Gunnar
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Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (Gunnarr in Old Norse
) The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier and attacker (gunnr "war" and arr "warrior"). Gunder is a Danish variant, Günther is the modern German variant. People with the name Gunnar include:
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....
) The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier and attacker (gunnr "war" and arr "warrior"). Gunder is a Danish variant, Günther is the modern German variant. People with the name Gunnar include:
- Gunnar van de Ven, Dutch Bots Developer
- Gunnar AnderssonGunnar AnderssonGunnar Andersson, was a football player from Sweden. He is widely considered as one of Olympique de Marseille best strikers, along with Josip Skoblar and Jean-Pierre Papinby who?....
, Swedish football player - Gunnar AsplundGunnar AsplundErik Gunnar Asplund was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition...
, Swedish architect - Gunnar Berg (composer)
- Gunnar Berg (Scouting)Gunnar Berg (Scouting)Gunnar H. Berg was a national director of the Boy Scouts of America.-Biography:Berg was born in Oslo and came to the United States at age 13. He was a graduate of Columbia University, and received a doctorate in education in 1946. Berg was associated with Scouting for 42 years, retiring in 1962....
- Gunnar Berg (painter)Gunnar Berg (painter)Gunnar Berg was a Norwegian painter, known for his paintings of his native Lofoten. He principally painted memorable scenes of the everyday life of the local fishermen.-Background:...
- Gunnar Berg (politician)Gunnar Berg (politician)Gunnar Berg was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland during the term 1965–1969.-References:...
- Gunnar BergeGunnar BergeGunnar Berge is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, born in Etne, Hordaland. Berge represented Rogaland in the Norwegian Parliament from 1969 to 1993. He was Minister of Finance 1986-1989, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development 1992-1996, as well as minister of Nordic...
, Norwegian politician - Gunnar Bergenholtz, Swedish endodontologist
- Gunnar BjörnstrandGunnar BjörnstrandGunnar Björnstrand was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer/director Ingmar Bergman. He was born in Stockholm. He appeared in over 180 films....
, Swedish actor - Gunnar EkelöfGunnar EkelöfGunnar Ekelöf was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1958. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by Uppsala University in 1958...
, Swedish poet - Gunnar FantGunnar FantCarl Gunnar Michael Fant was professor emeritus at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He was a first cousin of George Fant.Gunnar Fant received a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1945...
, Swedish pioneer of speech synthesis - Gunnar Emil GarforsGunnar Emil GarforsGunnar Emil Garfors was a Norwegian poet from Ankenes near Narvik, but born in Skjomen."Under høg himmel" was published posthumously in 1980. Garfors was awareded the Norwegian King's Service Medal in Silver for his work within education and his fight against tobacco smoking....
(1900 - 1979), Norwegian poet - Gunnar GrenGunnar GrenGunnar Gren was a Swedish football player and coach. He is best known for playing for IFK Gothenburg and AC Milan. He was part of the famous "Gre-No-Li" trio of forwards at A.C. Milan and the Swedish national team...
, Swedish football player - Gunnar HámundarsonGunnar HámundarsonGunnar Hámundarson was a 10th century Icelandic chieftain. He lived in Hlíðarendi in Fljótshlíð and is probably better known as Gunnar of Hlíðarendi...
, 10th century Icelandic chieftain - Gunnar HansenGunnar HansenGunnar Milton Hansen is an Icelandic-born actor and author best known for playing Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre .- Early life:Hansen was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, and moved to the United States when he was five...
, Icelandic actor - Gunnar Hecker NASKA National Sport Karate Fighting Champion
- Gunnar JarringGunnar JarringGunnar Valfrid Jarring was a Swedish diplomat and Turkologist.Jarring was born in Brunnby, Höganäs Municipality, Skåne County , Sweden. He earned a Ph.D. from Lund University in 1933 with his dissertation Studien zu einer osttürkischen Lautlehre...
, Swedish diplomat - Gunnar Johansson (footballer)Gunnar Johansson (footballer)Gunnar Johansson was a football player from Sweden....
- Gunnar Johansson (psychophysicist)
- Gunnar Mitstifer (Youtuber)
- Gunnar KnudsenGunnar KnudsenGunnar Knudsen , born Aanon Gunerius Knudsen, was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party who had two spells as Prime Minister of Norway from 1908 to 1910 and from 1913 to 1920...
, Norwegian politician - Gunnar MyrdalGunnar MyrdalKarl Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish Nobel Laureate economist, sociologist, and politician. In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Friedrich Hayek for "their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the...
, Swedish economist - Gunnar NelsonGunnar NelsonGunnar Eric Nelson is an American musician, singer, and songwriter and international multi-platinum recording artist.-Family:...
, American musician - Gunnar Nielsen (athlete)Gunnar Nielsen (athlete)Niels Gunnar Nielsen was a Danish middle distance runner who equalled the world record over both 880 yards and 1500 metres. He represented the Østerbro-based club Københavns Idræts Forening throughout his career....
, Danish athlete - Gunnar NilssonGunnar NilssonGunnar Nilsson was a Swedish racing driver, born in Helsingborg. Before entering Formula One, he won the 1975 British Formula Three Championship....
, Swedish racing driver - Gunnar NordahlGunnar NordahlGunnar Nordahl was a Swedish football player, best known for his play in AC Milan 1949-1956.-Sweden:...
, Swedish football player - Gunnar PerssonGunnar PerssonGunnar Persson is a Swedish cartoonist and comic creator. He is the son of Elov Persson, creator of one of Sweden's oldest comic strip characters, Kronblom. Gunnar began drawing the Kronblom comic strip in 1968 when his father's health got worse...
, Swedish cartoonist - Gunnar Thoresen (footballer), Norwegian football player
- Gunnar Bollason Vöðvabúnt, Icelandic body builder
- A variant name for GuntherGuntherGunther is the German name of a semi-legendary king of Burgundy of the early 5th century...
, king of the BurgundianBurgundiansThe Burgundians were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from mainland Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose old form in Old Norse still was Burgundarholmr , and from there to mainland Europe...
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