Ove

Ove is a Scandinavian given name. Owe is another spelling of the same name. Uwe is the German spelling.
It may refer to the following persons whose first name or middle name is Ove:
Ove Andersen (athlete) (1899–1967), Finnish athlete
Ove Andersson (1938–2008), Swedish rally driver
Ove Andersson (footballer) (1916–1983), Swedish footballer
Leif Ove Andsnes (born 1970), Norwegian pianist
Ove Ansteinsson (1884–1942), Norwegian journalist and author
Ove Arup (1895–1988), Danish engineer
Ove Aunli (born 1956), Norwegian cross-country skier
Ove Bang (1895–1942), Norwegian architect
Ove Bengtson (born 1945), Swedish tennis player
Ove Berg (born 1944), Swedish middle-distance runner
Ove H. Berg (1840-1922), American businessman and politician
Stein Ove Berg (1948–2002), Norwegian singer and songwriter
Ove Karl Berthelsen, Greenlandic politician
Ove Alexander Billington (born 1979), Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
Ove Bjelke (1611–1674), Norwegian nobleman and statesman
Ove Blomberg, Swedish footballer
Ove Boudin (born 1950), Swedish grappa expert, importer and author
Ove Christensen (born 1950), Danish Association football manager
Kent Ove Clausen (born 1985), Norwegian cross-country skier
Ove Dahl (1862–1940), Norwegian botanist
Ove Dalsheim (born 1944), Norwegian trade unionist and politician
Sten Ove Eike (born 1982), Norwegian footballer
Ove Emanuelsson (born 1941), Swedish canoer
Ove Ericsson, Swedish footballer
Ove Frederiksen (1884–1966), Danish tennis player
Ove Fundin (born 1933), Swedish speedway rider
Ove Gjedde (1594–1660), Danish admiral
Ove Grahn (1943–2007), Swedish footballer
Kjell Ove Hauge (born 1969), Norwegian shot putter and discus thrower
Ove Arbo Høeg (1898–1993), Norwegian botanist
Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731–1808), Danish politician
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (born 1959), Australian biologist
Hans Ove Hansen (1904–1994), Saskatchewan farmer and politician
Ove Verner Hansen (1932–2016), Danish opera singer and actor
Sven Ove Hansson (born 1951), Swedish professor of philosophy and author
Nils Ove Hellvik (born 1962), Norwegian footballer
Ove Bjelke Holtermann (1852–1936), Norwegian architect
Ove Jensen (1919–2011), Danish footballer
Ove Jensen (cyclist) (born 1947), Danish cyclist
Poul Ove Jensen (born 1937), Danish architect
Ove Joensen (1948–1987), Faeroese seaman
Ove Johansson (born 1948), Swedish player of American football
Ove Jørstad (1970–2008), Norwegian footballer
Ove Juul (1615–1686), Danish nobleman
Truls Ove Karlsen (born 1975), Norwegian skier
Ove Karlsson (footballer) (1915–1982), Swedish footballer
Ove Karlsson (sports journalist) (born 1944), Swedish journalist, member of the ISOH
Ove Karlsson (ice hockey) (born 1950), Swedish ice hockey player
Ove Kindvall (born 1943), Swedish footballer
Ove Kinnmark (1944–2015), Swedish chess master
Ove Christian Charlot Klykken (1862–??), Norwegian politician
Karl Ove Knausgård (born 1968), Norwegian author
Geir Ove Kvalheim (born 1970), Norwegian film producer, director, actor and writer
Ove Lemicka (born 1961), Norwegian politician
Ove Lestander (born 1941), Swedish cross country skier
Ove Liavaag (1938–2007), Norwegian civil servant
Per-Ove Ludvigsen (born 1966), Norwegian footballer
Ove Lundell (1930–2001), Swedish motocross racer
Ove Malmberg (born 1933), Swedish ice hockey player
Ove Gjerløw Meyer (1742–1790), Norwegian writer and jurist
Niels-Ove Mikkelsen (born 1937), Danish sports shooter
Lars Ove Moen (born 1959), Norwegian race walker
Ove Molin (born 1971), Swedish ice hockey player
Ove Nilsson (1918–2010), Swedish footballer
Ove Nylén (born 1959), Swedish Olympic swimmer
Ove Ødegaard (1931–1964), Norwegian footballer
Jan-Ove Palmberg (born 1943), Swedish engineering professor
Ove Paulsen (1874–1947), Danish botanist
Jan Ove Pedersen (born 1968), Norwegian football coach and player
Bent-Ove Pedersen (born 1967), Norwegian tennis player
Svend Ove Petersen (1920–2009), Danish rower
Ove Pihl (born 1938), Swedish art director, book publisher and graphic designer
Sten-Ove Ramberg (born 1955), Swedish footballer
Ove Krogh Rants (born 1925), Danish cyclist
Ove Rode (1867–1933), Danish politician and newspaper editor
Ove Røsbak (born 1959), Norwegian writer
Ove Rud (1923–2007), Danish actor
Ove Rullestad (born 1940), Norwegian politician
Stig Ove Sandnes (born 1970), Norwegian sports official
Ove Sellberg (born 1959), Swedish golfer
Ove Skåra (born 1961), Norwegian civil servant
Ove Skaug (1912–2005), Norwegian engineer and civil servant
Ove Sprogøe (1919–2004), Danish actor
Kai Ove Stokkeland (born 1978), Norwegian footballer
Svein Ove Strømmen (1949–2010), Norwegian businessperson
Sven-Ove Svensson (1922–1987), Swedish footballer
Ove Thorsheim (born 1949), Norwegian diplomat
Ove Bernt Trellevik (born 1965), Norwegian politician
Ove-Erik Tronvoll (born 1972), Norwegian skier
Ove Vanebo (born 1983), Norwegian politician
Ove von Spaeth (born 1938), Danish writer, designer and scholar
Jan-Ove Waldner (born 1965), Swedish table tennis player
Per Ove Width (born 1939), Norwegian politician

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Happy, bright. Means: blade in Old Norse.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Ove Arup	1895	Anglo-Danish engineer
2	Ove Kindvall	1943	Swedish association football player
3	Ove Johansson	1948	Player of American football
4	Ove Sprogøe	1919	Actor
5	Ove Rainer	1925
6	Ove Fundin	1933	Swedish motorcycle speedway rider
7	Ove Hoegh-Guldberg	1959	Australian biologist
8	Ove Verner Hansen	1932	Danish actor
9	Ove Pedersen	1954	Danish footballer
10	Ove Gjedde	1594	Danish admiral
11	Ove Kaj Pedersen	1948
12	Ove Joensen	1948	Faroese adventurer and ocean rower
13	Ove Grahn	1943	Swedish footballer
14	Ove Ullerup	1951	Danish ambassador
15	Ove Rytter	1957	Swedish writer and journalist
16	Ove Thue	1951	Norwegian singer and composer
17	Ove Aunli	1956	Cross-country skier
18	Ove B. Schaffalitzky de Muckadell	1944
19	Ove Bang	1895	Norwegian architect
20	Ove Thorsheim	1949	Norwegian diplomat
21	Ove von Spaeth	1938	Graphic designer and New age Writer
22	Ove Hidemark	1931	Swedish architect
23	Ove Wolf	1970	Swedish actor
24	Ove Bjelke	1611	Norwegian civil servant
25	Ove Flindt-Bjerg	1948	Danish association football player
26	Ove Engström	1940
27	Ove Bengtson	1945	Swedish tennis player
28	Ove Rode	1867	Danish politician
29	Ove Joanson	1947	Swedish journalist
30	Ove Vanebo	1983	Norwegian politician
31	Ove Eriksen	1944	Norwegian journalist
32	Ove Sellberg	1959	Professional golfer
33	Ove H. Rehn	1933
34	Ove Gjerløw Meyer	1742	Norwegian writer
35	Ove Paulsen	1874	Danish botanist
36	Ove Jørstad	1970	Norwegian footballer and manager
37	Ove Nathan	1926
38	Ove Rud	1923	Actor
39	Franz Schimmelpfennig von der Ove
40	Ove Sernhede	1951
41	Ove Karl Berthelsen		Greenlandic politician
42	Ove Lundell	1930	Swedish motorcycle racer
43	Ove Ødegaard	1931	Norwegian association football player
44	Ove Nylén	1959	Swedish swimmer
45	Ove Dahl	1862	Norwegian botanist
46	Ove Kinnmark	1944	Swedish chess player
47	Ove Røsbak	1959	Norwegian writer
48	Ove Alexander Billington	1979	Jazz pianist
49	Ove Malmberg	1933	Swedish ice hockey player
50	Ove E. Dalsgaard	1938	Danish electrician
51	Ove Pihl	1938	Swedish publisher
52	Ove Nilsson	1918	Swedish association football goalkeeper
53	Ove Boudin	1950	Swedish writer
54	Ove Krogh Rants	1925	Cyclist
55	Ove Fich	1949	Danish politician
56	Ove Tjernberg	1928	Swedish actor
57	Ove Bjelke Holtermann	1852	Norwegian architect
58	Ove Stokstad	1939	Norwegian professor
59	Ove Molin	1971	Swedish ice hockey player
60	Ove Jakobsen	1952	Norwegian writer, professor and economist
61	Ove Lestander	1941	Swedish cross-country skier
62	Ove Sehestedt Juul	1830
63	Ove Dalsheim	1944	Norwegian politician
64	Ove Mellingen	1964	Norwegian contributing editor
65	Ove Vollan	1967	Norwegian politician
66	Ove Magnusson	1933	Swedish actor
67	Ove Svenson	1880
68	Ove Trellevik	1948	Norwegian politician
69	Ove Skåra	1961	Norwegian civil servant
70	Ove Arbo Høeg	1898	Norwegian scientist
71	Ove Christensen	1856	Danish composer and pianist
72	Ove Krak	1862
73	Ove Gotting	1957
74	Ove Frederiksen	1884	Danish tennis player
75	Ove Rullestad	1940	Norwegian politician
76	Ove Høegh-Guldberg Hoff	1942
77	Ove Franz	1936	German politician
78	Ove Enqvist	1953
79	Ove Skaug	1912	Norwegian engineer
80	Ove Liavaag	1938	Norwegian civil servant
81	Ove Berg	1944	Swedish athletics competitor
82	Ove Blomberg		Footballer
83	Ove Ericsson		Footballer
84	Ove Stefansson	1937	Swedish actor
85	Ove Flodin	1916	Swedish actor
86	Ove Eklund	1946	Association football player from Sweden
87	Ove Rübsamen	1956	Swedish association football player
88	Ove Ansteinsson	1884	Norwegian writer (1884-1942)
89	Ove Hede Nielsen	1907
90	Ove Boldt	1905	Danish designer
91	Ove Emanuelsson	1941	Swedish canoeist
92	Ove Gundersen	1955	Norwegian politician
93	Ove Allansson	1932	Swedish writer
94	Ove Hahn	1934
95	Ove Dines Høegh	1936
96	Ove Dahlberg	1931	Swedish ice hockey player, football referee and ice hockey referee
97	Ove Kant	1929	Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter
98	Ove Ekebjærg	1934	Danish chess player
99	Ove Roll Lund	1910
100	Ove Ljung	1918
101	Ove Mattsson	1940
102	Ove Ekman	1847	Architect from Norway
103	Ove Rönn	1911	Swedish musician
104	Ove Varlid	1957
105	Ove Christian Charlot Klykken	1862	Norwegian politician
106	Ove Kristian Sundberg	1932	Norwegian musician
107	Ove H. Berg
108	Ove Säverman	1944	Swedish writer and journalist
109	Ove Holm	1894	Person
110	Ove Høegh-Guldberg	1905	Danish autobiographer
111	Ove Funch-Espersen	1883	Danish architect (1883-1964)
112	Ove Juul	1700
113	Ove Mandrup-Poulsen	1899	Danish architect (1899-1984)
114	Ove Svejstrup	1970	Badminton player
115	Ove Hygum	1956	Danish politician
116	Ove Lemicka	1961	Norwegian politician
117	Ove König	1950	Swedish speed skater
118	Ove Snuruås	1953
119	Ove Bjørken	1957	Norwegian jazz guitarist
120	Ove Ingemarsson	2000	Swedish musician
121	Ove Bennike	1898
122	Ove Gyldenkrone	1869
123	Ove Eide	1950	Norwegian writer
124	Ove Petersen	1830	Danish architect
125	Ove Guldberg	1918	Danish politician and engineer
126	Ove Ramel Sehested	1757
127	Ove Løvåsen	1964	Norwegian speed skater
128	Ove Flemming Sehested	1888
129	Ove Lindekleiv	1976
130	Ove Blomfelt	1957
131	Ove Bille	1555
132	Ove Thomsen	1801	Danish journalist
133	Ove Vind	1665
134	Ove Hove	1914	Danish architect (1914-1993)
135	Ove Kvangarsnes	1957	Norwegian musician
136	Ove Skeel	1898
137	Ove Kaj Rasmussen	1923
138	Ove Røste	1961	Norwegian musician
139	Ove Vik	1958
140	Ove R. Andersson	1946
141	Ove Svendsen	1972
142	Ove Pettersson	1923	Swedish docent
143	Ove Christian Owe	1871	Norwegian politician and contributing editor
144	Ove Andersen	1937	Danish association football player
145	Ove Andersson	1952	Swedish journalist
146	Ove Alström	1927	Swedish photographer
147	Ove Fedde	1916	Norwegian writer
148	Ove Frederik Brockenhuus	1717
149	Ove Mulvad	1950
150	Ove Wisløff	1954
151	Ove Andreas Wangensteen		Norwegian cartographer
152	Ove Matland	1963
153	Ove Rasch	1885
154	Ove Sørensen Schjelderup	1674	Norwegian jurist
155	Ove Tokstad	1965	Norwegian speed skater
156	Ove Høegh Hansen	1832
157	Ove Wilhelm Michelsen	1800
158	Ove Vangensten	1880	Norwegian philologist and diplomat
159	Ove Harry Johnsen	1945
160	Ove Ekelund	1894
161	Ove Hansen	1909	Danish politician
162	Ove Malling	1747
163	Ove S. Andersen	1841	Norwegian judge
164	Ove Weikop	1897	Danish judge (1897-1986)
165	Ove Güldencrone	1795
166	Ove Malmqvist	1944	Swedish athletics competitor
167	Ove Sjöström	1890
168	Ove Erik Eriksson	1935	Swedish mycologist (born 1935)
169	Ove Sylvan	1881
170	Ove Gude	1853	Norwegian diplomat and jurist (1853-1910)
171	Ove Rostrup	1864
172	Ove Nikolaisen	1958	Norwegian journalist
173	Ove Abildgaard	1916
174	Ove Österberg
175	Ove Ottesen Skeel
176	Ove Borøchstein	1949	Norwegian singer
177	Ove Unger Rosenkrantz Giedde	1784
178	Ove Jensen	1937
179	Ove Conrad Hanssen	1942	Norwegian theologist
180	Ove Juul Hestvold	1921	Norwegian writer and priest
181	Ove Nordstrandh	1912	Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden
182	Ove Svensson	1932
183	Ove Bergvoll	1909
184	Ove Blidberg	1925
185	Ove Dalen	1970
186	Ove Fredheim
187	Ove Guldberg Høegh	1814	Norwegian physician
188	Ove Kvavik
189	Ove Meidell	1903	Norwegian biologist
190	Ove Karlsson	1933	Swedish politician
191	Ove Hiorth	1758	Norwegian judge
192	Ove Schei	1967
193	Ove Edfors
194	Ove Bergersen	1957	Norwegian biologist and photographer
195	Ove Hagman	1933
196	Ove Olson	1903
197	Ove C. Alminde	1933
198	Ove Lind	1926	Swedish composer and bandleader
199	Ove Balthasar Bøggild	1872	Danish mineralogist
200	Ove Persson