title: Vagn
text: # Vagn
  
  Vagn (Danish:) 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
  