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'''Knut''' or '''Kanute''' is a [[Scandinavia]]n first name, of which the anglicized form is '''Canute'''. It is derived from the [[Old Norse]] '''Knútr''' meaning "knot"; other forms include '''Cnut''' and '''Knud'''. It is the name of several [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[List of Danish monarchs|kings of Denmark]], two of whom reigned also over [[England]] during the first half of the [[11th century]]. Notably:
*[[Canute the Great]] (995-1035), king of England, Denmark, and [[Norway]], celebrated for "trying to hold back the tide," commanding the waves of the sea to retreat as a reprimand of his courtiers;
*[[Harthacanute]] (1018-1042), king of Denmark and England
*[[Saint Canute IV]] (1043-1086), king of Denmark and [[martyr]]
*[[Canute V of Denmark]] (?-1157)
*[[Canute VI of Denmark]] (1163-1202)
*[[Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark]] (1900-1976), younger son of King Christian X
It is also the name of two [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[List of Swedish monarchs|kings of Sweden]]:
*[[Canute I of Sweden]] (c. 1150-1195)
*[[Canute II of Sweden]] (?-1234)
Other people named Knut (or forms thereof):
*[[Canute Lavard]], Danish prince and saint
*[[Knut Hamsun]] was a leading Norwegian author.
*[[Knud Rasmussen]] was a Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist.
*[[Knut Reinhardt]] was a German footballer.
*[[Knute Rockne]] was an [[American football]] player and coach.
*[[Knut Schmidt-Nielsen]] was a Norwegian-born American biologist.
*See also the surname [[Knudsen]]
Animals:
* [[Knut (polar bear)|Knut]] is the name of [[polar bear]] at the [[Berlin Zoo]] that attracted worldwide attention in [[2007]].
Other :
* [[Knut (band)|Knut]] is a [[Switzerland|swiss]] [[post-hardcore]] band.
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