Henrik
| Henrik | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation |
Swedish: [ˈhɛnrɪk] Danish: [ˈhɛnˀʁæɡ] |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Swedish (Earliest documented use)[1] |
| Meaning | Henry |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Henry, Henri, Heinrich, Heinz, Henryk, Heiko, Heike, Enrique, Henrique, Enrico, Henrietta, Harriet |
Henrik is a male given name of Germanic origin, primarily used in Scandinavia, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia.[2] In Poland, the name is spelt Henryk but pronounced similarly. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Heikki (Finnish), Henryk (Polish), Hendrik (Dutch), Heinrich (German), Enrico (Italian), Henri (French), Enrique (Spanish) and Henrique (Portuguese). It means 'Ruler of the home' or 'Lord of the house'.[3]
People named Henrik include:
- Henrik Skadelår (c. 1090-1134), Danish prince
- Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (born 1934)
- Prince Henrik of Denmark (born 2009)
- Henrik Agerbeck (born 1956), Danish former footballer
- Henrik Christiansen (disambiguation)
- Henrik Dagård (born 1969), Swedish retired decathlete
- Henrik Dam (1895-1976), Danish biochemist and physiologist and Nobel laureate
- Henrik Dettmann (born 1958), Finnish basketball coach
- Henrik Otto Donner (1939-2013), Finnish composer and musician
- Henrik Fisker (born 1963), Danish automobile designer and entrepreneur
- Henrik Freischlader (born 1982), German blues musician
- Henrik Grönvold (1858–1940), Danish naturalist and artist
- Henrik Hagtvedt (born 1971), Norwegian visual artist
- Henrik Hansen (disambiguation)
- Henrik Horn (1618–1693), Swedish nobleman, field marshal, admiral and member of the Privy Council of Sweden
- Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian playwright
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born 1991), Norwegian middle-distance runner
- Henrik Jæger (1854–1895), Norwegian literary historian, literary critic and playwright
- Henrik Jensen (disambiguation)
- Henrik Jørgensen (disambiguation)
- Henrik Kreüger (1882–1953), Swedish engineer
- Henrik Nikolai Krøyer (1799–1870), Danish zoologist
- Henrik Larsen (born 1966), Danish football manager, coach and former player
- Henrik Sass Larsen (born 1966), Danish politician
- Henrik Larsson (born 1971), Swedish football coach and former player
- Henrik Lund (academic) (born 1960), Danish engineer and professor
- Henrik Lund (painter) (1879-1935), Norwegian painter and graphic artist
- Henrik Lundqvist (born 1982), Swedish ice hockey goalie
- Henrik Malyan (1925–1988), Armenian film director and writer
- Henrik Nielsen (disambiguation)
- Henrik Nilsson (disambiguation)
- Henrik Ojamaa, Estonian football player
- Henrik Olrik (1830–1890), Danish painter, sculptor and applied artist
- Henrik Schück (1855–1947), Swedish literary historian, university professor and author
- Henrik Sedin (born 1980), Swedish ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
- Henrik Shipstead (1881-1960), American politician, longtime US Senator from Minnesota
- Henrik Sørensen (1882–1962), Norwegian painter
- Henrik Stenson (born 1976), Swedish professional golfer
- Henrik Sundström (born 1964), Swedish former tennis player
- Henrik Wergeland (1808–1845), Norwegian writer, poet, playwright, polemicist, historian and linguist
- Henrik Wigström (1862–1923), very important Fabergé workmaster, one of the two responsible for almost all of the Fabergé imperial Easter eggs
- Henrik Zetterberg (born 1980), Swedish ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
See also
References
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Henrik
- ↑ Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Henry
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