Pagh is an ancient
Danish surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
, from
old Danish
The Danish language developed during the Middle Ages out of Old East Norse, the common predecessor of Danish and Swedish. It was a late form of common Old Norse. The Danish philologist Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen divided the history of Danish in ...
. It means "
palisade
A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a row of closely placed, high vertical standing tree trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a fence for enclosure or as a defensive wall. Palisades can form a stockade.
Etymo ...
", and applies to the ancient nobility,
Uradel
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. The family dominated over Odense whose old town arms was similar to the coat of arms of the family: a golden lily in a blue field. Notable people with the surname include:
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Klaus Pagh
Klaus Pagh (29 July 1935 – 8 December 2020) was a Danish actor, film producer and director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1956 and 2001.
Selected filmography
* '' Kira's Reason: A Love Story'' (2001)
* '' Girls at Arms 2'' ( ...
(1935–2020), Danish actor, film producer, and director
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Mads Pagh Bruun (1809–1884), Danish politician
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Poul Pagh (1796–1870), Danish merchant and shipowner
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Rasmus Pagh, Danish computer scientist
In Denmark there are 770 people with the surname Pagh
References
The majority of sources here related are to be found in Danish texts, regional and national archives and books only, since it is an ancient Danish family.
* The library of the Vatican.
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* En Heraldisk Nøgle, Danske Vaabenskjolde, Sven Tito Aachen.
* Esbjerg Historie og Storier I until II.
* Danske Slot og Herregårde.
* Denmark i Europa 750–1300, Nils Hybel.
* Royal University of Copenhagen. http://www.ku.dk/english/
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Jómsvíkinga saga
The ''Jómsvíkinga saga'' ("''Saga of the Jomsvikings''") is a medieval Icelandic saga composed by an anonymous author. The saga was composed in Iceland during the 13th century. It exists in several manuscripts which vary from each other. There a ...
.
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Gesta Danorum
("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally "the Grammarian"). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essentia ...
.
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