Hjalmar
Hjalmar is a male name .
Origin and meaning
Hjalmar is of Old Norse origin and means helmeted soldier or the helmeted warrior . The name is mainly found in Scandinavian countries.
variants
Hjálmarr (Swedish); Jalmari, Jari (Finnish); Helmer; Helmar (German)
Well-known namesake
Hjalmar
- Hjalmar Andersen (1923-2013), Norwegian speed skater
- Hjalmar Borgstrøm (1864–1925), Norwegian composer
- Hjalmar Branting (1860-1925), Swedish politician
- Hjalmar Falk (1859–1928), Norwegian linguist and philologist of German and Nordic studies
- Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961), Swedish poet
- Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862–1953), Swedish politician
- Hjalmar Kiærskou (1835–1900), Danish botanist
- Hjalmar Kutzleb (1885–1959), German writer and educator
- Hjalmar Mäe (1901–1978), Estonian politician and collaborator in German-occupied Estonia
- Hjalmar Nyström (1904–1960), Finnish wrestler
- Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen (1890–1965), Norwegian aviation pioneer, polar explorer and businessman
- Hjalmar Schacht (1877–1970), German Reichsbank President and Reich Economics Minister under Hitler from 1934 to 1937
- Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892–1947), Finnish officer during the Winter War and the Continuation War
- Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941), Swedish writer
- Hjalmar Stemmann (* 1963), German politician
- Hjalmar Sundén (1908–1993), Swedish theologian and university professor for psychology of religion in Uppsala
Helmar
- Helmar Frank (1933–2013), German mathematician and cyberneticist
- Helmar Härtel (* 1942), German codicologist, binding researcher and library director
- Helmar Hegewald (* 1941), German politician (SED or PDS) and university professor for Marxist-Leninist ethics
- Helmar Helas (1914–1981), German painter, glass designer and restorer
- Helmar Hommel (* 1947), German sports scientist
- Helmar Junghans (1931–2010), German Protestant theologian and church historian
- Helmar Kögl (1944–2010), Austrian historian and adult educator
- Helmar Krupp (1924–2007), German physicist and science politician
- Helmar Lerski (1871–1956), Swiss photographer, cameraman and film director
- Helmar Meinel (* 1928), German journalist and satirist
- Helmar Schöne (* 1966), German political scientist and university professor
- Helmar Schubert (* 1939), German professor for food process engineering
- Helmar Schwarzbach (* 1943), German football goalkeeper
Helmer
- Helmer Boelsen (1925–2015), German sports journalist
- Helmer Hanssen (1870–1956), Norwegian polar explorer
- Helmer von Lützelburg (* 1956), German film director
- Helmer Rosting (1893–1945), Danish theologian and diplomat
- Helmer Smith (1882-1956), Swedish Indologist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hjalmar on www.behindthename.com (English)