Frid

Frid is a Scandinavian (Norse) surname, derived from the name of the god Frey (Freyr) - same derivation as the day of the week (Tuesday -Tws Norse god of the sea, Wednesday -Wodin/Odin father of the gods, Thursday - Thor's day and Fri day - Freyr) (Names of the days of the week).

Frid is often translated from modern Swedish as meaning peace.

Frid features in the sagas as the name of a Valkyrie and the modern (English) spelling may derive from the old Norse rendering of Frið.

It may refer to:

• Amelia Frid (born 1975), an Australian actress
• Egon Frid (born 1957), Swedish politician
• Géza Frid (1904–1989), a Hungarian/Dutch composer and pianist
• Grigory Frid (1915–2012), a Russian composer
• Jonathan Frid (1924–2012), a Canadian actor
• Tage Frid (1915–2004), a Danish born American woodworker
• Valeri Frid (1922–1998), a Soviet scriptwriter

• Frid Ingulstad (born 1935), a Norwegian novelist
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad (born 1945), a Norwegian-Swedish singer, member of ABBA

• Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

See also

• Frederick (given name)
• Fried (surname)
• Freed (disambiguation)

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