Holger (given name)
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Holger is a Scandinavian masculine
given name
derived from the Old Norse
name Hólmgeirr, the prefix hólmr meaning "island", and the suffix geirr meaning "spear". It is most common amongst Danish people. It is uncommon as a surname
. People with the name include:
Masculine
Masculine or masculinity, normally refer to qualities positively associated with men.Masculine may also refer to:*Masculine , a grammatical gender*Masculine cadence, a final chord occurring on a strong beat in music...
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
derived from the 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....
name Hólmgeirr, the prefix hólmr meaning "island", and the suffix geirr meaning "spear". It is most common amongst Danish people. It is uncommon as a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. People with the name include:
- Holger AlbrechtsenHolger AlbrechtsenHolger Albrechtsen was a Norwegian hurdler who specialized in the 110 and 400 metre hurdles.He won a bronze medal in 110 metre hurdles and finished fourth in 400 metre hurdles at the 1934 European Championships. He never participated in other international events like the Summer Olympics...
(1906 - 1992), Norwegian athletic - Holger BadstuberHolger BadstuberHolger Badstuber is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and the German national football team...
, German footballer - Holger BörnerHolger BörnerHolger Börner was a German politician of the SPD.He was Minister-President of Hesse from 1976 until 1987. In this position, he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1986/87, but only served until the Landtag elections of 24 April 1987.In 1984, he and his SPD lost the majority in the Hesse Landtag...
(1931 – 2006), German politician - Holger CahillHolger CahillEdgar Holger Cahill was the National Director of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration during the New Deal.-Biography:...
(1887 - 1960), American, National Director of the Federal Art Project - Holger CrafoordHolger CrafoordHolger Crafoord was a Swedish industrialist and founded Gambro along with Nils Alwall, a company that would commercialize Alwall's research into artificial kidneys. He donated the initial funds for the establishment of the Crafoord Prize for scientific research.-See also:*Lund School of Economics...
(1908-1982), Swedish industrialist - Holger CzukayHolger CzukayHolger Czukay is a German musician, probably best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. Described by critic Jason Ankeny as "successfully bridg[ing] the gap between pop and the avant-garde," Czukay is also notable for creating early important examples of ambient music, for exploring...
, German musician - Holger DrachmannHolger DrachmannHolger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann , was a Danish poet and dramatist. He is an outstanding figure of the Modern Break-Through....
(1846 – 1908), Danish poet and dramatist - Holger FachHolger FachHolger Fach is a former German footballer and a current manager for Lokomotiv Astana. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he could also pitch in at centre back.-Football career:...
, German football player and manager - Holger GranströmHolger GranströmHolger Granström was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for KIF. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985. He also played for the Finland national football team. He was killed in the Continuation War.-External links:*...
(1917 - 1941), Finnish ice hockey player - Holger GustafssonHolger GustafssonHolger Gustafsson is a Swedish Christian Democratic politician, member of the Riksdag since 1991.Finished training as a Construction engineer in 1970 and went on to get a degree in business administration with a major in marketing in 1973....
, Swedish politician - Holger Juul HansenHolger Juul HansenHolger Juul Hansen is a Danish actor.Holger Juul Hansen has starred in a large number of Danish movies and television shows. His most prominent roles was as banker Hans Christian Varnæs, head of one of the two rival families in Matador, and as Doctor Moesgaard in The Kingdom.-References:...
, Danish actor - Holger HieronymusHolger HieronymusHolger Hieronymus is a former German football player.Hieronymus started his career with local side TuS Hamburg at the age of six and was a promising talent for the sweeper position when then Hamburger SV general manager Günter Netzer snapped him up from local counterpart FC St...
, German football player - Holger HillerHolger HillerHolger Hiller is a German musician.Holger Hiller studied art at the art school in Hamburg, where he met Walter Thielsch and Thomas Fehlmann and recorded first works with them. With Fehlmann he later founded the band Palais Schaumburg in 1980, of which he was the singer. At the same time his solo...
, German musician - Holger Hott, Norwegian athletic
- Holger LöwenadlerHolger LöwenadlerHolger Löwenadler was a Swedish film actor. He starred in Ingmar Bergman's 1947 film A Ship to India. He appeared in the 1951 film Divorced, which was written by Bergman...
(1904 - 1977), Swedish film actor - Holger MeinsHolger MeinsHolger Klaus Meins was a German cinematography student who joined the Red Army Faction in the early 1970s and died on hunger strike in prison.-As a Revolutionary:...
(1941-1974), German, member of the Red Army Faction - Holger Bech NielsenHolger Bech NielsenHolger Bech Nielsen is a Danish theoretical physicist, professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, at the University of Copenhagen, where he started studying physics in 1961....
, Danish physicist - Holger K. NielsenHolger K. NielsenHolger Kirkholm Nielsen, known as Holger K. Nielsen for short, is a Danish politician, member of the Danish Folketinget parliament for the Socialist People's Party...
, Danish politician - Holger OsieckHolger OsieckHolger Osieck is a German football coach and current coach of the Australian national association football team. Prior to the Australian role, he most recently managed J.League club Urawa Red Diamonds, where he won the 2007 AFC Champions League. He served as an assistant coach of West Germany...
, German football coach - Holger Simon PaulliHolger Simon PaulliHolger Simon Paulli was a Danish conductor and composer.Paulli was a violin student of Claus Schall. He joined the Royal Danish Orchestra, and became its conductor in 1864. At the same time, he also conducted the Orchestra of the Cecilia Foreningen, and assumed the directorship of the Copenhagen...
(1810 - 1891), Danish conductor and composer - Holger PedersenHolger Pedersen (linguist)Holger Pedersen was a Danish linguist who made significant contributions to language science and wrote about 30 authoritative works concerning several languages....
- Danish linguist (1867-1953) - Holger PedersenHolger Pedersen (astronomer)Holger Pedersen is a Danish astronomer at the European Southern Observatory. He specialises in gamma-ray bursts, meteorites and minor planets.Asteroids 9266 Holger and 3312 Pedersen are named after him.-References:...
- Danish astronomer (b. 1946), at the European Southern Observatory - Holger PetersenHolger PetersenHolger Petersen, CM is a Canadian businessman, record producer and radio broadcaster. He owns and operates the independent roots music label Stony Plain Records, and hosts the programs Saturday Night Blues on CBC Radio One and Natch'l Blues on the CKUA Radio Network. Petersen was a founder of the...
, Canadian business man, record producer and radio broadcaster - Holger Quiñonez, South American (Ecuador) football player
- Holger RoedHolger RoedHolger Peter Roed, known as Holger Roed , Danish painter, was born in Copenhagen to painter Jørgen Roed and wife Emilie Mathilde...
(1846 - 1874), Danish painter - Holger SundströmHolger SundströmHolger Bertil Sundström is a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.In 1964 he won the bronze medal as crew member of the Swedish boat Humbug V in the Star class event with his partner Pelle Pettersson....
, Swedish sailor - Holger ThieleHolger ThieleHolger Thiele was a Danish American astronomer.-Background:Holger Thiele was the son of Thorvald Nicolai Thiele, the noted Danish astronomer, actuary and mathematician, after whom the Asteroid belt 1586 Thiele is named....
(1878 - 1946), Danish American astronomer - Prince Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian of DenmarkPrince Joachim of DenmarkPrince Joachim of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, , is a member of the Danish Royal Family. He is the younger son of Queen Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark....