Given name & surname
Sverker
“black”·“spear”
Sverker is a masculine given name, probably from Old Norse. It is used in Swedish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sverker is probably built from elements meaning “black” and “spear”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
People named Sverker
- Sverker the ElderKing of Sweden1100–1156
- Sverker the YoungerKing of Sweden1164–1210
- Sverker JohanssonSwedish physicist and Wikipedianborn 1961
- Sverker GöransonSwedish general and supreme commanderborn 1954
- Sverker ÅströmSwedish diplomat (1915-2012)
- Sverker SörlinSwedish environmental historianborn 1956
- Sverker OlofssonSwedish television personalityborn 1947
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