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Albin - albino, Alvin, Albus, Albany - don't like that my first thought was albino or that I think of New York.
Algot - ...what did Al get? Also sounds like Alcott, so its surnamey to me
Alfons - I like it (I'm familiar with and like Alfonso; it reminds me of that)
Alvar - I like it (I like a lot of masculine *ar names)
Alve - I've always been fond of Alva, so I like it
Cornelius - I think of Cornelius Fudge from Harry Potter and "corny"; I'd like it more with a K - that'd remind me of Kornel West
Ebbe - seems kind of weird to me...I think of "stubby" for some reason...also "ebb and flow"; seems watery
Frans - it's okay, though I'd expect him to be northern European
Frej / Frey - I like the sound; very close to "fray", though...I prefer the Frej spelling
Frode - reminds me of Frodo and "frozen"; kind of cool but looks foreign
Henning - sounds like something chickens do
Manfred - Alfred wasn't manly enough? ...also reminds me of Manwich, a brand of canned sloppy joe sauce
Ossian - hmm, interesting
Ragnar - uh, interesting but very Norse sounding
Rune - I've only seen this as a surname IRL; I like it
Sixten - why not Sixpence or Sexby or Fivenine (the meaning's cool! this spelling looks odd to me, though)
Stellan - stellar; I like it
Truls - looks like trulz, which the urban dictionary defines as "the act of trolling, purely for the lulz"
Tage - okay
Vide - like it
Vilme - looks like Vilma
Viking - sister is Valkyrie

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I think Sixten stands out the most in English.
Alve would likely be pronounced as Alvie a lot.
Rune would probably be pronounced as one syllable, like the English word.
Ebbe might get pronounced as a one syllable sometimes, like 'ebb' and Abe are.
Some people might guess the E in Frode is silent.
Tage would likely often be pronounced as if it rhymed with the English word 'sage'.