title: Åsmund
text: # Åsmund
  
  Åsmund or Aasmund is a Norse male given name, derived from as ('god') and mundr ('protector'). People with the given name Åsmund or Aasmund include:
  
  * Asmund, Varangian tutor of Sviatoslav I of Kiev (945–972)
  * Åsmund Asdal (born 1957), Norwegian biologist
  * Aasmund Bjørkan (born 1973), retired Norwegian football midfielder
  * Aasmund Brynildsen (1917–1974), Norwegian essayist, biographer, editor and consultant
  * Roald Åsmund Bye (born 1928), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  * Åsmund Esval (born 1889), Norwegian painter
  * Åsmund Forfang (born 1952), Norwegian writer
  * Åsmund Frægdegjevar, medieval Norwegian legendary hero who is hired by the king to rescue a princess
  * Åsmund Kåresson, runemaster who flourished during the first half of the 11th century in Uppland, Sweden
  * Aasmund Kulien (1893–1988), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
  * Aasmund Nordstoga (born 1964), Norwegian musician, singer and composer from Vinje, Telemark
  * Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818–1870), Norwegian poet and journalist
  * Åsmund Reikvam (born 1944), Norwegian professor in medicine and former politician
  * Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje (1851–1917), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party splinter party Liberale Venstre
  