Vagn
# Vagn

Vagn (Danish:) is an Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'vehicle; wagon, wain'. It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson.

The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the name on record being Vagn Ekman (1874-1954), a Swedish oceanographer. The name became popular in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s. Other people called Vagn include:

* Vagn Bennike (1888–1970), Danish resistance fighter during World War II
* Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996), Danish composer.
* Vagn Hovard (1914–1998), Danish field hockey player
* Vagn Jørgensen (fl. 1930s), Danish sprint canoeist
* Vagn F. Flyger (1922–2006), Danish-American wildlife biologist
* Vagn Schmidt (born 1935), Danish sprint canoeist
* Vagn Nielsen (born 1943), Danish handball player

## Related terms

* Vaghn, Vaughn (disambiguation), Vaughan, Wagn, Waghn
