Show ContentsSven History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms


United States Sven migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Sven Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Hen Sven, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1754 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Sven (post 1700) +

  • Hans Sven Poulsen (1945-2023), born Bruce Gordon Poulsen, an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his hits "Boom Sha La La Lo" and "Light Across the Valley"
  • Patrick Sven Grimlund (1972-2023), Swedish economic advisor and television personality, best known for participating in the TV3 show Lyxfällan
  • Erling Sven Lorentzen (1923-2021), Norwegian-Brazilian shipowner and industrialist, founder of Aracruz Celulose in 1968
  • Sven Maes (b. 1973), also known as Svenson, is a Belgian DJ and trance music producer
  • Sven Alarik Melander (1947-2022), Swedish journalist, comedian, television presenter and actor
  • Sven Bertil Erlander (1934-2021), Swedish mathematician, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics (Optimisation) at Linköping University in Sweden
  • Sven Boltenstern (1932-2019), Austrian goldsmith and sculptor, youngest child of the architect Erich Boltenstern
  • Sven Justus Fredrik Wollter (1934-2020), Swedish actor, writer, and political activist
  • Sven Habermann (b. 1961), West-German born, Canadian Olympic soccer goalkeeper at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1986 FIFA World Cup
  • Sven Diedrichsen, German politician, Mayor of Wahlstedt, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


Houseofnames.com on Facebook