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Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
first name which is used throughout Scandinavia
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,...
, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The name itself is Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
for "Young man" or "Young warrior." The original spelling in Old Norse was sveinn (whence Eng swain, 'servant boy' http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swain). Over the centuries, many northern European rulers have carried the name including Sweyn I of Denmark
Sweyn I of Denmark
Sweyn I Forkbeard was king of Denmark and England, as well as parts of Norway. His name appears as Swegen in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and he is also known in English as Svein, Swein, Sven the Dane, and Tuck.He was a Viking leader and the father of Cnut the Great...
(Sven Gabelbart), who established Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
rule over Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and successfully invaded England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in the year 1002. An old legend relates the pagan king Blot-Sven
Blot-Sweyn
Sweyn was a Swedish king c. 1080, who replaced his Christian brother-in-law Inge as King of Sweden, when Inge had refused to administer the blóts at the Temple at Uppsala. There is no mention of Sweyn in the regnal list of the Westrogothic law, which suggests that his rule did not reach...
ordered the execution of the Anglo-Saxon monk Saint Eskil
Saint Eskil
Saint Eskil was an Anglo-Saxon monk particularly venerated during the end of the 11th century in the Province of Södermanland, Sweden. He was the founder of the first Diocese of the lands surrounding Lake Mälaren, today the Diocese of Strängnäs...
.
In medieval Swedish "sven" (or "sven av vapen" (sven of arms)) is a term for squire
Squire
The English word squire is a shortened version of the word Esquire, from the Old French , itself derived from the Late Latin , in medieval or Old English a scutifer. The Classical Latin equivalent was , "arms bearer"...
. The female equivalent Svenja
Svenja
Svenja is a feminine given name used in German-speaking countries. Using of this name in other countries is very rare. Notable people with the first name Svenja are:* Svenja Huth , German footballer...
, though seemingly Scandinavian, is not common anywhere outside of German-speaking
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
countries.
The Icelandic
Icelandic language
Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...
and Faroese
Faroese language
Faroese , is an Insular Nordic language spoken by 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 Faroese people in Denmark and elsewhere...
version of Sven/Svend is Sveinn .
Entertainment, Music
- Sven Einar EnglundSven Einar EnglundSven Einar Englund was a Finnish composer.-Life:Sven Einar Englund was born at Ljugarn in Gotland on June 17. 1916; he died 27th. June 1999...
, FinnishFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
composer - Sven August KörlingSven August KörlingSven August Körling was a Swedish composer, remembered for his art songs. Early in his career Jussi Björling recorded Körling's song "Evening mood". Körling's "Pastorale" for horn and organ dates from 1898-1899.-Notes:...
, composer (Swedish) - Sven LõhmusSven LõhmusSven Lõhmus is an Estonian pop-composer, producer and lyricist.Established producer from Estonia. He has worked with leading artists of the Baltic States, including Vanilla Ninja , the Suntribe, the Urban Symphony. 3 times, in 2003, 2004, 2010, he won the award for "best author" to the "Eesti...
, composer, producer and lyricist (Estonian) - Sven MaesSven MaesSven Maes , also known as Svenson, is a Belgian DJ and trance music producer. His work, especially in partnership with fellow Belgian Johan Gielen, have produced some of trance music's biggest hits...
, BelgianBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
producer - Sven Martin, Keyboardist (German)
- Sven RegenerSven RegenerSven Regener, born January 1, 1961 in Bremen, is a German musician and writer living in Berlin. In 1982 he recorded his first LP with the band Zatopek and in 1984 he joined Neue Liebe. In 1985 he founded the Berlin band Element of Crime together with Jakob Friderichs. He writes almost all their...
, musician and writer (German) - Sven-Bertil TaubeSven-Bertil TaubeSven-Bertil G. E. Taube is a Swedish singer and actor. Born in Stockholm, he is the son of songwriter Evert Taube and sculptor Astri Bergman Taube.-Biography:...
, singer and actor (Swedish) - Sven VathSven VäthSven Väth is a Frankfurt-based DJ who has produced an extensive range of work since his career began in 1982. From 1985, he was part of the band OFF which released the hit "Electrica Salsa" in 1986...
, Electronic music DJ/Producer (German) - Sven WollterSven WollterSven Wollter is a Swedish actor. He was born and grew up in Gothenburg.Sven Wollter is an actor in Sweden and has starred in many films such as, The Man on the Roof, The Man from Majorca, Änglagård and Jerusalem, based on the novel by Selma Lagerlöf...
, actor (Swedish) - Svein BergeSvein BergeSvein Berge makes up half of the duo Röyksopp. Berge was born in Tromsø, Norway.-Musical career:* In 1999 debut as Röyksopp on Tellé with "So Easy" 7" and "Your Hands" on the Beatservice compilation "Arctic Circles 2"....
, Electronic music/Royksopp (Norwegian)
Politics
- King Sven
- Sven AlkalajSven AlkalajSven Alkalaj is a Bosnian diplomat who is the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Alkalaj, who is of Sephardic ethnicity, is one of the most prominent Bosnian Jews...
, BosnianBosniansBosnians are people who reside in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the modern state definition a Bosnian can be anyone who holds citizenship of the state. This includes, but is not limited to, members of the constituent ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and...
foreign minister - Sven ArrestadSven ArrestadSven Aarrestad was a writer, politician and leader in the Norwegian temperance movement during the 19th century.-Biography:...
, NorwegianNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
temperance campaigner - Sven LindgrenSven LindgrenSven Lindgren is the current Governor of Kalmar County, Sweden, and a former Moderate Party politician.He was born in Västervik and later pursued an academic career at Linköping University. He was later elected Leader of the Opposition on Linköping Municipal Council. Between 1991 and 1994 he led...
, politician (Swedish) - Sven Otto Littorin, Swedish Moderate Party politician and government minister
- Sven RanckSven RanckSven Ranck was a Swedish statesman. Between 1678 and 1684, he served as the Governor of Halland County. He was the owner from 1674 to 1731 of the Marieberg residence in Bohuslän.- External links :* http://www.marberger.se/marieberg/marieberg.pdf...
, statesman (Swedish) - Sven RydenfeltSven RydenfeltSven Rydenfelt was a Swedish economist and political writer known for his libertarian views.Sven Rydenfelt was born in Hjärnarp, Ängelholm Municipality, Sweden. He became politically active during the 1940's when he started to write for several newspapers and journals...
, Swedish economist and political writer - Sveinn BjörnssonSveinn BjörnssonSveinn Björnsson , son of Björn Jónsson and Elísabet Sveinsdóttir, was the first President of the Republic of Iceland.He became a member of Reykjavík town council in 1912 and was its president during 1918–1920....
, Iceland's first president
Sport
- Sven-Göran ErikssonSven-Göran ErikssonSven-Göran Eriksson , in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish ex-football manager. From October 2010 to October 2011 he managed Football League Championship side Leicester City....
, Swedish football (soccer) manager - Sven-Ole ThorsenSven-Ole ThorsenSven-Ole Thorsen is a Danish actor, stuntman, bodybuilder and strongman competitor. Sven won Denmark's Strongest Man in 1983....
, Danish actor, stuntman and athlete - Sven BartschiSven BärtschiSven Bärtschi is a Swiss ice hockey player who plays for the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League . He played his first professional games in 2009 for SC Langenthal in the National League B before moving to North America to join Portland in the 2010–11 WHL season where he finished as...
, Swiss ice hockey player (playing in CHL) - Sven ButenschönSven ButenschönSven Butenschön is a German-Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who has spent parts of eight seasons in the National Hockey League...
, German ice hockey player - Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, Norwegian chess player
- Sven CosterSven CosterSven Coster is a Dutch sailor.Coster participates in the 470-class alongside his brother Kalle Coster. Together they became sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In 2007 in Cascais they finished in second position at the World Championship, earning them the silver medal...
, Dutch sailor - Sven DavidsonSven DavidsonSven Davidson was a Swedish tennis player who became the first Swede to win a Grand Slam title when he won the French Championships in 1957...
, Swedish tennis player - Sven FischerSven FischerSven Fischer is a former German biathlete. He trained with the WSV Oberhof club, and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer and Klaus Siebert...
, German biathlete - Sven HabermannSven HabermannSven Habermann is a former Canadian national soccer team goalkeeper, who was a member of the team that competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...
, German-Canadian football (soccer) player - Sven HannawaldSven HannawaldSven Hannawald is a former German ski jumper who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. Hannawald won the Four Hills Tournament once. He also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, as well as three medals each in the Olympic Winter Games and the FIS Ski-Flying World...
, German ski jumper - Sven KramerSven KramerSven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...
, Dutch speed skater - Sven LollSven LollSven Loll is a retired male judoka from Germany, who competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the Men's Lightweight division after being defeated in the final by France's Marc Alexandre.-References:*...
, East German judoka - Sven MeinhardtSven MeinhardtSven Meinhardt is a former field hockey forward from Germany, who won the gold medal with the Men's National Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
, German field hockey player - Sven NylanderSven NylanderSven Olof Nylander is a retired hurdler from Sweden, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career...
, Swedish hurdler - Sven NysSven NysSven Nys is a professional cyclist who has won his most important victories in cyclo-cross races.Nys began racing BMX at the age of 8...
, Belgian cyclist - Sven OttkeSven OttkeSven Ottke, known as "The Phantom", is a German former professional boxer who was the IBF/WBA super middleweight champion...
,German boxer - Sven RiedererSven RiedererSven Riederer is an athlete from Switzerland, who competes in triathlon. Riederer competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal with a time of 1:51:33.26, 25.5 seconds behind the leader after the nearly two-hour race.-External...
, Swiss athlete - Sven RydellSven RydellSven Åke Albert Rydell was a Swedish football player, the all-time leading scorer for the Swedish national team....
, Swedish football (soccer) player - Sven VermantSven VermantSven Vermant is a Belgian football midfielder who is playing for Royal Knokke from the Provincial league and is the future assistant manager at Club Brugge youth system, signing a contract due to take effect at May 2011.-Career:...
, Belgian footballer
Fictional
- Sven Vollfied, a sweeper (bounty hunter) in the manga and anime Black CatBlack Cat (manga)is a Japanese Shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. It was originally serialized in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. It was later collected in twenty tankōbon volumes from January 11, 2001 to October 9, 2004. The series was adapted into a twenty-four episode anime...
- Sven Hjerson, fictional Finnish detective
- "Svën Höek", an episode of Ren and Stimpy (Swedish)
- Sven Holgersson, a member of the VoltronVoltronVoltron is the titular super robot of an anime series that features a team of young pilots, known as the Voltron Force. The team’s individual vehicles join together to form the giant super robot, with which they defend the galaxy from evil...
Lion Force (original pilot of Blue Lion). (Norwegian) - Sven the Berserk, a character in the 1989 film Erik the VikingErik the VikingErik the Viking is a 1989 feature film written and directed by Terry Jones. The film was inspired by Jones's children's book The Saga of Erik the Viking , but the plot is completely different. Jones also appears in the film as King Arnulf....
, played by Tim McInnernyTim McInnernyTim McInnerny is an English actor. He is known for his role as Percy in Blackadder and Blackadder II, and as Captain Darling in Blackadder Goes Forth... - Sven, the silent scorer sometimes appearing on the BBC radio show I'm Sorry I Haven't a ClueI'm Sorry I Haven't a ClueI'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, sometimes abbreviated to ISIHAC or Clue, is a BBC radio comedy panel game broadcast since 11 April 1972 at the rate of one or two series each year , transmitted on BBC Radio 4, with occasional repeats on BBC Radio 4 Extra and the BBC's World Service...
- "Sven from Swiss Cottage" was a character used by Peter CookPeter CookPeter Edward Cook was an English satirist, writer and comedian. An extremely influential figure in modern British comedy, he is regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as "the funniest man who ever drew breath," although Cook's...
when participating in radio phone-ins - Sven - Rogue Knight, one of the many heroes featured in the custom Warcraft III custom map, Dota Allstars. He is a strength based hero which is known for his powerful ultimate which increases his attack by 150%.
- Sven BømwøllenSven BømwøllenSven Bømwøllen, is a popular humorous German computer game with some sexual content.Their game has grown into a series of seven installments, those being Sven Bømwøllen, Sven Zwo, Sven XXX, Sven 004, Sven Kommt, Sven – Gut zu Vögeln, and Mach’s noch einmal, Sven...
, the protagonist black sheep in a self-titled series of German computer games - Sven Bianchi, a character from the web-comic Questionable ContentQuestionable ContentQuestionable Content is a slice-of-life webcomic written and drawn by Jeph Jacques. It was launched on August 1, 2003. Jacques currently makes his living exclusively from QC merchandising and advertising, making him one of the few professional webcomic artists...
- Sven Cal Payang, a character in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: StargazerMobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazeris a side story to the anime TV series, Gundam SEED Destiny. As of July 2006, it is being streamed on as an original net animation. The show is directed by Susumu Nishizawa and written by Shigeru Morita, both staff members of Gundam SEED Destiny....
- Sven "The Governator", a character in the movie CarsCars (film)Cars is a 2006 American animated family film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Joe Ranft. It is the seventh Disney·Pixar feature film, and Pixar's final, independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney...
voiced by Arnold SchwarzeneggerArnold SchwarzeneggerArnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011.... - Sven, a Nintendo character from the game "Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia"
- Sven, from the Georgia Nicolson book series, by Louise Rennison.
- Sven, from How I Met Your Mother on CBS. Episode Aired November 17, 2008. Sven was a fictional architectural collective.
Other
- Sven HasselSven HasselSven Hassel is a Danish-born soldier and writer who has written pseudo-autobiographical novels based on his experiences in World War II.-Biography:...
, Danish-born soldier and writer - Sven HedinSven HedinSven Anders Hedin KNO1kl RVO was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, and travel writer, as well as an illustrator of his own works...
, explorer and geographer (Swedish) - Sven O. HøibySven O. HøibySven Olaf Bjarte Høiby was the father of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway. Høiby worked for several years as a journalist in a local newspaper and as a small-scale advertiser and publisher in his hometown...
, father of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of NorwayMette-Marit, Crown Princess of NorwayMette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway , is the wife of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.-Background and education:... - Sven JaschanSven JaschanSven Jaschan is the self-confessed author of the NetSky worms, and Sasser computer worms.- History :Jaschan lived in the village of Waffensen, Germany and attended a computer science school in nearby Rotenburg....
, German computer programmer - Sven Lidman (clergyman)Sven Lidman (clergyman)Sven Fredrik Lidman, Sven Fredrik Lidman, Sven Fredrik Lidman, (December 11, 1786 in Norrköping – March 9, 1845 in Linköping, was a Swedish clergyman.Lidman received a PhD from Uppsala University in 1806 and became an ordained clergyman in the Evangelical-Lutheran state church of Sweden in...
- Sven MarkeliusSven MarkeliusSven Gottfrid Markelius was one of the most important modernist Swedish architects. Markelius played an important role in the post-war urban planning of Stockholm, for example in the creation of the model suburb of Vällingby .Born in Stockholm in October 1889, he attended the Royal Institute of...
, architect (Swedish) - Sven NykvistSven NykvistSven Vilhem Nykvist was a Swedish cinematographer. He worked on over 120 films, but is known especially for his work with director Ingmar Bergman...
, cinematographer (Swedish) - Sweyn I "Forkbeard" (Danish: Svend Tveskæg) [pronounced Sven], king of Denmark 986-1014
- Sweyn II of DenmarkSweyn II of DenmarkSweyn II Estridsson Ulfsson was the King of Denmark from 1047 to 1074. He was the son of Ulf Jarl and Estrid Svendsdatter. He was married three times, and fathered 20 children or more, including the five future kings Harald III Hen, Canute IV the Saint, Oluf I Hunger, Eric I Evergood and Niels...
(Danish: Svend Estridsen), King of Denmark 1047-1074.
Institutions
- Sven and Ole, a type of joke told by Scandinavian-Americans
- Sven Co-opSven Co-opSven Co-op is a cooperative game multiplayer modification for the first-person shooter computer game Half-Life, where players must work together against AI controlled enemies , solve puzzles and complete other objectives as a team.The game was originally created and released by Daniel 'Sven Viking'...
, a modification for the computer game Half-Life (Swedish) - Sven Eriksonsgymnasiet, a school in BoråsBoråsBorås is a locality and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 63,441 inhabitants in 2005.- Geography :Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the railway between Gothenburg and Kalmar, and is often considered the Swedish city gaining the...
, Sweden
See also
- SonSonA son is a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents. The female analogue is a daughter.-Social issues regarding sons:In pre-industrial societies and some current countries with agriculture-based economies, a higher value was, and still is, assigned to sons rather than daughters,...
- Swain (name)Swain (name)Swain is an English surname derived from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn , meaning a youth or young man. There are a number of variations in the spelling of the surname Swain, including Swaine, Swainne, and Swayne....
- Swanson (surname)Swanson (surname)Swanson is a surname, and may refer to* A. L. Swanson, American football coach* Becca Swanson, American bodybuilder* Bill Swanson , baseball player* Bob Swanson , Indianapolis 500 driver...
- SvenssonSvenssonSvensson is the ninth most commonSwedish family name, and literally means "son of Sven", or "Sven's son"...
(son of Sven) - SvanteSvanteSvante is a Swedish first name for males.It originates from Slavic ancestors of first prominent Svantes in Sweden. The Slavic languages have the name which is rendered as Sviatopolk in Russian, Świętopełk in Polish and Svätopluk in Czech and Slovakian...
(name) - SvendborgSvendborgSvendborg is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark. The town is in Svendborg municipality . Svendborg is the second-largest city on Funen and has a population of 27,009 ....
(city in Denmark) - Swedenborg (Svendberg - surname)