• Valdemar Birgersson (1239-1302) was king of Sweden. He was the son of princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter and Birger Jarl. Valdemar had a relationship with his queen's sister Jutta (a princess of Denmark) and had to go to Rome in order to get the Pope's forgiveness. He was married four times.

  • Valdemar – April 18
    Valdemar is an Old Norse name related to the Slavic name Vladimir, which supposedly means “Lord of the World” or “praised for his power”. According to some sources, the name has German roots. Many Nordic kings have had the name Valdemar. In Sweden the name was popular at the beginning of the 20th century, but the popularity then waned, now it’s slowly on the rise again. Today there are 12,922 Valdemars.

  • Marcus Schenkenberg was born in Sweden in 1968 to Dutch parents. He is an internationally known model and TV personality, best known as the highest paid male model in the world, and for his Calvin Klein advertisement.


  • Markus – April 25
    The name Markus or Marcus is a Biblical name. Exactly what the name means is still not clear, but it is made up from the name of the Roman warrior god Mars. Markus was a very popular name in the beginning of the 1990s, when it was one of the most common first names of newborn baby boys. There are today 57,334 men with the name Markus, 42,623 use it as their given name. There are 37 women with the name and 547 persons share this as last name.