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Reidar

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Reidar is a Scandinavian male given name of Old Norse origins. As of 2013, there are 6,850 people with this name in Norway,[1] 1,519 in Sweden and 108 in Finland.[2] In Estonia[3] there are 5 Reidars and in Italy there's only one.[4] The namesday is July 28 in Norway and May 9 in Sweden. The name Reidar, "hreidr" + "arr" means home and warrior.

Notable people

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Fictional characters

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  • Reidar Dahlén, the main character of the Swedish TV series Rederiet
  • Reidar Vincent Tollefsen, a Norwegian teenager growing up in the late 1980s, portrayed by comedian and actor Øivind Blunck

References

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  1. ^ "Navn".
  2. ^ "Digi- ja väestötietovirasto".
  3. ^ "Nimede statistika". Archived from the original on 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  4. ^ "Namndatabasen". Archived from the original on 2010-03-28. Retrieved 2013-09-23.