Svend is a Danish and Norwegian male given name. Notable people with the given name include:

• Svend or Sven Aggesen (c.1145–?), Danish historian
• Svend Asmussen (1916–2017), Danish jazz violinist known as "The Fiddling Viking"
• Svend Auken (1943–2009), Danish politician
• Svend Bayer (born 1946), Ugandan-born Danish/English studio potter
• Svend Bergstein (1941–2014), Danish military officer and politician
• Svend Bille (1888–1973), Danish stage and film actor
• Svend Borchmann Hersleb (1784–1836), Norwegian professor of theology and politician
• Svend von Düring (1915–1969), Norwegian actor
• Svend Engedal (1928–2001), Danish-born American soccer goalkeeper
• Svend Foyn (1809–1894), Norwegian sailor
• Svend Frømming (1918–1979), Danish sprint canoer
• Svend Grundtvig (1824–1883), Danish literary historian and ethnographer
• Svend Haugaard (1913–2003), Danish politician
• Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945), Danish politician and former tax minister)
• Svend Jacobsen (1906–1986), Danish fencer and Olympic competitor
• Svend Jakobsen (1935–2022), Danish politician
• Svend Aage Jensby (born 1940), Danish politician and former defence minister
• Svend Jensen (1905–1979), Danish footballer
• Svend Karlsen (born 1967), Norwegian strongman
• Svend Kornbeck (1869–1933), Danish stage and film actor
• Svend Unmack Larsen (1893–1965), Danish politician
• Svend Lomholt (1888–1949), Danish veterinarian and dermatologist
• Svend Lund (born 1949), Danish handball player and Olympic competitor
• Svend Aage Madsen (born 1939), Danish novelist
• Svend Melsing (1888–1946), Danish actor and theatre director
• Svend Methling (1891–1977), Danish actor and film director
• Svend Munck (1899–1974) Danish fencer and Olympic competitor
• Svend Petersen (1911–1992), Danish-born American author, political researcher and analyst
• Svend Poulsen (c. 1610–c. 1680), Danish military commander
• Svend Pri (1945–1983), Danish badminton player
• Svend Rasmussen Svendsen (1864–1945), Norwegian-born American impressionist artist
• Svend Rathsack (1885–1941), Danish sculptor
• Svend Rindom (1884–1960), Danish screenwriter
• Svend Robinson (born 1952), Canadian politician and gay rights activist
• Svend S. Schultz (1913–1998), Danish composer and conductor
• Svend Adolph Solberg (1831–1890), Norwegian politician

• Svend Wad (1928–2004), Danish boxer and Olympic medalist

• Svend-Erik Kristensen (born 1956), Danish long-distance runner
• Svend-Allan Sørensen (born 1975), Danish conceptual artist and founder of Adressens Forlag
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