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Surname of Swedish/Finnish origin
Torvalds (Swedish:
[ˈtǔːrvalds]) is a Swedish/Finnish family name. It may refer to:
People
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Ole Torvalds (1916–1995), journalist and poet
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Nils Torvalds (b. 1945), son of Ole; broadcast journalist, writer and politician
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Linus Torvalds (b. 1969), son of Nils; software engineer and creator of the Linux kernel, who now works and lives in the U.S.
Other
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