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Helge
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Helge or Helgi is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch mostly male name.
The name is derived from Proto-Norse Hailaga with its original meaning being dedicated to the gods. For its Slavic version, see Oleg. Its feminine equivalent is Olga.
01Notable people with this name
- Halga, legendary Danish king mentioned in Beowulf and in medieval Scandinavian sources
- Helgi Hjörvarðsson, Scandinavian hero from Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, in the Poetic Edda
- Helgi Hundingsbane, Scandinavian hero who figures in the Völsunga saga and who has two poems in the Poetic Edda
- Helgi Haddingjaskati, Swedish hero from Hrómundar saga Gripssonar
- Helge (Danish king), 9th-century king
- Helge Akre (1903-1986), Norwegian diplomat
- Helge Bostrom (1894-1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Helge Dohrmann (1939-1989), Danish politician
- Helge Jung (1886-1978), Swedish general
- Helge von Koch (1870-1924), Swedish mathematician
- Helge Larsen (1915-2000), Danish politician
- Helge Rosvaenge (1897-1972), Danish-German operatic tenor
- Helgi Sallo (born 1941), Estonian singer and actress
- Helge Schneider (born 1955), German comedian, musician, actor and director
- Helgi the Sharp (disambiguation), several people
- Helge Skoog (born 1938), Swedish actor
- Helge Söderbom (1881-1975), Swedish Army lieutenant general
- Helge Talvitie (born 1941), Finnish sheet metal worker and politician
- Helgi Tómasson (disambiguation), several people
- Helge Uuetoa (1936-2008), Estonian painter, stage and film set designer
Fictional characters
- Helge Doppler, a character in Netflix's 2017 series Dark
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