Svend

Svend is a Danish and Norwegian male given name. Notable people with the given name include:

Svend or Sven Aggesen (c.1145–?), Danish historian
Svend Asmussen (1916–2017), Danish jazz violinist known as "The Fiddling Viking"
Svend Auken (1943–2009), Danish politician
Svend Bayer (born 1946), Ugandan-born Danish/English studio potter
Svend Bergstein (1941–2014), Danish military officer and politician
Svend Bille (1888–1973), Danish stage and film actor
Svend Borchmann Hersleb (1784–1836), Norwegian professor of theology and politician
Svend von Düring (1915–1969), Norwegian actor
Svend Engedal (1928–2001), Danish-born American soccer goalkeeper
Svend Foyn (1809–1894), Norwegian sailor
Svend Frømming (1918–1979), Danish sprint canoer
Svend Grundtvig (1824–1883), Danish literary historian and ethnographer
Svend Haugaard (1913–2003), Danish politician
Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945), Danish politician and former tax minister)
Svend Jacobsen (1906–1986), Danish fencer and Olympic competitor
Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022), Danish politician
Svend Aage Jensby (born 1940), Danish politician and former defence minister
Svend Jensen (1905–1979), Danish footballer
Svend Karlsen (born 1967), Norwegian strongman
Svend Kornbeck (1869–1933), Danish stage and film actor
Svend Unmack Larsen (1893–1965), Danish politician
Svend Lomholt (1888–1949), Danish veterinarian and dermatologist
Svend Lund (born 1949), Danish handball player and Olympic competitor
Svend Aage Madsen (born 1939), Danish novelist
Svend Melsing (1888–1946), Danish actor and theatre director
Svend Methling (1891–1977), Danish actor and film director
Svend Munck (1899–1974) Danish fencer and Olympic competitor
Svend Petersen (1911–1992), Danish-born American author, political researcher and analyst
Svend Poulsen (c. 1610–c. 1680), Danish military commander
Svend Pri (1945–1983), Danish badminton player
Svend Rasmussen Svendsen (1864–1945), Norwegian-born American impressionist artist
Svend Rathsack (1885–1941), Danish sculptor
Svend Rindom (1884–1960), Danish screenwriter
Svend Robinson (born 1952), Canadian politician and gay rights activist
Svend S. Schultz (1913–1998), Danish composer and conductor
Svend Adolph Solberg (1831–1890), Norwegian politician

Svend Wad (1928–2004), Danish boxer and Olympic medalist

See also