Knut

Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian first name, of which the anglicised form is Cnut or Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. The name is derived from the Old Norse Knútr meaning "knot".

It is the name of several medieval kings of Denmark, two of whom also reigned over England during the first half of the 11th century.

People

• Harthacnut I of Denmark (Cnut I, Danish: Hardeknud) (b. c. 890), king of Denmark
• Cnut the Great (Cnut II, Danish: Knud den Store or Knud II) (d. 1035), Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway
• Harthacnut (Cnut III, Danish: Hardeknud or Knud III) (d. 1042), king of Denmark and England
• Saint Canute IV of Denmark (Danish: Knud IV), king of Denmark (r. 1080–1086) and martyr
• Canute Lavard (d. 1131), Danish prince and saint
• Canute V of Denmark (Danish: Knud V), king of Denmark (r. 1146–1157)
• Canute I of Sweden (Swedish: Knut Eriksson) (r. 1173–1195)
• Canute VI of Denmark (Danish: Knud VI), king of Denmark (r. 1182–1202)
• Canute II of Sweden (Swedish: Knut Långe) (r. 1229–1234)
• Knute Rockne (1888–1931) was an American football player and coach
• Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933) was a Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist
• Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a leading Norwegian author
• Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900–1976), younger son of King Christian X
• Knut Schmidt-Nielsen (1915–2007) was a Norwegian-born American biologist
• Knut Haugland (1917–2009) was a resistance fighter and noted explorer from Norway
• Knut Frydenlund (1927–1987), was a Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Knut Vollebæk (born 1946), is a former Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Knut Knudsen (born 1950) is a former cyclist, Olympic and World Champion
• Canuto Kallan (born 1960) is a visual artist
• Knut Storberget (born 1964), is Norway's Minister of Justice
• Knut Reinhardt (born 1968) is a former German footballer.
• Knut Arild Hareide (born 1972), is the leader of Norway's Christian Democratic Party, and a former Minister of the Environment

Other

• Knut (polar bear) (2006–2011), a polar bear at the Berlin Zoo who attracted worldwide attention since 2007.
• Adonis Cnut, Rik Mayall's character in short-lived but popular sitcom Believe Nothing.
• Knut (band) is a Swiss post-hardcore band.
• The Knut is a unit of currency in the fictitious Harry Potter universe.
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See also

• Knudsen
• Knutsford