Ludvig
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Ludvig is a Scandinavia
n given name, the equivalent of English Lewis or Louis, and may refer to:
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n given name, the equivalent of English Lewis or Louis, and may refer to:
In politics:
- Anton Ludvig AlvestadAnton Ludvig AlvestadAnton Ludvig Alvestad was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Labour Party. Born in Sula, Alvestad was a baker by profession, and owned his own bakery. He was also active in the temperance movement. An active labour politician from an early date, he was among the founding...
, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party - Christian Ludvig DiriksChristian Ludvig DiriksChristian Ludvig Diriks was Norwegian general auditor and a government minister. He served as Minister of Auditing for two brief periods in 1856 and 1857, and later as temporary Minister of Postal Affairs in 1861, also very briefly.-References:...
, Norwegian Minister of Auditing and Minister of Postal Affairs - Christofer Rutger Ludvig ManderströmChristofer Rutger Ludvig ManderströmChristofer Rutger Ludvig Manderström was the Swedish - Norwegian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs between 1858-1868.He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1848, and of the Swedish Academy in 1852....
, Swedish - Norwegian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs - Fredrik Ludvig KonowFredrik Ludvig KonowFredrik Ludvig Konow was a Norwegian businessman and a politician for the Liberal Left Party. He was Minister of Finance 1912-1913 and 1926-1928.-References:...
, Norwegian Minister of Finance - Johan LudvigJohan LudvigJohan Ludvig Lensgreve Holstein til Ledreborg was a Minister of State of Denmark ....
, Danish Minister of state - Ludvig AlmqvistLudvig AlmqvistLudvig Teodor Almqvist , a Swedish politician, was the son of Sven Johan Almqvist, vicar and priest who married Sophie Antoinette Eugenie Björkman in 1851....
, Swedish politician - Ludvig AubertLudvig AubertLudvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert was a Norwegian jurist and politician, son of Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert.As a teacher of law from 1866 onwards, he published noted works of legal history, comparative law and commercial law. A moderate Conservative, he also served as Minister of Justice from April...
, Norwegian Minister of Justice - Ludvig Daae (politician), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
- Ludvig Holstein-HolsteinborgLudvig Holstein-HolsteinborgLudvig Henrik Carl Herman Holstein-Holsteinborg was a Danish politician. He was Council President of Denmark from 28 May 1870 to 14 July 1874 as the leader of the Cabinet of Holstein-Holsteinborg....
, Danish politician - Ludvig Holstein-LedreborgLudvig Holstein-LedreborgJohan Ludvig Carl Christian Tido lensgreve Holstein til Ledreborg was a Danish politician, a descendant of Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, who was Minister of State of Denmark. He was Council President of Denmark for two months, from 16 August to 28 October 1909, as the leader of the Cabinet of...
, Danish politician - Ole Ludvig BærøeOle Ludvig BærøeOle Ludvig Bærøe was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Bærøe was Minister of Agriculture 1926-1928, as well as head of the Ministry of Education and Church Affairs 1927-1928. He was a headmaster by profession before entering the Lykke Government in 1926. Bærøe was leader of the...
, Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
In literature:
- Johan Ludvig HeibergJohan Ludvig HeibergJohan Ludvig Heiberg may refer to:* Johan Ludvig Heiberg , Danish poet and dramatist, husband of Johanne Luise Heiberg* Johan Ludvig Heiberg , Danish philologist and historian of mathematics...
, Danish poet and critic - Johan Ludvig RunebergJohan Ludvig RunebergJohan Ludvig Runeberg was a Finnish poet, and is the national poet of Finland. He wrote in the Swedish language....
, Finland-Swedish poet - Ludvig BødtcherLudvig BødtcherLudvig Adolph Bødtcher was a Danish lyric poet.He was born in Copenhagen. Thanks to an inheritance, he lived in Italy from 1824 for about ten years, where he acted as confidante and guide to the Danish writers Hans Christian Andersen and Henrik Hertz...
, Danish lyric poet - Ludvig HolbergLudvig HolbergLudvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, who spent most of his adult life in Denmark. He was influenced by Humanism, the Enlightenment and the Baroque...
, Danish-Norwegian writer and playwright - Peder Ludvig MøllerPeder Ludvig MøllerPeder Ludvig Møller was a Danish literary critic. On 22 December 1845, Møller published an article critiquing Stages on Life's Way, a philosophical work by Søren Kierkegaard.-External links:...
, Danish literary critic
In other fields:
- Carl Ludvig EngelCarl Ludvig EngelCarl Ludvig Engel, or Johann Carl Ludwig Engel , was a German architect known for his neoclassical style. He had a great impact on the architecture of Finland in the first part of the 19th century....
, German architect - Ernst Ludvig IpsenErnst Ludvig IpsenErnest L. Ipsen was an American portrait painter. Ipsen was born in Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Danish parents. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1884-1887. While there, he trained under the painter Frederick Porter Vinton...
, American portrait painter - Harald Ludvig WestergaardHarald Ludvig WestergaardHarald Ludvig Westergaard was a Danish statistician and economist known for his work in demography and the history of statistics....
, Danish statistician and economist - Ludvig FaddeevLudvig Faddeev-References:...
, Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician - Ludvig G. BraathenLudvig G. BraathenLudvig Gustav Braathen was a Norwegian entrepreneur that founded the shipping company Ludvig G. Braathens Rederi and the airline Braathens SAFE. He was CEO of both companies until his death.-Biography:...
, Norwegian shipping magnate and founder of the Braathens airline - Ludvig Mylius-ErichsenLudvig Mylius-ErichsenLudvig Mylius-Erichsen was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen he formed the Danish Literary expedition to West Greenland, and in the early stages discovered near Evigheds Fiord two...
, Danish explorer - Ludvig NobelLudvig NobelLudvig Immanuel Nobel was an engineer, a noted businessman and a humanitarian. One of the most prominent members of the Nobel family, he was the son of Immanuel Nobel and Alfred Nobel's older brother...
, Swedish engineer, businessman and humanitarian - Ludvig SchytteLudvig SchytteLudvig Schytte was a Danish composer, pianist, and teacher.Born in Aarhus, Denmark, Schytte studied with Niels Gade and Edmund Neupert. In 1884, he travelled to Germany to study with Franz Liszt...
, Danish composer, pianist, and teacher - Ludvig StrigeusLudvig StrigeusLudvig Strigeus is a Swedish programmer best known for developing software such as the BitTorrent client µTorrent, OpenTTD, and ScummVM...
, Swedish programmer - Nada Ludvig-PečarNada Ludvig-PecarNada Ludvig-Pečar is a Croatian composer. She was a student of Miroslav Špiler and Lucijan Marija Škerjanc. Starting in 1969 she taught music theory at the Sarajevo Music Academy. She was also author of several music text books...
, Croatian composer - Ludvig HektoenLudvig HektoenLudvig Hektoen was a noted American pathologist. Hektoen published widely and served as editor of a number of medical journals. In 1942, Hektoen received the American Medical Association's Distinguished Service Medal for his life's work.-Background:Hektoen was born into a Norwegian immigrant...
, American pathologist