Famous People with Name Knut

Knut Fredrik Idestam            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Knut Fredrik Idestam: was a Finnish mining engineer and businessman, best known as a founder of Nokia.In May 1865, Idestam obtained a permit to construct a groundwood paper mill at Tampere, Finland. The mill began operations in 1866. In 1871, Idestam and Leo Mechelin founded Nokia Ltd. and moved the company's operations to the city of Nokia, Finland.

Knut Gustaf Gadd            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Knut Gustaf Gadd: was a Swedish water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.In 1948 he was part of the Swedish team which finished fifth in the water polo tournament. He played one match.

Knut Knudsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Knut Knudsen: is a retired Norwegian cyclist.

Knut Henning Thygesen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Knut Henning Thygesen: is a Norwegian author and politician for the Red Party. He was elected as mayor of Risør on September 11, 2007 in a direct mayor election as part of the 2007 municipal election with 44.5% of the votes. He is the only mayor ever for Red or any of its prece

Knut Håkon Borch            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Knut Håkon Borch: is a retired football goalkeeper from Tromsø in Norway.The 2005 and 2006 season, Borch was plagued with injury problems. Tromsø enlisted Lars Hirschfeld to fill in for Borch during the 2005 season, while Kenny Stamatopoulos and Sead Ramovic played for Tro