Holger is a Scandinavian masculine given name derived from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

name ''Hólmgeirr'', a compound of ''hólmr'' meaning "island", and ''geirr'' meaning "spear". It is most common amongst

Danish people Danes ( da, danskere, ) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural. Danes generally regar ...

. It is uncommon as a surname, but is found as ''Holkeri'' in Finnish. People with the name include: * Holger Albrechtsen (1906–1992), Norwegian hurdler * Holger Badstuber, German footballer * Holger Behrendt, German gymnast and Olympic champion * Holger Börner (1931–2006), German politician * Holger Cahill (1887–1960), American, National Director of the Federal Art Project *

Holger Chen Holger Chen or Chen Chih-han (; born March 12, 1979), is a Taiwanese internet celebrity, entrepreneur, political activist and mixed martial artist. He is also known popularly as Kuan Chang (; literally "gym manager") in Taiwan, being the founder ...

, Taiwanese YouTuber * Holger Crafoord (1908–1982), Swedish industrialist who established the Crafoord Prize *

Holger Czukay Holger Schüring (24 March 1938 – 5 September 2017), known professionally as Holger Czukay (), was a German musician best known as a co-founder of the krautrock group Can. Described as "successfully bridg ngthe gap between pop and the avant-ga ...

, German musician * Holger Drachmann (1846–1908), Danish poet and dramatist *

Holger Fach Holger Fach (born 6 September 1962) is a German football manager and former professional player. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he could also pitch in at centre back. Club career Between 1981 and 1998, Fach played 416 Bundesliga games for F ...

, German football player and manager *

Holger Glandorf Holger Glandorf (born 30 March 1983) is a German retired handball player. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where the German team placed 9th. He announced his retirement from the national team on 1 September 2014, but returned ...

, German former professional handballer * Holger Granström (1917–1941), Finnish ice hockey player * Holger Gustafsson, Swedish politician *

Holger Hansen Holger Hansen (1929–2015) was a Danish politician, academic and jurist from Venstre who served as the minister of environment and minister of Greenland in the cabinet of Poul Hartling from 1973 to 1975. Trained as an agronomist, he received ...

(1929–2015), Danish politician and academic *

Holger Juul Hansen Holger Juul Hansen (14 August 1924 – 19 March 2013) was a Danish actor.Holger Henning (1905–1981), Swedish Navy vice admiral * Holger Hieronymus (born 1959), German football player * Holger Hiller, German musician * Holger Hott, Norwegian athletic * Holger Löwenadler (1904–1977), Swedish film actor * Hólger Matamoros (born 1985), Ecuadorian football player * Holger Bech Nielsen, Danish physicist * Holger K. Nielsen, Danish politician * Holger Osieck, German football coach * Hólger Quiñónez (born 1962), Ecuadorian football player *

Holger Romander Holger Axel Gustaf Romander (6 March 1921 – 25 January 2020) was a Swedish civil servant. He served as the Prosecutor-General of Sweden from 1966 to 1978 and as the National Police Commissioner from 1978 to 1987. Career Romander was born on 6 M ...

(1921-2020), Swedish civil servant * Holger Simon Paulli (1810–1891), Danish conductor and composer * Holger Pedersen (linguist) (1867–1953), Danish linguist *

Holger Pedersen (astronomer) Holger Pedersen (born 3 November 1946), Emeritus at the Niels Bohr Institute is a Danish astronomer at the European Southern Observatory. He specialises in gamma-ray bursts, meteorites and minor planets. Asteroids 9266 Holger and 3312 Peders ...

(born 1946), Danish astronomer * Holger Petersen, Canadian businessman, record producer and radio broadcaster *

Holger Rasmusen Holger Rasmusen (April 26, 1894 – November 2, 1983) was an American politician and pharmacist. Born in Superior, Wisconsin, Rasmusen served in the United States Navy during World War I and received his doctorate from Drake University. Rasmus ...

(1894–1983), American politician * Holger Roed (1846–1874), Danish painter *

Holger Sundström Holger Bertil Sundström (born 17 April 1925) is a Swedish retired sailor. Together with Pelle Pettersson he won a bronze medal in the Star class at the 1964 Summer Olympics. References

1925 births Living people Olympic bronze medalists ...

(born 1925), Swedish sailor * Holger Thiele (1878–1946), Danish-American astronomer *

Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune (; born 29 April 2003) is a Danish professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as No. 10 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 7 November 2022 making him the highes ...

(born 2003), Danish tennis player

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