Arvid (given name)

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Arvid, Arved or Arnvid is a male given name, most common in Scandinavia. It is derived from Old Norse Arnviðr^[1] and means "forest of eagles".^[2]

People named Arvid include:

• Arvid Andersson, various Olympic Games competitors
• Arvid Carlsson (born 1923), Swedish scientist and Nobel laureate
• Arvid Hanssen (1932-1998), Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, poet, novelist and children's writer
• Arvid Harnack (1901-1942), German jurist, economist, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany
• Arvid Horn (1664-1742), Swedish soldier, diplomat and politician
• Arvid Järnefelt (1861-1932), Finnish writer
• Arvid Johanson (born 1929), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician
• Arvid Knutsen (1944–2009), Norwegian footballer and coach
• Arvid Lindman (1862-1936), Swedish rear admiral, industrialist and politician
• Arvid Nyholm (1866-1927), Swedish-American painter
• Arvid Pardo (1914-1999), Maltese diplomat, scholar and university professor
• Arvīds Pelše (1899-1983), Soviet politician and government functionary
• Arvid Posse (1820-1901), Prime Minister of Sweden from 1880 to 1883
• Arvid Stålarm the Younger (c. 1540 or 1549–1620), Swedish noble and soldier
• Arvid Storsveen (1915-1943), Norwegian organizer of XU, the main intelligence gathering organisation in occupied Norway during World War II
• Arvid Trolle (c. 1440-1505), Swedish magnate and politician
• Arvid Wittenberg (1606-1657), Swedish count, field marshal and privy councillor

See also

• All pages beginning with "Arvid"

References

1. ^ Behind the Name
2. ^ The One-In-A-Million Baby Name Book

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