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unusual facts about Ingvar



Baltic Review

The newspaper is owned by Dr. Ingvar Henry Lotts (Also, spelled Ingwar Heinrich Lotz or Ingvar Heinrich Lotc).

Egon Olsen

In the Swedish version of the series, Jönssonligan, his part was taken by the character Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson, played by Gösta Ekman (and in the later films by other characters, played by different actors).

Ingvar the Far-Travelled

According to one theory, prominently held by Otto von Friesen and Elena Mel'nikova, Ingvar's saga has transmitted his origin correctly, and so he was the son of the Varangian Eymundr, who in turn was the son of a Swedish chieftain named Áki and the daughter of the Swedish king Eric the Victorious.

Salme ships

Snorri Sturluson relates in his Ynglinga saga that the Swedish king Ingvar, Östen's son, was a great warrior who often spent time patrolling the shores of his kingdom fighting Danes and Estonian Vikings (Víkingr frá Esthland).

Svein Gjedrem

Svein Ingvar Gjedrem (born 25 January 1950 in Finnøy) is a Norwegian economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Norway.

Yngvi

In Scandinavia and Germany, names in Ing survived into modern usage, e.g. Ingmar, Ingvar, Ingeborg, Ingrid, Ingegerd.


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