Diderik

Diderik or Didrik is a Norwegian male given name. In North Germanic languages, the native form would be Tjodrik, but Diderik and Didrik have been loaned from Low German and are now a common name in Norway. It may also be a variant of the related Dutch name Diederik. People with the name include: *Diderik Batens (born 1944¹), Belgian logician and epistemologist at the University of Ghent *Diderik Bøgvad (1792–1857), Norwegian politician *Diderik von Cappelen (1761–1828), Norwegian merchant and politician *Diderik Hegermann Rye (1832–1914), Norwegian civil servant *Diderik Hegermann (1763–1835), Norwegian councillor of state and Minister of the Army *Diderik Schnitler (born 1946), Norwegian businessperson *Diderik Iversen Tønseth (1818–1893), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party *Diderik Wagenaar (born 1946), Dutch composer and musical theorist *Didrik Pining (c. 1430–1491), German privateer, nobleman and governor of Iceland

Diderik or Didrik is a Norwegian male given name. In North Germanic languages, the native form would be Tjodrik, but Diderik and Didrik have been loaned from Low German and are now a common name in Norway. It may also be a variant of the related Dutch name Diederik. People with the name include: Diderik Batens (born 1944), Belgian logician and epistemologist at the University of Ghent Diderik Bøgvad (1792–1857), Norwegian politician Diderik von Cappelen (1761–1828), Norwegian merchant and politician Diderik Hegermann Rye (1832–1914), Norwegian civil servant Diderik Hegermann (1763–1835), Norwegian councillor of state and Minister of the Army Diderik Schnitler (born 1946), Norwegian businessperson Diderik Iversen Tønseth (1818–1893), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party Diderik Wagenaar (born 1946), Dutch composer and musical theorist Didrik Pining (c. 1430–1491), German privateer, nobleman and governor of Iceland

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