
Ingvar
Meaning
From the Old Norse name Yngvarr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god YNGVI combined
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Famous People Named Ingvar
Ingvar of Kiev
Ingvar Yaroslavich (Інгвар Ярославич in Ukrainian), Prince of Dorogobuzh, Prince of Lutsk, Grand Prince of Kiev (Kyiv, 1202 and 1214), Prince of Volodymyr (1207).
Ingvar the Far-Travelled
Ingvar the Far-Travelled (Old Norse: Yngvarr víðförli, Swedish: Ingvar Vittfarne) was a Swedish Viking who led a large attack defending Georgia in 1036–1042.
Ingvar Wedervang
Ingvar Brynhjulf Wedervang (21 July 1891 – 4 December 1961) was a Norwegian economist and statistician.
Ingvar Gíslason
Ingvar Gíslason (born 28 March 1926) is an Icelandic politician, formerly the Minister of Education, Science and Culture and the Speaker of the Lower House of the Althing.
Ingvar Cronhammar
Ingvar Cronhammar (17 December 1947 – 20 May 2021) was a Swedish-Danish sculptor, who lived in Denmark from 1965 until his death.
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