Trygve is a masculine given name most common in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

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Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

'' treowe'',

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

''triuwe''. Gothic has ''triggws''. The Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse form of the name is Tryggvi, e.g.

Tryggve Olafsson Tryggve Olafsson (; ; born c. 928 in Ringerike – died 963 in Sotnes, Bohuslän, Västra Götaland, Sweden) was the king of Viken, Norway (Vingulmark and Rånrike). Biography Tryggve Olafsson was the son of Olaf Haraldsson, king of Vestfold a ...

. There were 5,951 people with the forename Trygve in Norway in 2009, declining to 5,432 in November 2015. The following people share the forename Trygve: *

Trygve Bendiksby Trygve Bendiksby (1907–1992) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in Modum of farmer roots. He finished his secondary education in 1925, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1930. From 1933 he worked as a deputy judge in Nordmøre, and from ...

(1907–1992), Norwegian judge * Trygve Berge (born 1932), Norwegian Olympic downhill skier * Trygve Bjørgo (1916–1997), Norwegian poet and educator *

Trygve Bornø Trygve Bornø (2 February 1942 – 15 November 2024) was a Norwegian footballer and sports administrator. A midfielder, he played for the Skeid Fotball, Skeid and made 43 appearances for the Norway national football team, Norway national team. ...

(born 1942), Norwegian footballer *

Trygve Braarud Trygve Braarud (15 September 1903 – 9 July 1985) was a Norwegian botanist. He specialized in marine biology, and was affiliated with the University of Oslo for most of his career. Career He was born in Verdal Municipality, and had ten older si ...

(1903–1985), Norwegian botanist *

Trygve Bratteli Trygve Martin Bratteli (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, a politician with the Norwegian Labour Party, and Nazi concentration camp survivor. He served as the prime minister of Norway from 1971 to 1972 a ...

(1910–1984), Norwegian Prime Minister * Trygve Brodahl (1905–1996), Norwegian cross-country skier *

Trygve Brudevold Trygve Brudevold (19 December 1920 – 19 August 2021) was a Norwegian bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. He was born in Stan ...

(1920–2021), Norwegian bobsledder * Trygve Bruvik (born 1952), Norwegian engineer * Trygve Bull (1905–1999), Norwegian lecturer and politician * Trygve Christoffer Busch (1920-1999), Norwegian war hero * Trygve Bøyesen (1886–1963), Norwegian gymnast *

Trygve Dalseg Olaf Trygve Dalseg (15 September 1898 – 12 April 1987) was a Norwegian marketing agent. He was born in Ringebu. He worked for the magazine '' Hjemmet'' and newspaper ''Morgenbladet'' and was also involved in film (directing the now-lost 1923 ...

(1898–1987), Norwegian marketing agent * Trygve Dehli Laurantzon (1902-1975), Norwegian agronomist, newspaper editor and Minister of Agriculture * Trygve Allister Diesen (born 1967), Norwegian film producer and director *

Trygve Gulbranssen Trygve Emanuel Gulbranssen (baptized ''Trygve Emanuel Gulbrandsen''; 15 June 1894 – 10 October 1962) was a Norwegian novelist, businessman and journalist. Gulbranssen is best known for writing the Bjørndal Trilogy – ''Og bakom synger skog ...

(1894–1962), Norwegian novelist *

Trygve Haavelmo Trygve Magnus Haavelmo (13 December 1911 – 28 July 1999), born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an economist whose research interests centered on econometrics. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1989. Biography After attendi ...

(1911–1999), Norwegian economist and Nobel Prize laureate *

Trygve Haugeland Trygve Haugeland (18 March 1914 – 10 December 1998) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. Biography He was born in Lyngdal. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1958, but was not re-elected in 1961 ...

(1914–1998), Norwegian politician *

Trygve Helgaker Trygve Helgaker (born August 11, 1953, in Porsgrunn, Norway) is professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Norway. He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science The International Academy of Qu ...

(born 1953), Norwegian professor *

Trygve Hoff :''See Trygve Henrik Hoff for the singer, composer and artist.'' Trygve J. B. Hoff (12 November 1895 – 4 January 1982) born in Kristiana, Norway was a Norwegian businessman, writer and editor of ''Farmand'', the Norwegian business magazine. B ...

(1895–1982), Norwegian businessman and magazine editor *

Trygve Daniel Holmedal Trygve is a masculine given name most common in Norway. Trygve is derived from the Old Norse ''tryggr'', meaning "true, trustworthy", cognate with Old English '' treowe'', Old High German ''triuwe''. Gothic has ''triggws''. The Icelandic, Faroese ...

(born 1999), Norwegian physicist *

Trygve Johannessen Trygve Johannessen (born 11 January 1953) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is best known for his time at Viking, with whom he won four league titles and one cup between 1974 and 1982. He scored a total ...

(born 1953), Norwegian footballer * V. Trygve Jordahl (1898–1984), American bishop *

Trygve Knudsen Trygve Knudsen (23 June 1897 – 18 January 1968) was a Norwegian philologist, linguist and lexicographer. Personal life Knudsen was born in Tønsberg as the son of lawyer Knud Peder Knudsen (1863–1937) and Henriette von Lachmann Mø ...

(1897–1968), Norwegian philologist *

Trygve de Lange Trygve de Lange (3 September 1918 – 12 February 1981) was a Norwegian lawyer and secretary-general of Libertas. He was born in Kristiania, took his examen artium in 1937 and the cand.jur. degree at the University of Oslo in 1941. He edited t ...

(1918–1981), Norwegian lawyer *

Trygve Lie Trygve Halvdan Lie ( , ; 16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegians, Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Nygaardsvold's Cabinet, N ...

(1896–1968), Norwegian politician and first United Nations Secretary General * Trygve Moe (born 1927), Norwegian journalist * Trygve Moe (1920–1998), Norwegian politician *

Trygve Nagell Trygve Nagell or Trygve Nagel (13 July 1895 – 24 January 1988) was a Norwegian mathematician, known for his works on Diophantine equations in number theory. He was born in Oslo and died in Uppsala. Education and career He was born Nag ...

(1895–1988), Norwegian mathematician *

Trygve Nilsen Trygve Nilsen (26 August 1893 – 5 October 1973) was a Norwegian civil servant and Mayor of Oslo with the Labour Party. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Nils Nilsen (1856-1941) and Eli Johannessen (1858- ...

(1893–1973), Norwegian politician * Trygve Nygaard (born 1975), Norwegian footballer * Trygve Olsen (1921–1979), Norwegian politician * Trygve Owren (1912–1987), Norwegian politician * Trygve Pedersen (1884–1967), Norwegian sailor *

Trygve Reenskaug Trygve Mikkjel Heyerdahl Reenskaug (21 June 1930 – 14 June 2024) was a Norwegian computer scientist and professor emeritus of the University of Oslo. He formulated the model–view–controller (MVC) pattern for graphical user interface (GUI) ...

(1930–2024), Norwegian computer scientist and professor * Trygve Rovelstad (1903–1990), American sculptor *

Trygve Røed-Larsen Trygve Røed-Larsen (born 17 May 1939) is a Norwegian physicist. He graduated with the cand.real. degree in physics, and took the dr.philos. degree at the University of Oslo in 1973. He spent his professional career at the Norwegian Defence Rese ...

(born 1939), Norwegian physicist * Trygve Schjøtt (1882–1960), Norwegian sailor *

Trygve Seim Trygve Seim (born 25 April 1971) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer. Seim has released numerous albums since 1992, including over 20 albums for ECM Records as a composer, band-leader or co-band-leader. Career Seim was born in Oslo a ...

, Norwegian jazz saxophonist * Trygve Simonsen (1937–2011), Norwegian politician * Trygve Stangeland (1934–2011), Norwegian businessman * Trygve Stokstad (1902–1979), Norwegian boxer *

Trygve Utheim Trygve Utheim (16 September 1884 – 15 June 1952) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party. He was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1933 to 1935.Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Trygve Magnus Slagsvold Vedum (born 1 December 1978) is a Norwegian politician and farmer who served as Minister of Finance (Norway), Minister of Finance between 2021 and 2025. A member of the Centre Party (Norway), Centre Party, which he has led ...

(born 1978), Norwegian politician *

Trygve Wiese Trygve Wiese-Haugland (born 15 March 1985), known by his stage name Wiese (sometimes stylized WIESE, pronounced 'vi:se'), is a Norwegian music producer, DJ and songwriter. Wiese makes commercial electronic music, often in the style of electro ...

(born 1985), Norwegian singer * Trygve Wyller (born 1950), Norwegian theologian

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