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Svein is a
Norwegian masculine given name.
Notable people with the
given name include:
Sweyn Haakonsson (died c. 1016), in
Norwegian Svein Håkonsson, an...
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Svein Knutsson (Old Norse:
Sveinn Knútsson [ˈswɛinː ˈknuːtsˌson]; c. 1016–1035) was the son of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and...
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Svein Jean
Magnussen (born 24
March 1942) was a
Norwegian psychologist. He took the dr.philos.
degree in 1976. From 1990 he held a
professorship of cognitive...
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Svein Rosseland (March 31, 1894, in Kvam,
Hardanger –
January 19, 1985, in Bærum) was a
Norwegian astrophysicist and a
pioneer in the
field of theoretical...
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Svein Gjerdåker (born 6
September 1963) is a
Norwegian newspaper editor. He
hails from Voss, and took his
education at the
University of Bergen. He later...
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Svein Aaser (born 7
October 1946) is a
former CEO of DnB NOR, the
largest financial group in Norway. He
resigned on 31
December 2006. He is
chair of FIS...
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Svein Flåtten (born 14
October 1944 in Andebu) is a
Norwegian politician for the
Conservative Party. He was
elected to the
Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold...
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Svein Arne Øvergaard (1
January 1912 in
Kristiania (Oslo) – 23
November 1986 in Oslo) was a
Norwegian resistance member,
boxer and jazz
musician (saxophone...
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Svein Grøndalen (born 8
February 1955) is a
Norwegian former footballer. He was born in Halden, and as a youngster, he
lived in Halden, Drammen, Halden...
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Svein and the Rat (
Svein og rotta) is a 2006
Norwegian family film,
based on a book with the same name by
Marit Nicolaysen. It was
directed by
Magnus Martens...