# Halvor

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| meaning = flat stone and guardian
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'''Halvor''' is a name of Norwegian origin. It is a contemporary form of [Halvard](/source/Halvard) (Hallvard).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Halvor|title=Halvor|publisher=Thinkbabynames.com|accessdate=6 April 2013}}</ref> From Old Norse hallr (“flat stone”) and vorðr (“guardian”).

==People==

=== First name ===
* [Halvor Birch](/source/Halvor_Birch) (born 1885), Danish gymnast 
* [Halvor Birkeland](/source/Halvor_Birkeland) (born 1894), Norwegian sailor
* [Halvor Bjellaanes](/source/Halvor_Bjellaanes) (born 1925), Norwegian politician
* [Halvor Bunkholt](/source/Halvor_Bunkholt) (born 1903), Norwegian politician
* [Halvor Bachke Guldahl](/source/Halvor_Bachke_Guldahl) (born 1859), Norwegian jurist and businessman
* [Halvor Olaus Christensen](/source/Halvor_Olaus_Christensen) (born 1800), Norwegian politician
* [Halvor Cleophas](/source/Halvor_Cleophas) {1842-1937), American farmer and politician
* [Halvor Olsen Folkestad](/source/Halvor_Olsen_Folkestad) (born 1807), Norwegian bishop and councillor 
* [Halvor Hagen](/source/Halvor_Hagen) (born 1947), American football player
* [Halvor Stein Grieg Halvorsen](/source/Stein_Grieg_Halvorsen) (born 1909), Norwegian actor
* [Halvor Thorbjørn Hjertvik](/source/Halvor_Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Hjertvik) (born 1914), Norwegian politician 
* [Halvor Kleppen](/source/Halvor_Kleppen) (born 1947), Norwegian media personality
* [Halvor Kongsjorden](/source/Halvor_Kongsjorden) (born 1911), Norwegian sports shooter
* [Halvor Midtbø](/source/Halvor_Midtb%C3%B8) (born 1883), Norwegian priest
* [Halvor Møgster](/source/Halvor_M%C3%B8gster) (born 1875), Norwegian sailor
* [Halvor Moxnes](/source/Halvor_Moxnes) (born 1944), Norwegian politician 
* [Halvor Næs](/source/Halvor_N%C3%A6s) (born 1927), Norwegian ski jumper
* [Halvor Nordhaug](/source/Halvor_Nordhaug) (born 1953), Norwegian bishop
* [Halvor H. Peterson](/source/Halvor_H._Peterson) (1831-1917), American politician and farmer
* [Halvor Heyerdahl Rasch](/source/Halvor_Heyerdahl_Rasch) (born 1805), Norwegian zoologist
* [Halvor Saamundsen](/source/Halvor_Saamundsen) (born 1877), Norwegian politician
* [Halvor Schou](/source/Halvor_Schou) (born 1823), Norwegian industrialist
* [Halvor Skramstad Lunn](/source/Halvor_Skramstad_Lunn) (born 1980), Norwegian snowboarder
* [Halvor Sørum](/source/Halvor_S%C3%B8rum) (born 1897), Norwegian unionist
* [Halvor Steenerson](/source/Halvor_Steenerson) (born 1852), Representative from Minnesota
* [Halvor Stenstadvold](/source/Halvor_Stenstadvold) (born 1944), Norwegian businessperson and politician

===Middle name===
* [Tor Halvor Bjørnstad](/source/Tor_Halvor_Bj%C3%B8rnstad) (born 1978, Norwegian cross-country skier 
* [Jan Halvor Halvorsen](/source/Jan_Halvor_Halvorsen) (born 1963), Norwegian football player
* [Lars Halvor Jensen](/source/Lars_Halvor_Jensen) (born 1973), Norwegian record producer
* [Marius Halvor Skram-Jensen](/source/Marius_Skram-Jensen) (born 1881), Norwegian Danish Gymnast

==See also==
* [Halvorsen](/source/Halvorsen)

==References==
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{{Given name}}
Category:Norwegian masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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