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Trygve is derived from the Old Norse tryggr, meaning "true, trustworthy", [1] [2] cognate with Old English treowe, Old High German triuwe. Gothic has triggws. The Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse form of the name is Tryggvi, e.g. Tryggve Olafsson. There were 5,951 people with the forename Trygve in Norway in 2009, declining to 5,432 in November ...
Map of Northern Europe at the time of Tryggve. Tryggvi "the Pretender" (Old Norse Tryggvi Ólafsson, Norwegian Tryggve Olavsson) was a Viking chieftain who lived in the early eleventh century, and came from "west across the sea" (probably from the Norse settlements in England and Ireland).
Tryggve Olafsson was the son of Olaf Haraldsson, king of Vestfold and Vingulmark, and grandson of King Harald Fairhair. According to the Heimskringla, Tryggve performed Viking expeditions in Ireland and Scotland. In 946 King Haakon I of Norway went north, and set Tryggve to defend Viken against his enemies in the south. He also gave him all ...
Olaf Tryggvason (960s – 9 September 1000) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken (Vingulmark, and Rånrike), and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway.
Trygve Halvdan Lie (/ l iː / LEE, Norwegian: [ˈtrʏ̂gʋə ˈliː] ⓘ; 16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author.
Every month, thousands of Eritreans attempt to flee repression, torture and indefinite forced conscriptions by embarking on a dangerous journey to Europe.
Glenn Close has been a Hollywood mainstay for five decades. In addition to her roles in box office smashes for heavy hitters like Disney and Marvel, the three-time Golden Globe, Emmy, and Tony ...
Tryggve Mettinger (8 June 1940 in Helsingborg – 23 October 2023 [1]) [2] was a professor of Hebrew Bible, at Lund University, Sweden, where he taught from 1978 to 2003. [ 3 ] Life and work