Åsmund

Åsmund or Aasmund is a Norse male given name, derived from as (god) and mundr (protector)^[1]. Åsmund may refer to:

• Åsmund Asdal (born 1957), a Norwegian biologist
• Aasmund Bjørkan (born 1973), a retired Norwegian football midfielder
• Aasmund Brynildsen (1917–1974), a Norwegian essayist, biographer, editor and consultant
• Roald Åsmund Bye (born 1928), a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Åsmund Forfang (born 1952), a Norwegian writer
• Åsmund Frægdegjevar, a medieval Norwegian legendary hero who is hired by the king to rescue a princess
• Åsmund Gylder (born 1971), a Norwegian producer, musician and songwriter and leader of the Norwegian based peace project One People
• Åsmund Kåresson, a runemaster who flourished during the first half of the 11th century in Uppland, Sweden
• Aasmund Kulien (1893–1988), a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Aasmund Nordstoga (born 1964),) is a Norwegian musician, singer and composer from Vinje, Telemark
• Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818–1870), a Norwegian poet and journalist
• Åsmund Reikvam (born 1944), a Norwegian professor in medicine and former politician
• Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje (1851–1917), a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party splinter party Liberale Venstre

See also

• Åsmund Åmli Band, a Norwegian country/rock band from Valle in Setesdalen, formed in 1996
• Åsmund Frægdegjevar (album), the first full-length album by the Norwegian folk metal band Lumsk

References

1. ^ Behind the Name