Einar

Einar is a given name deriving from the Old Norse name Einarr, which according to Guðbrandur Vigfússon is directly connected with the concept of the einherjar, warriors who died in battle and ascended to Valhalla in Norse mythology. Vigfússon comments that 'the name Einarr is properly = einheri" and points to a relation to the term with the Old Norse common nouns einarðr (meaning "bold") and einörð (meaning "valour") .^[1]

Einar as given name

• Einar Axelsson (1895–1971), Swedish actor
• Einar Englund (1916–1999), Finnish composer
• Einar Fagstad (1899–1961), Norwegian-Swedish accordionist, singer, actor and composer
• Einar Førde (1943–2004), Norwegian politician, Minister of Education and Church Affairs and vice-chairman of the Norwegian Labour Party
• Einar Gerhardsen (1897–1987), Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway
• Einar Hanson (1899–1927), Swedish actor
• Einar Haugen (1906–1994), American linguist, author and Professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison and Harvard University
• Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran (1859–1938), Icelandic editor, novelist, poet, playwright and prominent spiritualist
• Einar Kuusk (born 1989), Estonian actor, director, producer, writer and YouTube personality
• Einar Jansen (1893–1960), Norwegian historian, genealogist and archivist
• Einar Jónsson (1874–1954), Icelandic sculptor
• Einar Kárason (born 1955), Icelandic writer
• Einar Örn Benediktsson (born 1962), vocalist for Sugarcubes and Ghostigital and former Reykjavik City Council member
• Einar Selvik (born 1979), Norwegian musician, known for his work with Wardruna, Gorgoroth and other bands

Einar as middle name

• Ole Einar Bjørndalen (born 1974), Norwegian professional biathlete
• Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1981), Norwegian ski jumper
• Jan Einar Thorsen (born 1966), former Norwegian Alpine skier

Einar in popular culture

• Einar is the name of a war general in the fantasy game HeroScape.^[2] and is also a race of dwarves in the Dragonlance fiction
• Einar is a character in Vinland Saga
• Einar Solberg is a Norwegian keyboardist/composer, currently with the Symphonic Black Metal/Black Metal band Emperor (band) and the progressive metal band Leprous.

Einar is a character in the Lorien Legacies Return book Generation One.

• In some of Ray Bradbury's short stories, there is mention of a mysterious "Uncle Einar".

References

• Vigfusson, Gudbrand (1874). An Icelandic-English Dictionary: Based on the MS. Collections of the Late Richard Cleasby. Oxford at the Clarendon Press.
• Behind the Name: Einar