title: Sveinn
text: # Sveinn
  
  Sveinn (Old Norse pronunciation:; Icelandic pronunciation: ​) is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:
  
  * Sveinn Björnsson (1881–1952), the first president of the Republic of Iceland
  * Sveinn Einarsson (born 1934), best known for championing and cultivating professional theatre in Iceland
  * Sveinn Hákonarson (died 1016), earl of the house of Hlaðir and co-ruler of Norway from 1000 to c. 1015
  * Sveinn Pálsson, Icelandic physician and a naturalist who carried out systematic observations of Icelandic glaciers in the 1790s
  * Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson (born 1976), Icelandic composer music in styles ranging from modern classics to pop
  * Sveinn Thorvaldson (1872–1950), politician in Manitoba, Canada
  