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Thorvald is from the Old Norse name Þórvaldr, which means "
Thor's ruler".[1] Despite this pagan origin, the name survived the conversion of Scandinavians to Christianity and remains popular up to the present.
Thorvald may refer to:
Thorvald Aagaard (1877–1937), Danish composer, organist and college teacher
Thorvald Astrup (1876–1940), Norwegian architect, known for industrial architecture
Thorvald Asvaldsson, father of the colonizer of Greenland, Erik the Red (Eiríkr Rauði)
Thorvald the Red, a fictional Viking on the TV series Fanboy & Chum Chum
Jürgen Thorwald (1915–2006) a German writer, journalist and historian
Turoldus, a variant of "Thorvald", was the traditional name of the author of the medieval Chanson de Roland (also Théroulde, Troude, Théroude, Thouroude)
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Look up Thorvald in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Thorvald is from the Old Norse name Þórvaldr, which means "
Thor's ruler".[1] Despite this pagan origin, the name survived the conversion of Scandinavians to Christianity and remains popular up to the present.
Thorvald may refer to:
Thorvald Aagaard (1877–1937), Danish composer, organist and college teacher
Thorvald Astrup (1876–1940), Norwegian architect, known for industrial architecture
Thorvald Asvaldsson, father of the colonizer of Greenland, Erik the Red (Eiríkr Rauði)
Thorvald the Red, a fictional Viking on the TV series Fanboy & Chum Chum
Jürgen Thorwald (1915–2006) a German writer, journalist and historian
Turoldus, a variant of "Thorvald", was the traditional name of the author of the medieval Chanson de Roland (also Théroulde, Troude, Théroude, Thouroude)
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.