Frid is a Scandinavian (Norse) surname, derived from the name of the god Frey ( Freyr) - same derivation as the day of the week (Tuesday -Tws Norse god of the sea, Wednesday -Wodin/Odin father of the gods, Thursday - Thor's day and Fri day - Freyr) ( Names of the days of the week).

Frid is often translated from modern Swedish as meaning peace.

Frid features in the sagas as the name of a Valkyrie and the modern (English) spelling may derive from the old Norse rendering of Frið.

It may refer to:

People

• Amelia Frid, an Australian actress
• Egon Frid (born 1957), Swedish politician
• Géza Frid, a Hungarian/Dutch composer and pianist
• Grigory Frid, a Russian composer
• Jonathan Frid, a Canadian actor
• Tage Frid, a Danish born American woodworker
• Valeri Frid, a Soviet scriptwriter

also

• Frid Ingulstad, a Norwegian novelist
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad, a Norwegian-Swedish singer, member of ABBA

Other

• Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

See also

• Frederick (given name)
• Fried (surname)
• Freed (disambiguation)

References

Surname list

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