Vagn
Vagn is an Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'vehicle; wagon, wain'.
It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson.
The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the name on record being Vagn Ekman, a Swedish oceanographer.
The name became popular in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s.
Other people called Vagn include:
- Vagn Bennike, Danish resistance fighter during World War II
- Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer.
- Vagn Hovard, Danish field hockey player
- Vagn Jørgensen, Danish sprint canoeist
- Vagn F. Flyger, Danish-American wildlife biologist
- Vagn Schmidt, Danish sprint canoeist
- Vagn Nielsen, Danish handball player
Related terms
- Vaghn, Vaughn, Vaughan, Wagn, Waghn
