Arvid
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Arvid, Arved or Arnvid is a male given name, most common in Scandinavia but also in Persia. In Scandinavia it is derived from Old Norse Arnviðr[1] and means "forest of eagles".[2] In the Old Persian language the name Arvid means "Aryan knowledge". It consists of two parts, "ar" which is the short form for Aryan and "vid" which means knowledge.
People named Arvid include:
- Arvid Andersson (disambiguation), various Olympic Games competitors
- Arvid Carlsson (born 1923), Swedish scientist and Nobel laureate
- Arvid Hanssen (1932-1998), Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, poet, novelist and children's writer
- Arvid Harnack (1901-1942), German jurist, economist, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany
- Arvid Horn (1664-1742), Swedish soldier, diplomat and politician
- Arvid Järnefelt (1861-1932), Finnish writer
- Arvid Johanson (born 1929), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician
- Arvid Knutsen (1944–2009), Norwegian footballer and coach
- Arvid Lindman (1862-1936), Swedish rear admiral, industrialist and politician
- Arvid Lundberg (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey defenceman
- Arvid Nyholm (1866-1927), Swedish-American painter
- Arvid Pardo (1914-1999), Maltese diplomat, scholar and university professor
- Arvid Posse (1820-1901), Prime Minister of Sweden from 1880 to 1883
- Arvid Stålarm the Younger (c. 1540 or 1549–1620), Swedish noble and soldier
- Arvid Storsveen (1915-1943), Norwegian organizer of XU, the main intelligence gathering organisation in occupied Norway during World War II
- Arvid Trolle (c. 1440-1505), Swedish magnate and politician
- Arvid Wittenberg (1606-1657), Swedish count, field marshal and privy
- Arvīds Pelše (1899-1983), Soviet politician and government functionary
See also
- All pages beginning with "Arvid"
References
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