Hjalmar
Scandinavian
"helmet protector"Share
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Updated Thu Apr 18 2024
Hjalmar Origin and Meaning
The name Hjalmar is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning "helmet protector".
Old Norse name that lives on more appealingly in modern times as Jalmari, short form Jari.
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Hjalmar Popularity
- 79Sweden2022
Famous People Named Hjalmar
- Hjalmar Horace Greeley SchachtGerman economist and politician
- Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan AndersenNorwegian speed skater
- Hjalmar Emil Fredrik SöderbergSwedish novelist, playwright, poet and journalist
- Hjalmar RiiserLarsen, Norwegian aviation pioneer, polar explorer and businessman
- Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus BergmanSwedish writer
- Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld2nd U.N. Secretary,General and Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Karl Hjalmar BrantingSwedish politician
- Fredrik Hjalmar JohansenNorwegian polar explorer
- Knut Hjalmar Leonard HammarskjöldSwedish Prime Minister
Hjalmar in Pop Culture
- Hjalmarlegendary housecarl for the mythical Swedish king Yngvi, who dueled for the princess Ingeborg