Lars


Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries and Germany.

Origin

Lars means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel", and is therefore related to the names Laurence and Lauren.
A homonymous Etruscan name was borne by several Etruscan kings, and later used as a last name by the Roman Lartia family. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown.

Notable people

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  • Lars Kristian Abrahamsen, Norwegian politician
  • Lars Ahlfors, Finnish Fields Medal recipient
  • Lars Amble, Swedish actor and director
  • Lars Herminius Aquilinus, ancient Roman consul
  • Lars Bak, Danish road bicycle racer
  • Lars Bak , Danish computer programmer
  • Lars Beckman, Swedish politician
  • Lars Bender, German footballer
  • Lars Christensen, Norwegian shipowner, whaling magnate and philanthropist
  • Lars Ditlev, Danish-American football player
  • Lars Magnus Ericsson, Swedish inventor
  • Lars Eriksson, several people
  • Lars Frederiksen, American musician
  • Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
  • Lars Eilebrecht, German software engineer
  • Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player
  • Lars Engsund, Swedish politician
  • Lars Grael, Brazilian sailor
  • Lars Gullin, Swedish jazz saxophonist
  • Lars Haglund, Swedish discus thrower
  • Lars Jorgensen, American swimmer and college coach
  • Lars Peter Hansen, American economist and Nobel laureate
  • Lars Hegaard, Danish composer and guitarist
  • Lars Heggen, Norwegian cross-country skier
  • Lars Hjortsberg, Swedish actor
  • Lars Holte, Norwegian trance producer and DJ
  • Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and Fields Medal recipient
  • Lars Isacsson, Swedish politician
  • Lars Iyer, British novelist and philosopher
  • Lars Jansson , Finnish author and cartoonist
  • Lars Jansson , Swedish jazz pianist and composer
  • Lars Jonsson, several people
  • Lars Kleppich, Australian sailor
  • Lars Klingbeil, German politician
  • Lars Knudsen, Danish researcher in cryptography
  • Lars Kragh Andersen, Danish activist
  • Lars Krutak, American tattoo anthropologist
  • Lars Kuppi, German politician
  • Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish football manager
  • Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, Swedish musician, better known as Yngwie Malmsteen
  • Lars Larsen, several people
  • Lars Larson, American conservative talk radio show host
  • Lars Larsson Molin, known as Lasse-Maja, Swedish thief and memoirist
  • Lars Leiro, Norwegian politician
  • Lars Lindberg Christensen, Danish astronomer
  • Lars Lönnroth, Swedish literary scholar
  • Lars-Erik Lövdén, Swedish politician
  • Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish composer and vocalist of Opeth and Bloodbath
  • Lars Mikkelsen, Danish actor
  • Lars Mittank, German man who disappeared in 2014
  • Lars Monsen, Norwegian adventurer and journalist
  • Lars Nootbaar, American baseball player
  • Lars Olsen, several people
  • Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist and Nobel laureate
  • Lars Pensjö, creator of the LPMud software
  • Lars Petrus, Swedish Rubik's Cube champion
  • Lars Porsena, Etruscan king of Clusium
  • Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, 2009 to 2011 and 2015 to 2019
  • Lars Kristian Relander, Finnish president
  • Lars Rem, Norwegian politician
  • Lars Riedel, German discus thrower
  • Lars Rainer Rüetschi, Swiss musician
  • Lars Saabye Christensen, Norwegian author
  • Lars Schütze, German politician
  • Lars Sigmundstad, Norwegian politician
  • Lars Skalm, Finnish noble and mayor of Turku
  • Lars Spuybroek, Dutch architect
  • Lars Stjernkvist, Swedish politician and journalist
  • Lars Tolumnius, Etruscan king of Veii
  • Lars Troell, Swedish surgeon
  • Lars von Trier, Danish film director
  • Lars Ulrich, Danish drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica
  • Lars Unnerstall, German footballer
  • Lars Vilks, Swedish artist
  • Lars Wegendal, Swedish politician

    Fictional characters

  • Lars, the Go Jetters' expert mechanic
  • Lars, in the Adult Swim television pilot Paid Programming
  • Lars, in the 1979 film Scavenger Hunt, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • Laramie "Lars" Barriga, a supporting character in the Steven Universe cartoon series
  • Lars, in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Gamesters of Triskelion
  • Lars, the unseen husband of Phyllis Lindstrom in The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Lars Alexandersson, in the Tekken series
  • Lars Fillmore, in the animated movie Futurama: Bender's Big Score
  • Lars Lindstrom, the lead character of the 2007 film Lars and the Real Girl, portrayed by Ryan Gosling
  • Dr. Lars Pinfield, in the 2024 film Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, portrayed by James Acaster
  • Lars Rodriguez, in the Rocket Power TV series
  • Lars Umlaut, in the Guitar Hero series
  • Lars, the main character in the children's book series The Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
  • Lars, in the 2011 film The Thing, a prequel to the 1982 film of the same name
  • Lars, in the 2003 film "101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure", a German artist
  • Lars, a family name in the "Star Wars" film series, a matrimonial branch of the Skywalker family