Vagn

Vagn is an Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'wagon'. In Norwegian, the name means . It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson.

The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the name on record being Vagn Ekman (1874-1954), a Swedish oceanographer. The name became popular in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s.

Notable people

• Vagn Bennike (1888–1970), Danish resistance fighter during World War II
• Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996), Danish composer
• Vagn Hovard (1914–1998), Danish field hockey player
• Vagn Jørgensen (fl. 1930s), Danish sprint canoeist
• Vagn F. Flyger (1922–2006), Danish-American wildlife biologist
• Vagn Schmidt (born 1935), Danish sprint canoeist
• Vagn Nielsen (born 1943), Danish handball player

Related terms

• Vaghn, Vaughn (disambiguation), Vaughan, Wagn, Waghn

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