2009), Norwegian economist and civil servant
  • Svein Ludvigsen (born 1946), Norwegian politician
  • Svein Lundevall (born 1944), Norwegian civil servant
  • Svein Munkejord (born 1948), Norwegian politician
  • Svein Olsen Øraker (1886–1963), Norwegian politician
  • Svein Harald Øygard (born 1960), Norwegian economist and head of the Central Bank of Iceland in 2009
  • Svein Rennemo (born 1947), Norwegian businessman and chair of Statoil
  • Svein Ole Sæther (born 1948), Norwegian diplomat
  • Svein Sundsbø (born 1943), Norwegian businessman and politician

Academics

  • Svein Bjerke (born 1938), Norwegian religious historian and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo
  • Svein Hatløy (1940–2015), Norwegian architect and professor
  • Svein B. Manum (1926–2015), Norwegian botanist and professor
  • Svein Mønnesland (born 1943), Norwegian Slavist and professor

Athletes

Artists and entertainers

Other

  • Svein Blindheim (1916–2013), Norwegian military officer and member of the resistance during World War II
  • Svein Gjerdåker (born 1963), Norwegian newspaper editor
  • Svein Heglund (1918–1998), Norwegian engineer, World War II pilot and major general
  • Svein Johannessen (1937–2007), Norwegian chess player
  • Svein Døvle Larssen (1928–2015), Norwegian newspaper editor
  • Svein Rosseland (1894–1985), Norwegian astrophysicist
  • Svein Urdal (born 1941), Norwegian former chief of police and former Director of the Norwegian Police Surveillance Agency

See also

Name list
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