Gunnar

Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (Gunnarr in Old Norse^[1]). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (gunnr "war" and arr "warrior"). Gunder is a nordic variant, Günther is the modern German variant, and Gonario is the Italian version. Some people with the name Gunnar include:

• Gunnar Andersen
  • Gunnar Andersen (1890–1968), Norwegian football player and ski jumper
  • Gunnar Andersen (1909–1988), Norwegian ski jumper
  • Gunnar Aagaard Andersen (1919–1982), Danish sculptor, painter and designer
  • Gunnar Reiss-Andersen (1896–1964), Norwegian poet
• Gunnar Andersson
  • Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874–1960), Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist and geologist
  • Gunnar Andersson (1890–1946), Swedish trade unionist
  • Gunnar Andersson (Spökis; 1923–1974), Swedish aviator
  • Gunnar Andersson (footballer) (1928–1969), Swedish football player
  • Per-Gunnar Andersson
    • Per-Gunnar Andersson (born 1957), Swedish racing driver
    • Per-Gunnar Andersson (born 1980), Swedish rally driver
• Gunnar Asplund (1885–1940), Swedish architect
• Gunnar Bärlund (1911–1982), Finnish boxer
• Gunnar Berg
  • Gunnar Berg (1863–1893), Norwegian painter
  • Gunnar Berg (1897–1987), American scouting official
  • Gunnar Berg (1909–1989), Swiss-Danish composer
  • Gunnar Berg (born 1923), Norwegian politician
  • Gunnar Andreas Berg (born 1954), Norwegian musician
• Gunnar Berge (born 1940), Norwegian politician
• Gunnar Berggren (1908–1983), Swedish boxer
• Gunnar Birkerts (born 1925), Latvian-American architect
• Gunnar Björnstrand (1909–1986), Swedish actor
• Gunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968), Swedish poet and writer
• Gunnar Fant (1919–2009), Swedish phonetician
• Gunnar Fischer (1910–2011), Swedish cinematographer
• Gunnar Friedemann (1909–1943), Estonian chess player
• Gunnar Garbo (born 1924), Norwegian journalist, politician and diplomat
• Gunnar Graps (1951–2004), Estonian musician
• Gunnar Emil Garfors (1900–1979), Norwegian poet
• Gunnar Gren (1920–1991), Swedish football player
• Gunnar Hámundarson (10th century), Icelandic chieftain
• Gunnar Hansen (born 1947), Icelandic-American actor
• Gunnar Heinsohn (born 1943), German anthropologist
• Gunnar Hoppe (1914–2005), Swedish Quaternary geologist and geographer
• Gunnar Höckert (1910–1940), Finnish runner
• Gunnar Jarring (1907–2002), Swedish diplomat and turkologist
• Gunnar Jeannette (born 1982), American racing driver
• Gunnar Johansen (1906–1991), Danish-American pianist and composer
• Gunnar Johansson
  • Gunnar Johansson (1911–1998), Swedish psychologist
  • Gunnar Johansson (1919–1998), Swedish canoer
  • Gunnar Johansson (1924–2003), Swedish football player
• Gunnar Kaasen (1882–1960), Norwegian-American dog musher
• Gunnar Kangro (1913–1975), Estonian mathematician
• Gunnar Knudsen (1848–1928), Norwegian politician
• Gunnar Berg Lampe (1892–1978), Norwegian businessman
• Gunnar Larsson
  • Gunnar Larsson (1908–?), Swedish politician
  • Gunnar Larsson (born 1951), Swedish swimmer
  • Gunnar Larsson (born 1944), Swedish cross-country skier
• Gunnar Malmquist (1893–1982), Swedish astronomer
• Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass (born 1961), Norwegian cross country skier
• Gunnar Möller (born 1928), German actor
• Gunnar Molton (born 1993), drummer for Texas Hippie Coalition
• Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987), Swedish economist
• Gunnar Nelson
  • Gunnar Nelson (born 1967), American musician
  • Gunnar Nelson (born 1988), Icelandic martial arts fighter
• Gunnar Nielsen
  • Gunnar Nielsen (1919–2009), Swedish film actor
  • Gunnar Nielsen (1928–1985), Danish runner
  • Gunnar Guillermo Nielsen (born 1983), Faroese-Argentine football player
  • Gunnar Nielsen (born 1986), Faroese football player
• Gunnar Nilsson
  • Gunnar Nilsson (1922–1997), Swedish trade unionist
  • Gunnar Nilsson (1923–2005), Swedish boxer
  • Gunnar Nilsson (1948–1978), Swedish racing driver
• Gunnar Nordahl (1921–1995), Swedish football player
• Gunnar Nordström (1881–1923), Finnish physicist
• Gunnar Öquist (born 1941), Swedish biologist
• Gunnar Persson (born 1933), Swedish cartoonist
• Gunnar Seidenfaden (1908–2001), Danish diplomat and botanist
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born 1973), Norwegian football player
• Gunnar Staalesen (born 1947), Norwegian writer
• Gunnar Stålsett (born 1935), Norwegian theologican and politician
• Gunnar Taucher (1886–1941), Finnish architect
• Gunnar Thoresen
  • Gunnar Thoresen (born 1920), Norwegian football player
  • Gunnar Thoresen (1921–1972), Norwegian bobsledder
• Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson (born 1982), Icelandic football player
• Gunnar Uusi (1931–1981), Estonian chess player
• Gunnar Widforss (1879–1934), Swedish-American painter

See also

• The Gunnar Cup is the championship trophy for the United States bandy championship.
• A variant name for Gunther, king of the Burgundians
• Gunnar Optiks, an eyewear company
• Gunna, a Scottish island probably named after someone called Gunnar or Gunni.

References

1. Behind the Name: Gunnar