Svend

Svend is a Danish and Norwegian male 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