Erling
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Erling is a Nordic male name, meaning "Heir of clanchief", i.e. prince or similar. Notable people named Erling include:
- Erling Eidem, Swedish theologian who served as archbishop of Uppsala 1931–1950
- Erling Lorentzen of Norwegian royalty
- Erling Dekke Næss, controlled the first OBO carrier, proposed the Norwegian International Ship Register
- Erling Persson, founder of H&M
- Erling Skakke, 13th century Norwegian earl
- Erling Steinvegg, candidate of Bagler to the Norwegian throne from 1204 to 1207
- Erling von Mende, professor of Sinology at FU Berlin
- Erling Wold, contemporary American composer
- Tapani Erling, political chairman of the World Customs Organization.
Erling is also a place name. It is:
- A village in Germany[1], located at the foot of the Benedictine abbey Andechs, and formed as an independent town in 1818.
- A village in Jiangsu province, China[2]
There are other place names with similar spellings, including Earling, Iowa and Earling, West Virginia.
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