Comments for the name Henrik

Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen was a famous bearer.

The Swedish international Henrik Larsson the king of kings.

Henke (HEN-keh) is the common Swedish nickname. The famous footballer Henrik Larsson is called Henke.

Trying too hard!

Listen to the German pronunciation of Henrik here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

My favourite bearer: Vancouver Canucks forward Henrik Sedin. :)

Two famous bearers of this name are:

Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg, keyboardist of Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica.

Henrik "Henkka" Blacksmith, bassist of Finnish black metal band Children Of Bodom.

His Highness Prince Henrik Carl Joachim Alain of Denmark, Count of Montpezat, son of TRH Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark, bears this name, named after his paternal grandfather, HRH Prince Henrik, Queen Margrethe's husband.

Also Croatian. [noted -ed]

In Slovenia and Croatia, Hinko is a short form of Henrik.

Henrik is also the Armenian form of Henry; in Armenia, the name is written as: Հենրիկ . [noted -ed]

There is also a variant Armenian transliteration, namely Henrikh, which is written as: Հենրիխ .

I love the name Henrik! I am Hungarian and when I was looking over Hungarian name days in high school, many years ago, I said out loud that I like the name Henrik! Sadly, it's not in top 100 in Hungary.

Henrik Rummel is an American rower.