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Ongentheow Ongentheow (Old English: ''Ongenþeow'', ''Ongenþio'', ''Ongendþeow''; Old Norse: ''Angantýr'') (died ca. 515) was the name of a semi-legendary Swedish king of the house of Scylfings, who appears in Old English sources. He is generally ident ...

(died 515), legendary Swedish king

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Egil, brother of Volund Egil is a Germanic heroic legend, legendary hero of the ''Völundarkviða'' and the ''Thidreks saga''. The name is from Proto-Germanic *Agilaz,https://web.archive.org/web/20110225031159/http://www.sofi.se/servlet/GetDoc?meta_id=1472 (archived link, ...

, legendary archer of Germanic mythology *Egil, leader of Mechonis and antagonist in ''

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Egil (Hymiskvida) In Norse mythology, Egil is the name of a farmer in the poem '' Hymiskvida'' who looked after Thor's goats while the god was visiting the giant Hymir. Egil is possibly the father of Thor's servants Þjálfi and Röskva due to certain similaritie ...

, a character in the poem ''Hymiskvida'' *

Egil One-Hand Egil One-Hand is a berserker hero from the Icelandic legendary saga Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana. Life Egil was the son of Hring ruler of Småland and Ingibjorg, daughter of Earl Bjarkmar of Gautland. Egil was a troublesome youn ...

, Viking Berserker from Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana * Egil of Fulda (died 822), abbot and hagiographer, wrote the ''Vita Sturmi'' *

Egil Aarvik Egil Aarvik () (12 December 1912 – 19 July 1990) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, author and politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He served as Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1982 to 1990. Early life and career He ...

(1912–1990), Norwegian politician *

Egil Bjerklund Egil Henrik Bjerklund (5 September 1933 – 29 September 2022) was a Norwegian ice hockey player. He played for the Norway national team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in 1952 and in 1964. He was awarded Gullpucken Gullpucken ( trans ...

(born 1933), Norwegian ice hockey player *

Egil Eide Egil Næss Eide (24 August 1868 – 13 December 1946) was a Norwegian silent film actor and director. He appeared in eighteen films between 1913 and 1935, and worked at the National Theatre between 1899 and 1939. Career He was born in Hau ...

(1868–1946), Norwegian actor and film director *

Egil Werner Erichsen Egil Werner Erichsen (4 October 1901 – 3 March 2000) was a Norwegian corporate director and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Holt outside Tvedestrand in Aust-Agder as a son of district physician Stian Erichsen (1867� ...

(1901–2000), Norwegian corporate director and politician *

Egil Eriksen Egil Johan Marius Eriksen (20 April 1909 – 2 November 1996) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Solum as a son of mason Kristian Eriksen (1873–1935) and housewife Birgitte Syse (1867–1933). He finis ...

(1909–1996), Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party *

Egil Fjetland Egil Fjetland (born 12 August 1962) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a forward for Vidar and Viking, where he won the Norwegian Cup and Tippeligaen. He is the twin brother of Jan Fjetland. Club career Fjetland was born in Stavanger ...

(born 1962), Norwegian footballer *

Egil Gjelland Egil Gjelland (born 12 November 1973) is a former Norwegian biathlete. He is olympic champion in the biathlon relay from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Egil Gjelland grew up in Voss, the home of many world class biathletes, and s ...

(born 1973), former Norwegian biathlete *

Egil Halmøy Egil Halmøy (2 October 1901 – 24 January 1984) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the south ...

(1901–1984), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party *

Egil Harder Egil Georg Harder (7 April 1917 – 7 April 1997) was a Danish composer. Notable works *Rokoko-vals (salonorkester 1936) *Juletræet med sin pynt (1940) *Lille suite for strygeorkester (1942) *Den blå anemone 1945) *Spansk dans for orkester ...

(1917–1997), Danish composer *

Egil Hegerberg Egil Hegerberg (born 23 March 1970) is a Norwegian comedian and musician known for his humorous lyrics and behavior. Career He is best known as a bassist and vocalist, but also plays the guitar, keyboard and synth. He has experimented in severa ...

(born 1970), Norwegian comedian and musician *

Egil Helle Egil Helle (28 April 1923 – 2006) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, information worker and biographer. He was born in Bergen. He started his journalist career in 1942, during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, in the illegal press. The na ...

(1923–2006), Norwegian newspaper editor, information worker and biographer * Egil Hestnes (born 1943), Norwegian politician *

Egil Hjorth-Jenssen Egil Hjorth-Jenssen (18 April 1893 – 8 November 1969) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director, playwright, children's writer and translator. Personal life Hjorth-Jenssen was born in Fredrikshald as a son of editor Gunnar Olaves Jenssen ( ...

(1893–1969), Norwegian actor and theatre director *

Egil Hylleraas Egil Andersen Hylleraas (May 15, 1898 – October 28, 1965) was a Norwegian theoretical physicist known for creating a method for predicting the ground state energy of two-electron atoms and trial wave functions for many-electron atoms. Early li ...

(1898–1965), Norwegian theoretical physicist *

Egil Jacobsen Egil Jacobsen (1897 – 27 March 1923) was a Danish chess master. He tied for 5-6th at Horsens 1915 (the 6th Danish Chess Championship, Johannes Giersing won), tied for 9-10th at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th Nordic Chess Championship, B-tournament, ...

(1897–1923), Danish chess master *

Egil Remi Jensen Egil Remi Jensen (born 6 November 1929) is a Norwegian retired newspaper editor. Life and career Egil Remi Jensen was born in Vennesla on 6 November 1929. He was hired as a subeditor in the newspaper ''Fædrelandsvennen'' in 1957, and was the chie ...

(born 1929), Norwegian newspaper editor *

Egil Johansen (musician) Egil "Bop" Johansen (11 January 1934 – 4 December 1998) was a Norwegian- Swedish jazz drummer, teacher, composer, and arranger. Life Johansen was born in Oslo. He was considered already in his teens as one of the best drummers and was a prof ...

(1934–1998), known as Egil "Bop" Johansen, Norwegian-Swedish jazz drummer *

Egil Johansen (footballer) Egil Johansen (born 30 April 1962) is a Norwegian football player. He was born in Oslo. He played for the club Vålerengen, and also for the Norwegian national team Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to ...

(born 1962), Norwegian footballer *

Egil Johansen (orienteer) Egil Johansen (born 18 August 1954) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, winner of the 1976 and 1978 Individual World Orienteering Championships,

(born 1954), Norwegian orienteer *

Egil Kapstad Egil Kapstad (6 August 1940 – 13 July 2017) was a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He wrote the music for more than 50 theatre productions, and composed for film and television drama. Kapstad composed classical works for orchestr ...

(1940–2017), Norwegian Jazz pianist, composer and arranger *

Egil Kjølner Egil Kjølner (8 January 1920 – 25 February 2010) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Fredrikstad, but moved to Bærum in 1927. He was a member of Bærum municipal council for twenty years and Akershus c ...

(1920–2010), Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party *

Egil Kraggerud Egil Kraggerud (born 7 July 1939) is a Norwegian philologist. He was born in Hemnes as a son of dentist John Kraggerud (1903–1991) and teacher Borghild Johanne Westeren (1904–1988). He took the examen artium at Oslo Cathedral School in 1957, a ...

(born 1939), Norwegian philologist *

Egil Krogh Egil "Bud" Krogh Jr. (August 3, 1939 – January 18, 2020) was an American lawyer who became infamous as an official of the Nixon Administration and who was imprisoned for his part in the Watergate Affair. He was Senior Fellow on Ethics and Leade ...

(1939–2020), American lawyer *

Egil Lærum Egil Lærum (11 August 1921 – 27 November 1954) was a Norwegian footballer, ski jumper and athlete. In association football, he played the wing half position for the clubs Vålerengen and Larvik Turn. Eika also won 16 caps for Norway. In ski ju ...

(1921–1954), Norwegian footballer, ski jumper and athlete * Egil Oddvar Larsen (1923–2009), Norwegian politician *

Egil Ly Egil Ly (born 31 October 1938) is a Norwegian retired sailor. He represented the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club and competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. In the mixed three person keelboat class as a crew member under Morits Skaugen. He was born in ...

(born 1938), Norwegian sailor * Egil Nyhus (born 1962), Norwegian illustrator *

Egil Offenberg Egil Offenberg (8 March 1899 – 28 July 1975) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative party. He was the chief executive officer at the Schou Brewery from 1932 to 1967. He was active in the Norwegian resistance movement ...

(1899–1975), Norwegian businessperson and politician * Egil Olbjørn (1902–1982), Norwegian police leader *

Egil Olsen Egil Roger Olsen (born 22 April 1942), nicknamed Drillo, is a Norwegian Association football, football Coach (sport), manager and former footballer. He is best known as a highly successful manager of the Norway national football team. He has sin ...

(born 1942), Norwegian football manager and footballer *

Egil Østenstad Egil Johan Østenstad (; born 2 January 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He started and ended his career at Viking, before going on to play in the Premier League for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers an ...

(born 1972), footballer player *

Egil Reichborn-Kjennerud Egil Reichborn-Kjennerud (4 February 1903 – 10 April 1974) was a Norwegian judge, cyclist and sports administrator. He was a Norwegian champion in cycling. During World War II he was a sports leader under the Nazi rule, leading the Norwegi ...

(1903–1974), Norwegian judge, cyclist and sports administrator * Egil Reksten (1917–2009), Norwegian engineer and resistance member during World War II *

Egil Søby Egil Vike Søby (born 25 November 1945) is a retired Norwegian sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the le ...

(born 1945), Norwegian sprint canoer *

Egil Solsvik Egil Uno Solsvik (12 April 1916 – 6 October 2005) was a Norwegian wrestler. He was born in Kristiania, and represented the club IF Ørnulf. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London London is the ca ...

(1916–2005), Norwegian wrestler *

Egill Skallagrímsson Egil Skallagrímsson (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ; 904 995) was a Viking Age war poet, sorcerer, berserker, and farmer.Thorsson, 3 He is known mainly as the anti-hero of '' Egil's Saga''. ''Egil's Saga'' historically narrates a period from ...

, the protagonist of ''

Egil's Saga ''Egill's Saga'' or ''Egil's saga'' ( non, Egils saga ; ) is an Icelandic saga (family saga) on the lives of the clan of Egill Skallagrímsson (Anglicised as Egill Skallagrimsson), an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald. The saga spans the year ...

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Egil Sundar Egil Sundar (né Nilsen; 17 October 1932 – 20 April 1994) was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. He was born in Oslo. He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''Aftenposten'' from 1984 to 1990. From 1990 he worked for the Norwegian B ...

(1932–1994), Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor *

Egil Svartdahl Egil Svartdahl (born 16 August 1954) is a Norwegian Christian minister active in the Pentecostal movement. He has been the pastor of several Pentecostal churches as well as the host of several Norwegian television programs; he is known as the "TV ...

(born 1954), Norwegian TV-pastor *

Egil Taule Egil Taule (born 31 October 1934) is a Norwegian businessperson. He took his degree in civil engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1958. He worked in both Germany and the United States, but spent the years 1974 to 2001 as a seni ...

(born 1934), Norwegian businessperson *

Egil Toreng Ottar Egil Toreng (5 December 1922 – 8 January 2015) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician. He was born in Kristiania, and grew up in Flisa. He became a journalist in '' Glåmdalen'' during the second world war, and was promoted to su ...

(1922–2015), Norwegian newspaper editor and politician *

Egil Törnqvist Per Egil Törnqvist (19 December 1932, Uppsala – 9 March 2015, Amsterdam) was Professor Emeritus of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Amsterdam and an academic literary critic. Earlier (1961) he was in charge of the drama division in the ...

(1932–2015), Professor Emeritus of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Amsterdam and an academic literary critic *

Egil Tynæs Egil Kristian Tynæs (August 12, 1941 – June 2, 2004) was a Norwegian anthroposophical doctor, senior physician at the Municipal Clinic in Bergen and a humanitarian aid worker. On June 2, 2004, in Badghis, Afghanistan Tynæs and four others ( ...

(1941–2004), Norwegian doctor *

Egil A. Wyller Egil Anders Wyller (24 April 1925 – 6 March 2021) was a Norwegian philosopher, historian, non-fiction writer and translator. He was born in Stavanger, the son of Trygve Christian Wyller and Anne Kathrine Dons, and brother of Thomas Christian ...

(born 1925), Norwegian philosopher, historian, non-fiction writer and translator

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Egill Örn Egilsson Egill Örn Egilsson ASC (born 31 August 1966), known as Eagle Egilsson ( ), is an Icelandic television director and cinematographer. Life and career Egill was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, and studied filmmaking at Columbia College Hollywo ...

(born 1966), also known as Eagle Egilsson, Icelandic director and cinematographer *

Egill Einarsson Egill "Gillz" Einarsson (born 13 May 1980) is an Icelandic television personality, radio show host, fitness coach, motivational speaker, DJ and singer. As a musician, he was part of the dance act Merzedes Club in 2008 where he was known as Gillz ...

or Gillz (born 1980), Icelandic private fitness coach, author and musician *

Egill Knutzen Egill Knutzen (28 April 1914 – 6 March 1990) was a Norwegian épée fencer. He competed at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially k ...

(1914–1990), Norwegian fencer. He competed at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics *

(910–990), famous Viking, community, leader, and Icelandic settler *

Egill Reimers Egill Reimers (July 18, 1878 – November 11, 1946) was a Norwegian architect. He also competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. Reimers was born in Bergen, Norway, to Bastiam Reimers (b. 1838) and Maren Johnsdatter (b. 1843). (Birth and marr ...

(1878–1946), Norwegian architect and sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics

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Tor Egil Kreken Tor Egil Kreken (born 30 March 1977 in Norway) is a Norwegian musician (bass, banjo, guitars). Biography Kreken plays within the bands Eivind Aarset Trio (bass), Faircastle Four (guitar, banjo), Shining (bass), The Holstein United Bluegrass B ...

(born 1977), Norwegian musician

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