Holger

Holger is a male name. It is today's Scandinavian and German form of Holmger ( Old Norse for "fighter from the island" or "loyal spear fighter"; composed of holmi ["island"] and geirr ["spear"]).

name day

Name days are December 20th (according to Hoger (Archbishop) ) and April 19th (according to Gerold von Großwalsertal ). In Norway and Sweden , March 30th is name day.

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• Hogge (Sweden), Hokki (Finland), Holga (Denmark / Sweden), Holgar (Faroe Islands), Holge, Holgeir (Iceland / Norway), Holgher (Old Sweden), Holkeri & Holkki (Finland), Holmgeir (Norway), Holmgeirr & HolmgæiRR (Old Norway), Håljer (Sweden), Holmger (Old Sweden / Norway), Ogier (France / Spain)

Name bearer

First name

• Holger Badstuber (* 1989), German soccer player
• Holger Bahra (* 1958), German football goalkeeper and coach
• Holger Bär (* 1962), German artist
• Holger Behrendt (* 1964), German gymnast and Olympic champion
• Holger Biege (1952–2018), German musician
• Holger Blom (1906–1996), Swedish architect and landscape architect
• Holger Bohne (* 1948), German rally driver
• Holger Börner (1931–2006), German politician, a. a. Prime Minister of Hesse
• Holger Brück (* 1947), German soccer player
• Holger Czukay (1938–2017), German musician and member of the music group Can
• Holger VO Dieterich (* 1948), German gynecologist, senologist and breast surgeon
• Holger Drachmann (1846–1908), Danish poet
• Holger Ellers (* 1976), German chess player
• Holger Fach (* 1962), German soccer player and soccer coach
• Holger Fransman (1909–1997), Finnish musician and music teacher
• Holger Glandorf (* 1983), German handball player and handball world champion 2007
• Holger Hauer (* 1964), German actor and director
• Holger Henke (* 1960), German mechanical and environmental engineer
• Holger Hieronymus (* 1959), German football player and official
• Holger Hiller (* 1956), German musician
• Holger Höhne (* 1970), German curling player
• Holger Hott (* 1974), Norwegian athlete
• Holger Klein (* 1969), German radio presenter and podcaster
• Holger Kleinbub (* 1971), German volleyball player
• Holger Kreymeier (* 1971), German television critic
• Holger Löhr (* 1970), German handball player and handball trainer
• Holger Madsen (1878–1943), Danish actor, film director, screenwriter and cinema manager, see Holger-Madsen
• Holger Meins (1941–1974), German student and member of the RAF
• Holger Meitinger (* 1957), German ice hockey player
• Holger Mück (* 1975), German trumpeter, lecturer and leader of his Egerland wind orchestra
• Holger Münch (* 1961), President of the Federal Criminal Police Office
• Holger Bech Nielsen (* 1941), Danish physicist
• Holger Nikelis (* 1978), German wheelchair table tennis player
• Holger Osieck (* 1948), German football coach and FIFA official
• Holger Paetz (* 1952), German cabaret artist
• Holger Simon Paulli (1810-1891), Danish conductor and composer
• Holger Pedersen (1867–1953), Danish linguist
• Holger Rothfuß (* 1950), German lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice
• Holger Salin (1911–1943 or 1944), Finnish football player
• Holger Werfel Scheuermann (1877–1960), Danish physician and researcher
• Holger Schmezer (1947–2012), head coach of the German dressage riders
• Holger Schönthier (* 1969), German-Austrian biathlete
• Holger Schück (1950–2009), German sports journalist and book author
• Holger Sonnabend (* 1956), German ancient historian
• Holger Speckhahn (* 1974), German actor and presenter
• Holger Stanislawski (* 1969), German soccer player and coach
• Holger Stockhaus (* 1973), German actor
• Holger Thiele (1878–1946), Danish-American astronomer and discoverer of several asteroids
• Holger Waldmann (1964–2011), German football referee
• Holger Wienpahl (* 1965), German moderator
• Holger Wulschner (* 1963), German show jumper

Legendary figure

• Holger Danske , Danish national hero and legendary hero

Resistance group

• Holger Danske (resistance group) , Danish resistance group in World War II

family name

• Helmut Holger (1926–2012), German costume designer and actor
• Hilde Holger (1905–2001), expressionist dancer, dance teacher and choreographer

Literature and music

• Hans Christian Andersen : Holger Danske, et eventyr af HC Andersen, 1845.
• Niels Wilhelm Gade : Holger Danskes sange, en samling sange af Bernhard Severin Ingemann med musik af Niels W. Gade, 1863.
• Friedrich Ludwig AE. Kunzen : Holger Danske, en opera, 1789.
• Selma Lagerlöf : Nils Holgersson's unbara resa genom Sverige, 1906–1907 - German: Little Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey with the wild geese . Nils Holgersson is the son of Holger Nilsson. - Chapter 54: Hos Holger Nilssons (“At Holger Nilssons”).

Web links

Wiktionary: Holger  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Name day calendar: List of name days
2. ↑ If you enter Holger , both Protestant and Catholic December 20th specified
3. ↑ Archdiocese of Salzburg - Name Days ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.