Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in

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Behind the Name: Gunnar
/ref>). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior"). King

Gunnar Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrio ...

was a prominent king of

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such as the

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epic poem, the

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, where King Gunnar and Queen

Brynhildr Brunhild, also known as Brunhilda or Brynhild ( non, Brynhildr , gmh, Brünhilt, german: Brünhild , label=Modern German or ), is a female character from Germanic heroic legend. She may have her origins in the Visigothic princess Brunhilda o ...

hold their court at

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. Gunder is a nordic variant, Günther is the modern German variant, and Gonario is the Italian version. Some people with the name Gunnar include:

Gunnar Andersen

* Gunnar Andersen (1890–1968), Norwegian football player and ski jumper * Gunnar Andersen (1909–1988), Norwegian ski jumper * Gunnar Aagaard Andersen (1919–1982), Danish sculptor, painter and designer **

Gunnar Reiss-Andersen Gunnar Reiss-Andersen (21 August 1896 – 29 July 1964) was a Norwegian lyric poet and writer. Biography He was born at Larvik in Vestfold, Norway. Reiss-Andersen went to sea at 17 years of age, sailing the Baltic and North Seas for a year in t ...

(1896–1964), Norwegian poet

Gunnar Andersson

Johan Gunnar Andersson Johan Gunnar Andersson (3 July 1874 – 29 October 1960)"Andersson, Johan Gunnar" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 385. was a Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist and g ...

(1874–1960), Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist and geologist * Gunnar Andersson (1890–1946), Swedish trade unionist * Gunnar Andersson (''Spökis''; 1923–1974), Swedish aviator *

Gunnar Andersson (footballer) Gunnar Andersson (14 August 1928 – 1 October 1969) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker. He is widely considered one of Olympique de Marseille's best strikers, and is the highest scorer of the club. Born in Sweden, he represented ...

(1928–1969), Swedish football player * Per-Gunnar Andersson ** Per-Gunnar Andersson (born 1957), Swedish racing driver ** Per-Gunnar Andersson (born 1980), Swedish rally driver

Others

Gunnar Asplund Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style wh ...

(1885–1940), Swedish architect *

Gunnar Bärlund Gunnar Richard Bernhard Bärlund (9 January 1911 – 2 August 1982) was a Finnish heavyweight boxer who won the European amateur title in 1934. He competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics, but lost in the first round to the eventual winner Santiago ...

(1911–1982), Finnish boxer * Gunnar Berg ** Gunnar Berg (1863–1893), Norwegian painter ** Gunnar Berg (1897–1987), American scouting official ** Gunnar Berg (1909–1989), Swiss-Danish composer ** Gunnar Berg (1923–2007), Norwegian politician **

Gunnar Andreas Berg Gunnar Andreas Berg (born 14 January 1954) is a Norwegian musician, educator, owner of the record label "Bergland Productions". He is known from cooperations with musicians like Palle Mikkelborg, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Bjørn Alterhaug, Siri Gjær ...

(born 1954), Norwegian musician *

Gunnar Berge Gunnar Berge (born 29 August 1940) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, born in Etne, Hordaland. Berge represented Rogaland Rogaland () is a county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestl ...

(born 1940), Norwegian politician *

Gunnar Berggren Gunnar Alf Erik Berggren (26 January 1908 – 2 September 1983) was a Swedish boxer who won bronze medals in the lightweight division at the 1927 European Championships and 1928 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics he turned professional and ha ...

(1908–1983), Swedish boxer *

Gunnar Birkerts Gunnar Birkerts ( lv, Gunārs Birkerts, January 17, 1925 – August 15, 2017) was a Latvian American architect who, for most of his career, was based in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan. Some of his notable designs include the Corn ...

(1925–2017), Latvian-American architect *

Gunnar Bjurner Knut Gunnar Bjurner (10 January 1882 – 28 January 1964) was a senior Swedish Navy officer. Bjurner commanded three different coastal defence ships, headed Karlskrona Naval Yard (1931–1936) and commanded the Winter Squadron (1933–1934) as we ...

(1882–1964), Swedish Navy vice admiral *

Gunnar Björnstrand Knut Gunnar Johanson (13 November 1909 – 24 May 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer and director Ingmar Bergman. Biography Björnstrand was born Knut Gunnar Johanson in Stockholm as son of actor Oscar Johanson an ...

(1909–1986), Swedish actor *

Gunnar Ekelöf Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf (15 September 1907, in Stockholm – 16 March 1968, in Sigtuna) was a Swedish poet and writer. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1958 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy by Uppsala University in 1958. ...

(1907–1968), Swedish poet and writer *

Gunnar Eklund Lieutenant General Carl ''Gunnar'' Eklund (21 March 1920 – 11 January 2010) was a senior Swedish Coastal Artillery officer. His senior commands include Chief of the Naval Staff, Chief of the Defence Staff, military commander of the Eastern M ...

(1920–2010), Swedish Army lieutenant general *

Gunnar Fant Carl Gunnar Michael Fant (October 8, 1919 – June 6, 2009) was a leading researcher in speech science in general and speech synthesis in particular who spent most of his career as a professor at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) i ...

(1919–2009), Swedish phonetician *

Gunnar Fischer Gunnar Fischer (18 November 1910 – 11 June 2011) was a Swedish cinematographer who worked with director Ingmar Bergman on several of the director's best-known films, including '' Smiles of a Summer Night'' (1955) and ''The Seventh Seal'' (1 ...

(1910–2011), Swedish cinematographer *

Gunnar Friedemann Gunnar Friedemann (22 September 1909 in Tallinn – 2 February 1944) was an Estonian chess master. Biography Friedemann played several times in Estonian championships at Tallinn. In 1932, he tied for 3rd-4th with Johannes Türn (4th EST–ch, ...

(1909–1943), Estonian chess player *

Gunnar Garbo Gunnar Garbo (19 April 1924 – 29 June 2016) was a Norwegian journalist, politician, and ambassador. He represented the Liberal Party of Norway at the Norwegian Parliament during four electoral periods, from 1958 to 1973, and was leader for th ...

(1924–2016), Norwegian journalist, politician and diplomat * Gunnar Graps (1951–2004), Estonian musician * Gunnar Emil Garfors (1900–1979), Norwegian poet *

Gunnar Gehl Gunnar Patrick Gehl is an American singer-songwriter. He released his debut single, "Ocean Blue" in October 2018. Gehl was the opening act of PrettyMuch's North American Funktion Tour. His first EP "One Second Of One Day" was released in Octob ...

(born 2001), American singer-songwriter *

Gunnar Gren Johan Gunnar Gren (; 31 October 1920 – 10 November 1991) was a Swedish professional football player and coach. He is best remembered for playing for IFK Göteborg and A.C. Milan. A creative forward, known for his technical skill, vision, t ...

(1920–1991), Swedish football player *

Gunnar Hámundarson Gunnar Hámundarson () was a 10th-century Icelandic chieftain. He lived in Hlíðarendi in Fljótshlíð and is probably better known as Gunnar of Hlíðarendi ( non, Gunnarr á Hlíðarenda). He features prominently in the first half of N ...

(10th century), Icelandic chieftain *

Gunnar Hansen (disambiguation) Gunnar Hansen may refer to: * Gunnar Hansen (1947–2015) was an Icelandic-born American actor and author *Gunnar Hansen (boxer) Gunnar Hansen (18 July 1916 – 31 May 2004) was a Norwegian amateur boxer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics ...

Gunnar Hansen Gunnar Milton Hansen (March 4, 1947 – November 7, 2015) was an Icelandic-born American actor and author best known for playing the mentally impaired cannibal Leatherface in ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' (1974). Early life Hansen was born ...

(born 1947), Icelandic-American actor ** Gunnar Hansen (boxer) (1916–2004), Norwegian boxer *

Gunnar Heinsohn Gunnar Heinsohn is a German author, sociologist and economist and professor emeritus at the University of Bremen. In 1984 he received a ''Lehrstuhl'', a tenured chair in social pedagogy at the University of Bremen. Heinsohn has published on a wid ...

(born 1943), German anthropologist *

Gunnar Hoppe Ernst Gunnar Hoppe (1914-2005) was a Swedish people, Swedish geographer and Quaternary science, Quaternary geologist. He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1964. At ''Stockholms högskola'' (as Stockholm University was kno ...

(1914–2005), Swedish Quaternary geologist and geographer * Gunnar Höckert (1910–1940), Finnish runner *

Gunnar Jarring Gunnar Valfrid Jarring (12 October 1907 – 29 May 2002) was a Swedish diplomat and Turkologist. Early life Jarring was born in Brunnby, Malmöhus County, Sweden, the son of Gottfrid Jönsson, a farmer, and his wife Betty (née Svensson). He had ...

(1907–2002), Swedish diplomat and turkologist *

Gunnar Jeannette Gunnar Jeannette (born May 5, 1982 in West Palm Beach, Florida) is an American racing driver who competes in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for WeatherTech Racing. He won the 2011 American Le Mans Series season LMPC Drivers' Champi ...

(born 1982), American racing driver *

Gunnar Jedeur-Palmgren Vice Admiral Axel Gunnar Jedeur-Palmgren (4 November 1899 – 6 March 1996) was a Swedish Navy officer. Lagerman served as Vice Chief of the Royal Swedish Naval Materiel Administration (1950–1962). Early life Jedeur-Palmgren was born on 4 Nove ...

(1899–1996), Swedish Navy vice admiral * Gunnar Johansen (1906–1991), Danish-American pianist and composer *

Gunnar Johansson Gunnar Johansson may refer to: * Gunnar Johansson (composer) (1906–1991), Swedish composer * Gunnar Johansson (immunologist) (born 1938), Swedish immunologist * Gunnar Johansson (canoeist) (1919–1998), Swedish sprint canoeist * Gunnar Johanss ...

(1911–1998), Swedish psychologist **

(1919–1998), Swedish canoeist **

(1924–2003), Swedish football player * Gunnar Kaasen (1882–1960), Norwegian-American dog musher * Gunnar Kangro (1913–1975), Estonian mathematician * Gunnar Klettenberg (born 1967), Estonian equestrian *

Gunnar Knudsen Gunnar Knudsen (19 September 1848 – 1 December 1928), born Aanon Gunerius Knudsen, was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Norway twice from 1908 to 1910 and from 1913 to 1920. He also inheri ...

(1848–1928), Norwegian politician * Gunnar Korhonen (1918–2001), Norwegian politician * Gunnar Berg Lampe (1892–1978), Norwegian businessman * Gunnar Larsson ** Gunnar Larsson (1908–1996), Swedish politician ** Gunnar Larsson (born 1951), Swedish swimmer ** Gunnar Larsson (born 1944), Swedish cross-country skier * Gunnar Larsen (1900–1958), Norwegian journalist, writer, and translator *

Gunnar Larsen (politician) Gunnar Larsen (1902–1973) was a Danish chemical engineer, businessman and politician. He served as the minister for transport between 1940 and 1943. He left Denmark in 1954 and exiled into Ireland where he lived until his death. Biography Lar ...

(1902–1973), Danish engineer, businessman and politician *

Gunnar Malmquist Karl Gunnar Malmquist (21 February 1893 – 27 June 1982) was a Swedish astronomer. Biography Gunnar Malmquist was born in Ystad, where he completed his secondary school education before matriculating at the Lund University in 1911. He receiv ...

(1893–1982), Swedish astronomer *

Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (born 29 April 1961) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed from 1981 to 1997. He won the 15 km silver at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Mikkelsplass also won the 15 km event at the Holme ...

(born 1961), Norwegian cross country skier *

Gunnar Möller Gunnar Möller (1 July 1928 – 16 May 2017) was a German television and film actor. He appeared in over 160 film and television productions between 1940 and 2016. He was most successful as a leading man in German cinema of the 1950s, especially ...

(1928–2017), German actor * Gunnar Molton (born 1993), drummer for Texas Hippie Coalition *

Gunnar Myrdal Karl Gunnar Myrdal ( ; ; 6 December 1898 – 17 May 1987) was a Swedish economist and sociologist. In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences along with Friedrich Hayek for "their pioneering work in the theory of money a ...

(1898–1987), Swedish economist ** Gunnar Nelson (born 1967), American musician ** Gunnar Nelson (born 1988), Icelandic martial arts fighter * Gunnar Nielsen ** Gunnar Nielsen (1919–2009), Swedish film actor ** Gunnar Nielsen (1928–1985), Danish runner ** Gunnar Guillermo Nielsen (born 1983), Faroese-Argentine football player ** Gunnar Nielsen (born 1986), Faroese football player * Gunnar Nilson (1872–1951), Swedish physician *

Gunnar Nilsson Gunnar Axel Arvid Nilsson (20 November 1948 – 20 October 1978) was a Swedish racing driver. Before entering Formula One, he won the 1975 British Formula 3 Championship. Nilsson entered 32 Formula One Grand Prix races, qualifying for all of t ...

(1922–1997), Swedish trade unionist **

(1923–2005), Swedish boxer **

(1948–1978), Swedish racing driver *

Gunnar Nordahl Nils Gunnar Nordahl (; 19 October 1921 – 15 September 1995) was a Swedish professional footballer. A highly prolific, powerful, and physically strong striker, with an eye for goal, he is best known for his spell at AC Milan from 1949 to 1956, ...

(1921–1995), Swedish football player *

Gunnar Nordström Gunnar Nordström (12 March 1881 – 24 December 1923) was a Finland, Finnish theoretical physicist best remembered for Nordström's theory of gravitation, his theory of gravitation, which was an early competitor of general relativity. Nordström ...

(1881–1923), Finnish physicist *

Gunnar Öquist Gunnar Öquist (born 1941) is a Swedish biologist and professor of plant physiology at Umeå University, and served as the permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 2003 to 2010. He graduated from Uppsala University in 19 ...

(born 1941), Swedish biologist *

Gunnar Persson Gunnar Persson (13 October 1933 – 8 April 2018) was a Swedish cartoonist and comic creator. He was the son of Elov Persson, creator of one of Sweden's oldest comic strip characters, ''Kronblom''. Gunnar began drawing the Kronblom comic strip ...

(1933–2018), Swedish cartoonist * Gunnar Randers (1914–1992), Norwegian physicist * Gunnar Rohrbacher (born 1968), American author *

Gunnar Seidenfaden Gunnar Seidenfaden (1908 – February 9, 2001) was a Danish diplomat and botanist. He was Danish ambassador in Thailand 1955–1959, and in the U.S.S.R. 1959–1961. He was an expert on Southeast Asia Orchidaceae. He published several multi-volume ...

(1908–2001), Danish diplomat and botanist *

Ole Gunnar Solskjær Ole Gunnar Solskjær (; born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward who last managed Premier League club Manchester United. As a player, Solskjær spent the majority of his ...

(born 1973), Norwegian football player *

Gunnar Staalesen Gunnar Staalesen (born 19 October 1947) is a Norwegian writer. He is a major figure in the Nordic noir crime fiction genre through his 19 novels featuring Varg Veum, a private detective in Bergen on the rainy west coast of Norway. The Varg Veum ...

(born 1947), Norwegian writer * Gunnar Stålsett (born 1935), Norwegian theologician and politician * Gunnar Taucher (1886–1941), Finnish architect * Gunnar Thoresen (footballer) (1920–2017), Norwegian football player *

Gunnar Thoresen (bobsledder) Gunnar Thoresen (October 10, 1921 – May 18, 1972) was a Norwegian bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of tenth in the four-man event at Oslo in 1952 ...

(1921–1972), Norwegian bobsledder * Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson (born 1982), Icelandic football player *

Gunnar Uusi Gunnar Uusi (June 23, 1931 – August 7, 1981) was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship six times. Biography Gunnar Uusi was born June 23, 1931 in Haapsalu, Estonia. In 1950, while still at school, Gunnar Uusi com ...

(1931–1981), Estonian chess player *

Gunnar Widforss Gunnar Mauritz Widforss (October 21, 1879 – November 30, 1934) was a Swedish American artist who specialized in painting subjects from the wilderness in watercolor. Widforss is most frequently associated with landscapes from American Nati ...

(1879–1934), Swedish-American painter * Gunnar Wiklund (1935–1989), Swedish singer

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Gunnar Andersen

Gunnar Andersson

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