Vagn

Vagn is an  Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'vehicle; wagon, wain'. It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson.

The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the name on record being Vagn Ekman (1874-1954), a Swedish oceanographer. The name became popular in Denmark during the 1920s and 1930s. Other people called Vagn include:
 * Vagn Bennike (1888–1970), Danish resistance fighter during World War II
 * Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996), Danish composer.
 * Vagn Hovard (1914–1998), Danish field hockey player
 * Vagn Jørgensen (fl. 1930s), Danish sprint canoeist
 * Vagn F. Flyger (1922–2006), Danish-American wildlife biologist
 * Vagn Schmidt (born 1935), Danish sprint canoeist
 * Vagn Nielsen (born 1943), Danish handball player

Related terms

 * Vaghn, Vaughn (disambiguation), Vaughan, Wagn, Waghn