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Helge or Helgi is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch mostly male name.

The name is derived from Proto-Norse Hailaga with its original meaning being dedicated to the gods. For its Slavic version, see Oleg. Its feminine equivalent is Olga.

Notable people with this name

• Halga, legendary Danish king mentioned in Beowulf and in medieval Scandinavian sources
• Helgi Hjörvarðsson, Scandinavian hero from Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, in the Poetic Edda
• Helgi Hundingsbane, Scandinavian hero who figures in the Völsunga saga and who has two poems in the Poetic Edda
• Helgi Haddingjaskati, Swedish hero from Hrómundar saga Gripssonar
• Helge (Danish king), 9th-century king
• Helge Akre (1903–1986), Norwegian diplomat
• Helge Bostrom (1894–1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Helge Dohrmann (1939–1989), Danish politician
• Helge Jung (1886–1978), Swedish general
• Helge von Koch (1870–1924), Swedish mathematician
• Helge Larsen (1915–2000), Danish politician
• Helge Rosvaenge (1897–1972), Danish-German operatic tenor
• Helgi Sallo (born 1941), Estonian singer and actress
• Helge Schneider (born 1955), German comedian, musician, actor and director
• Helgi the Sharp (disambiguation), several people
• Helge Skoog (born 1938), Swedish actor
• Helge Söderbom (1881–1975), Swedish Army lieutenant general
• Helgi Tómasson (disambiguation), several people
• Helge Uuetoa (1936–2008), Estonian painter, stage and film set designer

Fictional characters

• Helge Doppler, a character in Netflix's 2017 series Dark

See also

• Helge or Helgas, an ancient city and former bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see as Germanicopolis (Bithynia)
• Helga

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