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Thorsten (Thorstein, Torstein, Torsten) is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was ''Þórsteinn''. It is a compound of the theonym ''Þór'' (''Thor'') and ''steinn'' "stone", which became ''Thor'' and ''sten'' in Old Danish and Old Swedish. The name is one of a group of Old Norse names containing the theonym ''Thor'', besides other such as ''Þórarin, Þórhall, Þórkell, Þórfinnr, Þórvald, Þórvarðr, Þórolf'', most of which, however, do not survive as modern names given with any frequency. The name is attested in medieval Iceland, e.g. Þorsteinn rauður Ólafsson (c. 850 – 880), Þōrsteinn Eirīkssonr (late 10th century), and in literature such as '' Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar''. The Old English equivalent of the Scandinavian and Norman name is ''Thurstan'', attested after the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century as the name of a medieval archbishop of York (died 1140), of an abbot of Pershore (1080s) and of an abbot of Glasto ...
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Thorsten Grönfors
Thorsten (Thorstein, Torstein, Torsten) is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was ''Þórsteinn''. It is a compound of the theonym ''Þór'' (''Thor'') and ''steinn'' "stone", which became ''Thor'' and ''sten'' in Old Danish and Old Swedish. The name is one of a group of Old Norse names containing the theonym ''Thor'', besides other such as ''Þórarin, Þórhall, Þórkell, Þórfinnr, Þórvald, Þórvarðr, Þórolf'', most of which, however, do not survive as modern names given with any frequency. The name is attested in medieval Iceland, e.g. Þorsteinn rauður Ólafsson (c. 850 – 880), Þōrsteinn Eirīkssonr (late 10th century), and in literature such as '' Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar''. The Old English equivalent of the Scandinavian and Norman name is ''Thurstan'', attested after the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century as the name of a medieval archbishop of York (died 1140), of an abbot of Pershore (1080s) and of an abbot of Glasto ...
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Thorsten Sellin
Johan Thorsten Sellin (26 October 1896 – 17 September 1994) was a Swedish American sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, a penologist and one of the pioneers of scientific criminology. Biography Sellin was born in Örnsköldsvik in Västernorrland County, Sweden and came to Canada with his parents when he was 17 years old. He received his bachelor's degree from Augustana College in Illinois when he was 19. He went on to receive a master's degree and doctoral degree in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1922 until becoming Professor Emeritus in 1967. Dr. Sellin came to prominence in the 1920s and 30s for his studies in the use of criminal statistics at local, state, national and international levels. He later helped draft the U.S. Uniform Criminal Statistics Act in 1944. An expert on crime statistics, he advised the Federal Bureau of Investigation about statistical matters and was a consultant to the B ...
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Thorsten Nordenfelt
Thorsten Nordenfelt (1 March 1842 – 8 February 1920), was a Swedish inventor and industrialist. Career Nordenfelt was born in Örby outside Kinna, Sweden, the son of a colonel. The surname was and is often spelled Nordenfeldt, though Thorsten and his brothers always spelled it Nordenfelt, and the 1881 Census shows it as Nordenfelt. The family home in that year was Leinster Lodge on the Uxbridge Road, Paddington in west London. Thorsten worked for a Swedish company in London from 1862 to 1866 and migrated to England in 1867 when he married Emma Stansfeld Grundy. Thorsten Nordenfelt and his brother-in-law started a small business to trade Swedish steel for British rails in 1867. Later on he founded ''Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company, ltd'' to develop a machine-gun designed by Helge Palmcrantz that would be referred to as the Nordenfelt gun. His company also designed a range of anti-torpedoboat guns in calibres from 37 to 57 mm, that were produced in Erith, Kent, Stock ...
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Thorsten Guttormsen Fretheim
Thorstein Guttormsen Fretheim (25 January 1808 – 30 May 1874) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1842, 1848, 1860, 1863, 1871, 1872, and 1873, representing the rural constituency of ''Nordre Bergenhus Amt'' (today named Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ...). He worked as a farmer.Thorsten Guttormsen Fretheim
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)


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Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar
''Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar'' (''The Dream of Þorsteinn Son of Síðu-Hallr'') is a very short ''þáttr'' which tells how Torstein Side-Hallsson (''Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar'') was visited in dreams by three women who warned him that he would soon be murdered. It was written at the end of the 13th century. The Torstein Side-Hallsson Saga ''(Þorsteins saga Síðu-Hallssonar)'' has only been incompletely preserved and it is believed that this short story about Torstein's dream must have originally been part of the lost, more complete saga. As Torstein was sleeping, three women appeared to him. They warned him that his slave Gilli was willing to avenge for he had been castrated on Torstein’s orders. They advised him to kill him but the slave was nowhere to be found. They came back the next two nights and again forecast his death, as well as his son's. The night after, Gilli cut Torstein's throat as he was asleep. He was caught by Torstein's servants, tortured to d ...
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Thurston (name)
Thurston () is an English-language name. The name has several origins. In some cases it can have originated from the Old Norse personal name ''Þórsteinn''. This name is derived from the Old Norse elements ''Þórr'' ("Thor", the Scandinavian thunder god) and ''steinn'' ("stone", "rock"). In other cases the name can have originated from the name of Thurston, located in Suffolk, England.. This webpage cited: . This place name is derived from the Old Norse personal name ''Þóri'' and the Old English element ''tūn'' ("enclosure", "settlement").. This webpage cited: . Surname People *Asa Thurston (1787–1868), American missionary in Hawaii * Baratunde Thurston (born 1977), American comedian *Colin Thurston (1947–2007), English recording engineer and producer * Darren Thurston (born c. 1970), Canadian animal rights activist * David Thurston (1918–2013), American aircraft designer * Deborah Thurston, American engineer * E. Temple Thurston (1879–1933), Irish author *Fred Thurs ...
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Old Swedish
Old Swedish (Swedish language, Modern Swedish: ) is the name for two distinct stages of the Swedish language that were spoken in the Middle Ages: Early Old Swedish (), spoken from about 1225 until about 1375, and Late Old Swedish (), spoken from about 1375 until about 1526. Old Swedish developed from Old Norse#Old East Norse, Old East Norse, the eastern dialect of Old Norse. The earliest forms of the Swedish and Danish languages, spoken between the years 800 and 1100, were dialects of Old East Norse and are referred to as ''Runic Swedish'' and ''Runic Danish'' because at the time all texts were written in the runic alphabet. The differences were only minute, however, and the dialects truly began to diverge around the 12th century, becoming Old Swedish and Old Danish in the 13th century. It is not known when exactly Old Gutnish and Elfdalian began to diverge from Swedish, but Old Gutnish diverged long before Old Danish did. Early Old Swedish was markedly different from modern Sw ...
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Dustin (given Name)
Dustin is a surname and mainly masculine given name. Etymology Dustin originates from an English surname, which is derived from the Norman personal name ''Tustin'', variant form of ''Turstin'', ''Torstein'', which is in turn derived from the Old Norse ''Þorsteinn'' ( Torsten). This Old Norse name is composed of elements meaning ''Þor'' (the god ''Thor'') and ''steinn'' "stone". Given name *Dustin Ackley (born 1988), American former baseball player *Dustin Antolin (born 1989), American baseball pitcher * Dustin Bomheuer (born 1991), German football player *Dustin Boyd (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player * Dustin Brown (born 1984), American ice hockey player * Dustin Brown (born 1984), Jamaican-German tennis player * Dustin Breeding (born 1987), member of R&B group Audio *Dustin Byfuglien (born 1985), American ice hockey player in the NHL * Dustin Cherniawski (born 1981), Canadian football player *Dustin Colquitt (born 1982), American football player *Dustin Crum (born 19 ...
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Torstein Kvamme
Torstein Kvamme (14 March 1893 – 26 June 1985) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Vossestrand. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1954, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative in the periods 1945–1949 and 1950–1953. Kvamme was involved in local politics in Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, ... municipality from 1931 to 1940. References * 1893 births 1985 deaths Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub ...
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Torsten Tegnér
Torsten Tegnér (6 December 1888 – 10 June 1977) was a Swedish athlete and journalist, son of composer Alice Tegnér. He was owner of the sports magazine ''Idrottsbladet ''Idrottsbladet'' ( sv, The Sports Gazette) was a sports magazine which existed between 1910 and 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden. During its lifetime it was the largest sports magazine in Scandinavia. History and profile ''Idrottsbladet'' was launched ...'' between 1915 and 1957. He continued to edit the magazine until 1967. References External links * 1888 births 1977 deaths AIK Bandy players Swedish bandy players Swedish ice hockey players Swedish orienteers Swedish male racewalkers {{Sweden-bandy-bio-stub ...
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Thorstein Johansen
Thorstein Arthur Johansen (7 January 1888 – 2 August 1963) was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century. He participated in shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
and won the gold medal in team 100 m running deer, double shots. He was also a member of the Norwegian trap team which finished seventh in the team clay pigeons event.


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Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim
Thorstein John Ohnstad Fretheim (10 May 1886 – 29 June 1971) was a Norwegian acting councillor of state in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (, ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who nominally headed the government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germ ... 1940–1941, and minister 1941–1945. Fretheim was a district veterinary by profession. In the post-war legal purges he was convicted of treason and sentenced to 20 years of forced labour, being pardoned in 1951. References 1886 births 1971 deaths Ministers of Agriculture and Food of Norway Members of Nasjonal Samling People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub ...
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