Ivar
Ivar , also Iwer, is a male given name . Iwer is also a family name.
Origin and meaning
Ivar is a first name of Swedish, Danish, Norwegian origin. It can be a subsidiary form of Ingvar .
distribution
Ivar is particularly common in northern Europe.
Name bearer
First name
- Ivar Aasen (1813–1896), autodidactic Norwegian linguist and poet
- Ivar Andrésen (1896–1940), Norwegian opera singer
- Ivar Ballangrud (1904–1969), Norwegian speed skater
- Ivar Bern (* 1967), Norwegian chess player
- Ivar Böhling (1889–1929), Finnish wrestler in the Greco-Roman style
- Ivar Breitenmoser (1951–2014), Swiss artist
- Ivar Combrinck (1943–2006), German voice actor
- Ivar Ekeland (* 1944), French mathematician of Norwegian descent
- Ivar Asbjørn Følling (1888–1973), Norwegian chemist and doctor
- Ivar Giaever (* 1929), Norwegian-American physicist
- Ivar Grünthal (1924–1996), Estonian writer, poet and politician in exile
- Ivar Hallström (1826–1901), Swedish composer
- Ivar Holmquist (1879–1954), Swedish sports official, first president of the International Ski Federation (FIS)
- Ívar Ingimarsson (* 1977), Icelandic football player
- Ivar Ivask (1927–1992), Estonian poet and literary scholar
- Ivar Jacobson (* 1939), Swedish computer scientist
- Ivar Johansson (1903–1979), Swedish wrestler
- Ivar Knudsen (1861–1920), Danish engineer, inventor and shipyard director
- Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932), Swedish industrialist, king of matches
- Ivar Lissner (1909–1967), German publicist and author
- Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901–1990), Swedish author
- Ivar Lykke (1872-1949), Norwegian Conservative politician
- Ivar Henning Mankell (1868–1930), Swedish composer
- Ivar Leon Menger (* 1973), German designer, publisher, audio book director and author and filmmaker
- Ivar Nørve (* 1941), Norwegian actor
- Ivar Nørgaard (1922–2011), Danish social democratic politician
- Ivar Odnes (1963-2018), Norwegian politician
- Ivar Ragnarsson († 873), eldest son of the legendary Norse warrior and hero Ragnar Lodbrok
- Ivar Rooth (1888–1972), Swedish banker
- Ivar Gustaf Albert Sjöberg (1913–2003), Swedish football goalkeeper
- Ivar Slik (* 1993), Dutch cyclist
- Ivar Stukolkin (* 1960), Soviet swimmer
- Ivar Tengbom (1878–1968), architect, builder of the Hötorget in Stockholm
- Ivar Karl Ugi (1930–2005), German-Estonian chemist
- Ivar Wickman (1872-1914), Swedish medic
Intermediate name
- Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791-1858), Finnish political journalist, writer and historian
- Nils Ivar Bohlin (1920–2002), Swedish flight engineer and inventor of the three-point seat belt
- Bernt Ivar Eidsvig (* 1953), Norwegian theologian, Catholic priest and Bishop of Oslo
- Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866-1927), Swedish mathematician
- Carl Ivar Hagen (* 1944), Norwegian politician
- Josef Ivar Müller (1892–1969), Swiss choir director and composer
family name
- Stan Ivar (born 1943), American actor
Others
Other particularly well-known namesake are the asteroid Ivar and a shelf system from IKEA that has been available almost unchanged since 1975 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden - family names - origin and meaning. 2nd, completely revised edition, Mannheim, Leipzig, Vienna, Zurich: Dudenverlag 2006. ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 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.
