Trygve
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Trygve is a given name for males used throughout Scandinavia, but is perhaps most common in Norway
. Trygve is derived from the Old Norse tryggr, meaning "true, trustworthy",
cognate with Old English treowe, Old High German
triuwe. Gothic has triggws "πιστός".
The Old Norse form of the name was Tryggve or Tryggvi, e.g. Tryggve Olafsson
(d. 963).
There are 5,950 people with the forename Trygve in Norway in 2009, barely registering in the Top 100 names for men.
The following people share the forename Trygve:
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...
. Trygve is derived from the Old Norse tryggr, meaning "true, trustworthy",
cognate with Old English treowe, Old High German
Old High German
The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of...
triuwe. Gothic has triggws "πιστός".
The Old Norse form of the name was Tryggve or Tryggvi, e.g. Tryggve Olafsson
Tryggve Olafsson
Tryggve Olafsson was king of Viken, Norway ....
(d. 963).
There are 5,950 people with the forename Trygve in Norway in 2009, barely registering in the Top 100 names for men.
The following people share the forename Trygve:
- Trygve BendiksbyTrygve BendiksbyTrygve Bendiksby was a Norwegian judge.He was born in Modum of farmer roots. He finished his secondary education in 1925, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1930...
(1907-1992), Norwegian judge - Trygve BjørgoTrygve BjørgoTrygve Bjørgo was a Norwegian educator and lyricist.He was born in Nord-Aurdal. He published several works of poetry, including I minneskogen , Mørker og morgon , Vokstergrunn , Frø i vind , Kvit hest under hegg , Auke åkeren and Straumar under yta...
(1916-1997), Norwegian poet and educator - Trygve BornøTrygve Bornø-Active career:His career began in Harstad IL, but he made his name with Skeid where he played 419 matches between 1964 and 1978.VG awarded him the Player of the Year title in 1969.Between 1966 and 1972 he was capped 43 times for the Norwegian national team....
(born 1942), Norwegian footballer - Trygve BraarudTrygve BraarudTrygve Braarud was a Norwegian botanist. He specialized in marine biology, and was affiliated with the University of Oslo for most of his career.-Career:...
(1903-1985), Norwegian botanist - Trygve BratteliTrygve Bratteliwas a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party and Prime Minister of Norway in 1971–1972 and 1973–1976.-Early life and career:...
(1910-1984), former Norwegian Prime Minister - Trygve BrodahlTrygve BrodahlTrygve Brodahl was a Norwegian cross country skier who competed during the 1930s.He won a silver medal at the 1930 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 17 km and a silver in the 4 x 10 km relay as well as a bronze at 50 km in 1935. In 1939, Brodahl won the 18 km cross country...
(1905-1996), Norwegian cross-country skier - Trygve BrudevoldTrygve BrudevoldTrygve Brudevold was a Norwegian bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.He was born in Stange.-References:****...
(born 1920), Norwegian bobsledder - Trygve BruvikTrygve BruvikTrygve Bruvik is a Norwegian engineer and businessperson.Bruvik was educated with an engineering degree from Bergen College of Engineering, as well as a business administration degree from the Norwegian School of Management. He worked for Vesta Forsikring from 1981, and was chief executive officer...
(born 1952), Norwegian engineer - Trygve BullTrygve BullTrygve Bull was a Norwegian lecturer and politician. He was a member of Mot Dag in the 1920s and 1930s, and contributed to the magazines Mot Dag, Clarté and Kontakt. During World War II he was imprisoned by the Germans, and incarcerated at the Grini and Sachsenhausen concentration camps...
(1905-1999), Norwegian lecturer and politician - Trygve BøyesenTrygve BøyesenTrygve Carlsen Bøyesen was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....
(1886-1963), Norwegian gymnast - Trygve DalsegTrygve DalsegOlaf Trygve Dalseg was a Norwegian marketing agent.He was born in Ringebu. He worked in Hjemmet and Morgenbladet before starting a career in marketing and advertising. His own marketing agency was named Dalseg Promotion...
(1898-1987), Norwegian marketing agent - Trygve Allister DiesenTrygve Allister DiesenTrygve Allister Diesen is a Norwegian film director, producer and screenwriter.Trygve Allister Diesen graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles. He started his professional career as a journalist in Kristiansand, Norway in 1986. Diesen has a comprehensive background in...
(born 1967), Norwegian film producer and director - Trygve Gulbranssen (1894-1962), Norwegian novelist
- Trygve HaavelmoTrygve HaavelmoTrygve Magnus Haavelmo , born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an influential economist with main research interests centered on the fields of econometrics and economics theory. During World War II he worked with Nortraship in the Statistical Department in New York City. He received his Ph.D...
(1911-1999), Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate - Trygve HaugelandTrygve HaugelandTrygve Haugeland was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was born in Lyngdal.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1958, but was not re-elected in 1961...
(1914-1998), Norwegian politician - Trygve HelgakerTrygve HelgakerTrygve Helgaker is professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Norway.He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, 2005....
(born 1953), Norwegian professor - Trygve HoffTrygve HoffTrygve J. B. Hoff was a Norwegian businessman, writer and editor of the Farmand business magazine.Hoff is most well known for his role as editor of the Farmand in Norway until his death...
(1895-1982), Norwegian businessman and magazine editor - Trygve JohannessenTrygve JohannessenTrygve Johannessen is a former Norwegian footballer. He is best known for his time at Viking, with whom he won four league titles and one cup between 1974-1982. He scored a total of 181 goals in 312 games for Viking .Johannessen had many youth caps when he moved from Florvåg to Viking in the...
(born 1953), Norwegian footballer - Trygve KnudsenTrygve KnudsenTrygve Knudsen was a Norwegian philologist, linguist and lexicographer.-Personal life:Knudsen was born in Tønsberg as the son of lawyer Knud Peder Knudsen and Henriette von Lachmann Mørck...
(1897-1968), Norwegian philologist - Trygve de LangeTrygve de LangeTrygve de Lange was a Norwegian lawyer and secretary-general of Libertas.He was born in Kristiania, took his examen artium in 1937 and the cand.jur. degree at the University of Oslo in 1941. He edited the periodical Minerva from 1938 to 1939, and was deputy chair of the Norwegian Students' Society...
(1918-1981), Norwegian lawyer - Trygve LieTrygve LieTrygve Halvdan Lie was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian Foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first Secretary-General of the United...
(1896-1968), first United Nations Secretary General - Trygve MoeTrygve Moe (journalist)Trygve Moe is a Norwegian journalist.He was born in Sandefjord. He was a journalist in Dagbladet from 1958 to 1973. He was the chairman of the trade union Norwegian Union of Journalists from 1964 to 1966 and 1970 to 1983, and secretary general from 1983 to 1985...
(born 1927), Norwegian journalist - Trygve Moe (1920-1998), Norwegian politician
- Trygve NagellTrygve NagellTrygve Nagell was a Norwegian mathematician, known for his works on the Diophantine equations within number theory. He received his doctorate at the University of Oslo in 1926, and lectured at the University until 1931. He was a professor at the University of Uppsala from 1931 to 1962. Nagell was...
(1895-1988), Norwegian mathematician - Trygve NilsenTrygve NilsenTrygve Nilsen was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Kristiania, and was a mason by occupation. He was a member of Oslo city council from 1926 to 1940, serving as Mayor from 1935 to 1936 and 1936 to 1940...
(1893-1973), Norwegian politician - Trygve NygaardTrygve NygaardTrygve Nygaard is a Norwegian football midfielder who currently plays for Norwegian team FK Haugesund. He re-joined the team in 2008 after being in Viking FK from 1999 to 2007.-External links:*...
(born 1975), Norwegian footballer - Trygve OlsenTrygve OlsenTrygve Jens Asbjørn Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was born in Måsøy.Trygve Olsen was the son of Parliament member Johannes Olai Olsen, but was not elected to parliament. Instead, he worked as a fisher from 1939...
(1921-1979), Norwegian politician - Trygve OwrenTrygve OwrenTrygve Owren was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 1965, but was not re-elected in 1969. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1958–1961 and 1961–1965...
(1912-1987), Norwegian politician - Trygve PedersenTrygve PedersenTrygve B. Pedersen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Stella, which won the bronze medal in the 6 metre class .-External links:*...
(1884-1967), Norwegian sailor - Trygve ReenskaugTrygve ReenskaugTrygve Mikkjel Heyerdahl Reenskaug is a Norwegian computer scientist and professor emeritus of the University of Oslo. He formulated the model-view-controller pattern for Graphic User Interface software design in 1979 while visiting the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center...
(born 1930), Norwegian computer scientist and professor - Trygve RovelstadTrygve RovelstadTrygve A. Rovelstad was a renowned sculptor and designer of medals. He was born to Norwegian immigrant parents in Elgin, Illinois...
(1903-1990), Norwegian medalist and sculptor - Trygve Røed-LarsenTrygve Røed-LarsenTrygve Røed-Larsen is a Norwegian physicist.He graduated with the cand.real. degree in physics, and took the dr.philos. degree at the University of Oslo in 1973. He spent his professional career at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment and Det Norske Veritas, and was also a delegate to AGARD...
(born 1939), Norwegian physicist - Trygve SchjøttTrygve SchjøttTrygve Schjøtt was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Mosk II, which won the gold medal in the 10 metre class .-External links:*...
(1882-1960), Norwegian sailor - Trygve SeimTrygve SeimTrygve Seim is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer. Born in Oslo, Norway, Seim started to play the saxophone in 1985 after hearing Jan Garbarek's CD eventyr...
, Norwegian jazz saxophonist - Trygve SimonsenTrygve SimonsenTrygve Simonsen is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Troms during the term 1989–1993. In total he met during 55 days of parliamentary session...
(born 1937), Norwegian politician - Trygve StangelandTrygve StangelandTrygve Stangeland was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Sola, and founded the construction company Stangeland Gruppen in 1959. The company had a turnover of in 2008, and Stangeland himself has a fortune of NOK 402 million, about .He resided in Tjelta. His son Olav Stangeland is the...
(born 1934), Norwegian businessman - Trygve StokstadTrygve StokstadTrygve Stokstad was a Norwegian boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics....
(1902-1979), Norwegian boxer - Trygve UtheimTrygve UtheimTrygve Utheim was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1933 to 1935....
(1884-1952), former Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs - Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (born 1978), Norwegian politician
- Trygve WieseTrygve WieseTrygve Wiese is a Norwegian music artist. Trygve is best known for the football song that was first performed during the opening ceremony of the new Viking Stadion May 1, 2004. In front of 15,300 spectators he played to capacity and made history. Before R.E.M. Before Bryan Adams...
(born 1985), Norwegian singer - Trygve WyllerTrygve WyllerTrygve Wyller is a Norwegian theologian.He was born in Stavanger. He took the cand.mag. degree in 1975, and the cand.theol. degree in 1982. He did not follow a straight academic path, as he worked as a journalist in Aftenposten from 1979 to 1983, and as a priest from 1984 to 1988. Then, he was a...
(born 1950), Norwegian theologian