Hallvard
Hallvard is a male name .
Distribution, origin and meaning
Hallvard or Halvard is the Norwegian form of the Norse name Hallvarðr meaning rock guardian . Other forms of the name are Halvor, Hallvar and Halvar.
Well-known namesake
Halvar
- Sven Halvar Löfgren (1910–1978), Swedish doctor
Halvard
- Halvard Hanevold (* 1969), Norwegian biathlete and Olympic champion in biathlon
- Halvard Lange (1902–1970), Norwegian politician of the Arbeiderpartiet
- Halvard Lien (1896–1978), American ski jumper
Hallvar
- Hallvar Thoresen (* 1957), Norwegian football player and coach
Hallvard
- Hallvard Bakke (* 1943), Norwegian politician and journalist
- Hallvard Gråtopp (around 1390 – around 1438), Norwegian leader of a peasant revolt against King Erik of Pomerania
- Hallvard Holmen (born 1966), Norwegian actor
- Hallvard Johnsen (1916–2003), Norwegian composer
- Hallvard Vebjørnsson (around 1020 – around 1043), Norwegian saint and patron saint of the Norwegian capital Oslo
Halvor
- Halvor Asphol (* 1961), Norwegian ski jumper
- Halvor Egner Granerud (* 1996), Norwegian ski jumper
- Halvor Næs (* 1927), Norwegian ski jumper
- Halvor Nordhaug (* 1953), Norwegian Lutheran Bishop of the Norwegian Church
- Halvor Persson (* 1966), Norwegian ski jumper
- Halvor Steenerson (1852-1926), American politician
- Jan-Halvor Halvorsen (* 1963), Norwegian football player and coach
- Tor Halvor Bjørnstad (* 1978), Norwegian biathlete, cross-country skier, cyclist and winter triathlete
Web links
- Hallvard in the norske leksikon store