Ludvig
title: "Ludvig" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["danish-masculine-given-names", "norwegian-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "swedish-masculine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludvig" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Ludvig |
| gender | Male |
| meaning | "Famous warrior" |
| region | Scandinavia |
| origin | Scandinavian |
| alternative spelling | Ludwig, Ludvik, Ludwik, Ludwick |
| nickname | Ludde |
| related names | Clovis, Lewis, Louis, Love, Lovisa, Lova, Ludvic, Ludvik, Ludovic, Ludovico, Luigi, Luis, and many more... |
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| name = Ludvig | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Male | meaning = "Famous warrior" | region = Scandinavia | language = | origin = Scandinavian | alternative spelling = Ludwig, Ludvik, Ludwik, Ludwick | nickname = Ludde | related names = Clovis, Lewis, Louis, Love, Lovisa, Lova, Ludvic, Ludvik, Ludovic, Ludovico, Luigi, Luis, and many more... | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = Ludvig is a Scandinavian variant of the German name Ludwig. People with the name include:
- Ludvig Åberg, Swedish professional golfer
- Ludvig Almqvist, Swedish politician
- Ludvig Aubert, Norwegian Minister of Justice
- Ludvig Bødtcher, Danish lyric poet
- Ludvig G. Braathen, Norwegian shipping magnate and founder of the Braathens airline
- Ludvig Daae (disambiguation)
- Ludvig Engsund (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey goaltender
- Ludvig Faddeev, Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician
- Ludvig Gade, Director of Royal Danish Ballet 1877–1890
- Ludvig Hammarskiöld, Swedish officer and military historian
- Ludvig Hektoen, American pathologist
- Ludvig Holberg, Danish-Norwegian writer and playwright
- Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, Danish politician
- Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician
- Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Danish explorer
- Ludvig Nobel, Swedish engineer, businessman, and humanitarian
- Ludvig Schytte, Danish composer, pianist, and teacher
- Ludvig Strigeus, Swedish programmer
- Peter Ludvig Sylow, Norwegian mathematician
- Ludvig Sylow (DBU), Danish football executive
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