Trygve
| Trygve |
| Pronunciation |
TRUG-vay |
| Gender |
Male |
| Language(s) |
Dano-Norwegian |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Old Norse |
| Meaning |
Trustworthy |
| Other names |
| Related names |
Tryggve, Tryggvi |
Trygve is a given name for males used throughout Scandinavia, but is perhaps most common in Norway. Trygve is derived from the Old Norse tryggr, meaning "true, trustworthy",[1][2] cognate with Old English treowe, Old High German triuwe. Gothic has triggws "πιστός". The Old Norse form of the name was Tryggve or Tryggvi, e.g. Tryggve Olafsson (d. 963).
There are 5,950 people with the forename Trygve in Norway in 2009, barely registering in the Top 100 names for men.[3]
The following people share the forename Trygve:
- Trygve Bendiksby (1907-1992), Norwegian judge
- Trygve Bjørgo (1916-1997), Norwegian poet and educator
- Trygve Bornø (born 1942), Norwegian footballer
- Trygve Braarud (1903-1985), Norwegian botanist
- Trygve Bratteli (1910-1984), former Norwegian Prime Minister
- Trygve Brodahl (1905-1996), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Trygve Brudevold (born 1920), Norwegian bobsledder
- Trygve Bruvik (born 1952), Norwegian engineer
- Trygve Bull (1905-1999), Norwegian lecturer and politician
- Trygve Bøyesen (1886-1963), Norwegian gymnast
- Trygve Dalseg (1898-1987), Norwegian marketing agent
- Trygve Allister Diesen (born 1967), Norwegian film producer and director
- Trygve Gulbranssen (1894-1962), Norwegian novelist
- Trygve Haavelmo (1911-1999), Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Trygve Haugeland (1914-1998), Norwegian politician
- Trygve Helgaker (born 1953), Norwegian professor
- Trygve Hoff (1895-1982), Norwegian businessman and magazine editor
- Trygve Johannessen (born 1953), Norwegian footballer
- Trygve Knudsen (1897-1968), Norwegian philologist
- Trygve de Lange (1918-1981), Norwegian lawyer
- Trygve Lie (1896-1968), first United Nations Secretary General
- Trygve Moe (born 1927), Norwegian journalist
- Trygve Moe (1920-1998), Norwegian politician
- Trygve Nagell (1895-1988), Norwegian mathematician
- Trygve Nilsen (1893-1973), Norwegian politician
- Trygve Nygaard (born 1975), Norwegian footballer
- Trygve Olsen (1921-1979), Norwegian politician
- Trygve Owren (1912-1987), Norwegian politician
- Trygve Pedersen (1884-1967), Norwegian sailor
- Trygve Reenskaug (born 1930), Norwegian computer scientist and professor
- Trygve Rovelstad (1903-1990), Norwegian medalist and sculptor
- Trygve Røed-Larsen (born 1939), Norwegian physicist
- Trygve Schjøtt (1882-1960), Norwegian sailor
- Trygve Seim, Norwegian jazz saxophonist
- Trygve Simonsen (born 1937), Norwegian politician
- Trygve Stangeland (born 1934), Norwegian businessman
- Trygve Stokstad (1902-1979), Norwegian boxer
- Trygve Utheim (1884-1952), former Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs
- Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (born 1978), Norwegian politician
- Trygve Wiese (born 1985), Norwegian singer
- Trygve Wyller (born 1950), Norwegian theologian
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