What is "asmund"

Åsmund or Aasmund is a Norse male given name, derived from as (god) and mundr (protector). Åsmund may refer to:

• Åsmund Asdal (born 1957), Norwegian biologist
• Aasmund Bjørkan (born 1973), retired Norwegian football midfielder
• Aasmund Brynildsen (1917–1974), Norwegian essayist, biographer, editor and consultant
• Roald Åsmund Bye (born 1928), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Åsmund Forfang (born 1952), Norwegian writer
• Åsmund Frægdegjevar, medieval Norwegian legendary hero who is hired by the king to rescue a princess
• Åsmund Gylder (born 1971), Norwegian producer, musician and songwriter and leader of the Norwegian based peace project One People
• Åsmund Kåresson, runemaster who flourished during the first half of the 11th century in Uppland, Sweden
• Aasmund Kulien (1893–1988), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Aasmund Nordstoga (born 1964), Norwegian musician, singer and composer from Vinje, Telemark
• Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818–1870), Norwegian poet and journalist
• Åsmund Reikvam (born 1944), Norwegian professor in medicine and former politician
• Aasmund Halvorsen Vinje (1851–1917), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party splinter party Liberale Venstre