# Preben

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'''Preben''' is a given name of Slavic origin most common in Denmark where it arrived around 1350 from the neighbouring Germany.{{cn|date=August 2025}} The name was Pridbjørn in medieval Danish, derived from the Slavic name Pritbor.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Hardcastle |first2=Kate |last3=Hodges |first3=Flavia |title=A Dictionary of First Names |date=1 January 2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198610601.001.0001/acref-9780198610601-e-6727 |access-date=11 August 2025 |language=en |chapter=Preben |quote=Danish: from medieval Danish Pridbjørn, a reworking (influenced by Bjørn ‘bear’) of Slavic Pritbor (from prid ‘foremost’ + bor ‘battle’)}}</ref>

Notable people with the name include:

*[Preben von Ahnen](/source/Preben_von_Ahnen) (1606–1675), German-born civil servant and landowner in Norway
*[Preben Arentoft](/source/Preben_Arentoft) (born 1942), Danish former football player
*[Preben Fjære Brynemo](/source/Preben_Fj%C3%A6re_Brynemo) (born 1977), Norwegian Nordic combined skier
*[Preben Christiansen](/source/Preben_Christiansen) (1913–1979), Danish fencer
*[Preben Eriksen](/source/Preben_Eriksen) (born 1958), former speedway rider
*[Preben Fabricius](/source/Preben_Fabricius) (1931–1984), Danish furniture designer, worked with Jørgen Kastholm
*[Preben Møller Hansen](/source/Preben_M%C3%B8ller_Hansen) (1929–2008), Danish writer, cook, politician, and trade unionist
*[Preben Harris](/source/Preben_Harris) (born 1935), Danish film and stage actor
*[Preben Van Hecke](/source/Preben_Van_Hecke) (born 1982), Belgian professional road bicycle racer
*[Preben Hertoft](/source/Preben_Hertoft) (1928–2017), Danish psychiatrist, professor in medical sexology, senior doctorate in medicine
*[Preben Isaksson](/source/Preben_Isaksson) (1943–2008), Danish cyclist
*[Preben Jensen](/source/Preben_Jensen_(canoeist)) (born 1944), Danish sprint canoeist
*[Preben Kaas](/source/Preben_Kaas) (1930–1981), Danish comedian, actor, script writer and film director
*[Preben Krab](/source/Preben_Krab) (born 1952), Danish rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics
*[Preben Kristensen](/source/Preben_Kristensen) (born 1953), Danish actor
*[Preben Lundgren Kristensen](/source/Preben_Lundgren_Kristensen) (1923–1986), Danish cyclist
*[Preben Elkjær](/source/Preben_Elkj%C3%A6r) (born 1957), retired Danish professional footballer
*[Preben Lundbye](/source/Preben_Lundbye) (born 1950), Danish football coach
*[Preben Maegaard](/source/Preben_Maegaard) (1935–2021), Danish renewable energy pioneer, author and expert
*[Preben Mahrt](/source/Preben_Mahrt) (1920–1989), Danish film actor
*[Preben De Man](/source/Preben_De_Man) (born 1996), Belgian professional footballer
*[Preben Munthe](/source/Preben_Munthe) (1922–2013), Norwegian economist
*[Preben Neergaard](/source/Preben_Neergaard) (1920–1990), Danish stage and film actor
*[Preben Philipsen](/source/Preben_Philipsen) (1910–2005), Danish film producer
*[Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm](/source/Eilert_Waldemar_Preben_Ramm) (1769–1837), Norwegian military officer and politician
*[Preben Lerdorff Rye](/source/Preben_Lerdorff_Rye) (1917–1995), Danish film actor
*[Axel Schmidt-Preben](/source/Axel_Schmidt-Preben) (1939–2018), Brazilian sailor
*[Erik Schmidt-Preben](/source/Erik_Schmidt-Preben) (born 1939), Brazilian sailor
*[Preben Uglebjerg](/source/Preben_Uglebjerg) (1931–1968), Danish film actor
*[Preben Vildalen](/source/Preben_Vildalen) (born 1972), Norwegian handball player

==References==
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Category:Danish masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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