Svend
# Svend

Svend is a Danish and Norwegian given name. Notable people with the given name include:

* King Svend
* Svend Aagesen (c.1145–?), Danish historian
* Svend Asmussen (1916–2017), Danish jazz violinist known as "The Fiddling Viking"
* Svend Auken (1943–2009), Danish politician
* Svend Bayer (born 1946), Ugandan-born Danish/English studio potter
* Svend Bergstein (1941–2014), Danish military officer and politician
* Svend Bille (1888–1973), Danish stage and film actor
* Svend Borchmann Hersleb (1784–1836), Norwegian professor of theology and politician
* Svend von Düring (1915–1969), Norwegian actor
* Svend Engedal (1928–2001), Danish-born American soccer goalkeeper
* Svend Foyn (1809–1894), Norwegian sailor
* Svend Frømming (1918–1979), Danish sprint canoer
* Svend Grundtvig (1824–1883), Danish literary historian and ethnographer
* Svend Haugaard (1913–2003), Danish politician
* Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945), Danish politician representing the Liberal Party (Former tax minister)
* Svend Jacobsen (1906–1986), Danish fencer and Olympic competitor
* Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022), Danish politician
* Svend Aage Jensby (born 1940), Danish politician representing the Liberal Party (Former defence minister)
* Svend Jensen (1905–1979), Danish footballer
* Svend Karlsen (born 1967), Norwegian strongman
* Svend Kornbeck (1869–1933), Danish stage and film actor
* Svend-Erik Kristensen (born 1956), Danish long-distance runner
* Svend Unmack Larsen (1893–1965), Danish politician
* Svend Lomholt (1888–1949), Danish veterinarian and dermatologist
* Svend Lund (born 1949), Danish handball player and Olympic competitor
* Svend Aage Madsen (born 1939), Danish novelist
* Svend Melsing (1888–1946), Danish actor and theatre director
* Svend Methling (1891–1977), Danish actor and film director
* Svend Munck (1899–1974) Danish fencer and Olympic competitor
* Svend Petersen (1911–1992), Danish-born American author, political researcher and analyst
* Svend Poulsen (c. 1610–c. 1680), Danish military commander
* Svend Pri (1945–1983), Danish badminton player
* Svend Rasmussen Svendsen (1864–1945), Norwegian-born American impressionist artist
* Svend Rathsack (1885–1941), Danish sculptor
* Svend Rindom (1884–1960), Danish screenwriter
* Svend Robinson (born 1952), Canadian politician and activist for gay rights
* Svend S. Schultz (1913–1998), Danish composer and conductor
* Svend Adolph Solberg (1831–1890), Norwegian politician
* Svend-Allan Sørensen (born 1975), Danish conceptual artist and founder of Adressens Forlag
* Svend Wad (1928–2004), Danish boxer and Olympic medalist
