Svante

Svante is a Swedish first name for males. It originates from Slavic ancestors of first prominent Svantes in Sweden. The Slavic languages have the name which is rendered as Sviatopolk in Russian, Świętopełk in Polish and Svatopluk/Svätopluk in Czech and Slovakian. Also Svjatopluk and so forth in other renditions.
In the latter half of the 13th century, Svantepolk of Viby (d 1310), a lord of high nobility, settled in Sweden. His mother had been a Pomeranian lady whose first name and precise origin is not known to us, but who is indicated to have come from the ducal family of Pomerelia. Svantepolk's father was Canute, Duke of Revalia, a bastard son of king Valdemar II of Denmark with a high-born Swedish lady Helena, daughter of Earl Guttorm. The name was presumably given to Svantepolk as namesake of some maternal relative of Slavic princely dynasties. Svantepolk's brother Eric, Duke of Halland, had got a traditionally Scandinavian first name.
Svantepolk became justiciar (lagman) of Östergötland and a wealthy and remarkable feudal lord in Sweden. His wife was Benedicta, granddaughter of king Sverker II of Sweden. Svantepolk and Benedicta's daughters married lords of Swedish high nobility and became ancestresses of several Swedish noble families, bringing substantial dowries. Lord Svantepolk, with royal ancestry and rights to ducal dignity of Halland, Blekinge and Revalia, was a valued ancestor, well-remembered in his noble Swedish descendants' pedigrees and family lore. The name Svante, a shortened version of Svantepolk, was given to many descendants.
Svante Bosson (Sture), uncle of the regent Svante (see below)
Svante, Regent of Sweden (1460–1512), leader of the Swedish government between 1504 and 1512
Svante Sture, Count of Stegeholm (1517–67), his grandson
Svante Arrhenius a Swedish chemist
Svante Stenbock (1578–1632)
Svante Bielke, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden 1602-1609
Svante Larsson Sparre, Governor of Uppland 1649-1652
Svante Banér (1584–1628)
Svante Svantesson Banér (1624–74), Governor of Uppland 1652-54
Pedigree of Regent Svante:
Svantepolk of Viby (bc 1230, d 1310) and his wife Benedikte of Ymseborg (d after 1261)
Ingeborg Svantepolksdotter of Viby (d c 1341) who married John Philipson, Lord of Aspenäs, who was executed in 1280
Knut Jonsson of Aspenäs (d 1346), Lord High Justiciar of Sweden, wife was Karin Bengtsdotter (d 1350), daughter of justiciar Bengt, cousin of Folkunge kings
Cecilia Knutsdotter of Aspenäs (d 1350), married Bo Nilsson of the Natt och Dag (d 1322), Lord of Ringshult
Bo Bosson of the Natt och Dag (dc 1390) - (Bo's sister Märta Bosdotter was grandmother of Sten Sture the Elder)
Sten Bosson of the Natt och Dag (dc 1411), wife was Ingeborg Karlsdotter of the Stjärna of Vinäs
Bo Stensson of the Natt och Dag, his wife was Karin Svendsdatter of the Scanian Sture, Lords of Ekesiö - their children also included knight Svante Bosson
Nils Bosson called Sture, wife was Brita Karlsdotter of the Bonde of Penningby
Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden) of the Natt och Dag (1460–1512), regent 1504-12, first wife was Iliana Erengisladotter (Gädda), second Mette Iversdatter Dyre

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Swedish short form of Svantepolk: blessed people. Combine of svetu (blessed, holy) and pulku (people).

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Svante August Arrhenius	1859	Swedish chemist
2	Svante Myrick	1987	American politician
3	Svante Pääbo	1955	Biologist, paleogeneticist
4	Svante Grundberg	1943	Swedish actor
5	Svante Stockselius	1955	Swedish journalist
6	Svante Henryson	1963	Swedish musician
7	Svante Thuresson	1937	Swedish jazz and schlager singer
8	Svante Cornell	1975	Swedish political scientist
9	Svante Tidholm	1977	Swedish writer
10	Svante Björkum	1949	Swedish writer
11	Svante Janson	1955	Swedish mathematician
12	Svante Ingelsson	1998
13	Svante Stensson Sture	1517	Swedish count (1517-1567)
14	Svante Korkiakoski	1939	Finnish actor
15	Svante Grände	1947
16	Svante Weyler	1953	Swedish writer and journalist
17	Svante Pettersson	1911	Swedish composer
18	Svante Lundkvist	1919	Swedish politician
19	Svante Axelsson	1957
20	Svante Nycander	1933	Swedish writer
21	Svante Lindqvist	1957
22	Svante Lodén	1972
23	Svante Karlsson	1969
24	Svante Forsbäck
25	Svante Elfgren	1945	Swedish musician
26	Svante Martin	1948	Finnish actor
27	Svante Foerster	1931	Swedish writer, architect and journalist
28	Svante Rasmuson	1955	Olympic pentathlete
29	Svante Påhlson	1882
30	Svante Båth	1964
31	Svante Drake
32	Svante Kede	1877	Swedish artist
33	Svante Granholm	1947
34	Svante Kosunen	1925	Finnish singer (1925-1988)
35	Svante Sundman	1895
36	Svante Samuel Murbeck	1859	Swedish botanist
37	Svante Natt och Dag	1861
38	Svante Nilsson	1869	Swedish musician
39	Svante Bielke	1567	Swedish politician
40	Svante Mjörne
41	Svante Nordin	1946
42	Svante Gustafsson Banér	1583	Swedish politician
43	Svante Rinaldo	1937
44	Svante Lundgren	1913	Swedish writer and photographer
45	Svante Fregert	1959
46	Svante Johansson	1927
47	Svante Olsson	1856
48	Svante Svenson	1848
49	Svante Norrhem	1962
50	Svante Linusson	1969
51	Svante Larsson Sparre	1623
52	Svante Samuelsson	1972	Swedish association football player
53	Svante Kurikka	1894
54	Svante Bergström		Swedish politician
55	Svante Widén	1938
56	Svante Thulin	1837	Swedish painter
57	Svante Granlund	1921
58	Svante Milles	1923	Swedish journalist
59	Svante Alin	1852	Swedish priest
60	Svante Fischer	1971
61	Svante Hedin	1928
62	Svante Gustavs Dīcs	1670
63	Svante Liljedahl	1935
64	Svante Dyhlén	1871	Swedish architect
65	Svante Odqvist	1927	Swedish actor
66	Svante Mauritzson Sture	1587
67	Svante Säwén	1955	Swedish journalist
68	Svante Dahlström	1883
69	Svante Kristiansson	1907	Swedish photographer
70	Svante Gustaf Schyberg	1796
71	Svante Sjöberg	1873
72	Svante Stålarm
73	Svante Lundh
74	Svante Ryman
75	Svante Lindberg	1932
76	Svante Lilliehöök	1909
77	Svante Dalström
78	Svante Lindström	1872
79	Svante Hamberg	1826
80	Svante Sandqvist	1842	Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden
81	Svante Annersten	1904
82	Svante Cronsioe	1813
83	Svante Gustaf Waennerberg	1790
84	Svante Rydberg	1948
85	Svante Bergh	1885	Swedish artist