Vagn Explained

Vagn (in Danish ˈvɑwn/) 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 (1874-1954), a Swedish oceanographer.^[1] The name became popular in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s.^[2] Other people called Vagn include:

• Vagn Bennike (1888 - 1970), Danish resistance fighter during World War II
• Vagn Holmboe (1909 - 1996), Danish composer.
• Vagn Hovard (1914 - 1998), Danish field hockey player
• Vagn Jørgensen (fl. 1930s), Danish sprint canoeist
• Vagn F. Flyger (1922 - 2006), Danish-American wildlife biologist
• Vagn Schmidt (born 1935), Danish sprint canoeist
• Vagn Nielsen (born 1943), Danish handball player

Related terms

• Vaghn, Vaughn (disambiguation), Vaughan, Wagn, Waghn

Notes and References

1. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)