Famous People with Name Svein

Svein Tore Brandshaug            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Svein Tore Brandshaug: is a Norwegian football midfielder who currently plays for FK Haugesund.His former clubs are Molde FK, Hamarkameratene (on loan) and Strømsgodset IF.

Svein Ingvar Gjedrem            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Svein Ingvar Gjedrem: is a Norwegian economist and current Governor of the Central Bank of Norway.He graduated in political economy from the University of Oslo in 1975, worked as a consultant in the Central Bank of Norway from 1975–1979 and in the Ministry of Finance from 1979

Svein Egil Solvang            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Svein Egil Solvang: is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. He finished eighth in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Svein Lilleberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Svein Lilleberg: is a Norwegian cross-country skier. He contracted polio early, when he was only six months old. To begin with, he was totally paralysed, later regaining most movement, but he has never had use of one foot. He competes in the LW2. Svein has 3 sisters, and

Svein Alsaker            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Svein Alsaker: is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1985, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1977–198

Ben Sveinson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ben Sveinson: is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1990 to 1999 as a Progressive Conservative. Sveinson was elected as a school trustee in Seine River in 1986, and re-elected in 1989. He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the general election of 1990, outpolling his nearest opponent by about 1000 votes in the rural southeastern riding of La Verendrye. Sveinson was re-elected in the 1995 election by about 2000 votes over his nearest opponent. He was never appointed to cabinet, though he did serve as Deputy Chair of Committees for a time. He also joined the federal Progressive Conservative riding association executive in the riding of Provencher. In 2003, he led the executive in a unanimous vote against a political merger with the Canadian Alliance, and declared his support for Joe Clark's (ultimately unsuccessful) attempts to prevent the merger.

Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Europe

Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson: is a swimmer from Iceland, who started swimming for S.C. Ægir in 1991. He represented Iceland at the 2000 Summer Olympics, achieving the best ever result by an Icelandic swimmer in coming 25th.

Geir Sveinsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Geir Sveinsson: is an Icelandic former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Sigurður Sveinsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Sigurður Sveinsson: is an Icelandic former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.