Fritiof Explained

Friðþjófur (variations: Fritiof, Frithiof, Fritjof, Frithjof, and Fridtjof) is a Scandinavian masculine given name derived from Old Norse friðr (“peace”) + þjófr (“thief”). Maybe a kenning (a metaphorical phrase used in Old Norse poetry) for a fighter. Bearers of the name include:

Iceland

The hero of Frithiof's Saga, an Icelandic saga finalized around 1300

Norway

Frithjof M. Plahte (1836–1899), Norwegian merchant and landowner
Frithjof Prydz (1841–1935), Norwegian judge
Carl Frithjof Smith (1859–1917), Norwegian-German painter
Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930), Norwegian explorer
- Fridtjof Nansen (disambiguation), things named in his honor
Fritjof Heyerdahl (1879–1970), Norwegian engineer and industrial leader
Frithjof Olsen (1882–1922), Norwegian gymnast
Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl (1885–1959), Norwegian pianist and composer
Frithjof Olstad (1890–1956), Norwegian rower
Frithjof Sælen (gymnast) (1892–1975), Norwegian gymnast
Frithjof Andersen (1893–1975), Norwegian wrestler
Fridtjof Knutsen (1894–1961), Norwegian journalist and crime novelist
Fridtjof Paulsen (1895–1988), Norwegian speed skater
Frithjof Lorentzen (1896–1965), Norwegian fencer
Fridtjof Mjøen (1897–1967), Norwegian actor
Carl Fridtjof Rode (1897–1984), Norwegian judge
Frithjof Ulleberg (1911–1993), Norwegian footballer
Frithjof Jacobsen (1914–1999), Norwegian diplomat
Frithjof Tidemand-Johannessen (1916–1958), Norwegian designer and writer
Frithjof Clausen (1916–1998), Norwegian wrestler
Frithjof Sælen (writer) (1917–2004), Norwegian writer
Fridtjof Frank Gundersen (born 1934), Norwegian jurist
Leif Fritjof Måsvær (born 1941), Norwegian politician
Frithjof Prydz (athlete) (1943–1992), Norwegian ski jumper and tennis player
Fridtjof Røinås (born 1994), Norwegian racing cyclist
Fridtjof Støre, singer for Norwegian band Albino Superstars (formed in 2004)

Sweden

Frithiof Holmgren (1831–1897), Swedish physician and physiologist
Frithiof Mårtensson (1884–1956), Swedish wrestler
Fritiof Domö (1889–1961), Swedish landlord and politician
Fritiof Karlsson (1892–1984), Swedish politician
Fritiof Nilsson Piraten (1895–1972), Swedish author
Fritiof Svensson (1896–1961), Swedish wrestler
Elof Fritjof Hillén (1893–1977), Swedish soccer player
Frithiof Rudén, Swedish footballer
Fritiof Billquist (1901–1972), Swedish film actor
Tage Fritjof Erlander (1901-1985), Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969
Fritjof Lager (1905–1973), Swedish politician
Fritiof S. Sjöstrand (1912–2011), Swedish physician and histologist
Fritiof Enbom (1918–1974), Swedish railway worker
Fritiof Andersson, title character of "Fritiof och Carmencita", a 1937 Swedish song written by Evert Taube
Fritiof Björkén (born 1991), Swedish footballer

Denmark

Fritiof Andersen (1898–1954), Danish track and field athlete

Finland

Frithiof Nevanlinna (1894–1977), Finnish mathematician

Germany

SMS Frithjof (laid down 1890), German coastal defense ship
Frithjof Henckel (born 1950), German rower
Frithjof Schmidt (born 1953), German politician for the Greens
Frithjof Kleen (born 1983), German sailor
Frithjof Seidel (born 1997), German diver

Switzerland

Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998), Swiss metaphysician

United States

Norwegian descent

Karl Fritjof Rolvaag (1913–1990), American politician

Swedish descent

Fritiof Fryxell (1900–1986), American geologist and mountain climber

Austrian descent

Frithjof Bergmann (1930–2021), German-American philosopher
Fritjof Capra (born 1939), American physicist, ecologist, and systems theorist

Antarctica

Fridtjof Island, lying in the Palmer Archipelago