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Torfinn
Torfinn is a Norwegian male given name. Origin The name Torfinn is derived from Old Norse ''Þórfinnr'', which is composed of ''Þór'' (meaning ''thunder'', also the name of the Nordic god of thunder Thor) and ''finnr'', which refers to Finnish people. Thus it has been hypothesised to mean ''thunder of/to the Finns''. Notable people Notable people with this name include: * Torfinn Bentzen (1912–1986), Norwegian jurist * Torfinn Bjarkøy (born 1952), Norwegian civil servant * Torfinn Bjørnaas (1914-2009), Norwegian resistance member * Torfinn Haukås (1931-1993), Norwegian novelist * Torfinn Opheim (born 1961), Norwegian politician * Torfinn Skard (1891-1970), Norwegian horticulturist See also * Thorfinn (other) Thorfinn (Þorfinnr) is a Scandinavian name, which originally referred to the god Thor and which survived into Christian times. Thorfinn may refer to: * Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson (died c. 963), Earl of Orkney * Thorfinn Karlsefni (), Icelandic ex ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torfinn Skard
Torfinn Skard (20 January 1891 – 11 June 1970) was a Norwegian horticulturist, teacher, librarian and author. Personal life He was born at Faaberg in Oppland, Norway. He was a son of educator Matias Skard (1846–1927) and his second wife Nilsine Kristiane Myhre (1860–1891). He was a nephew of Johannes Skar, Christopher Bruun and Per Bø and a half-brother of Olav Skard (a son of Matias from his first marriage) and Bjarne, Eiliv and Sigmund Skard (whom Matias had by his third wife). Torfinn's mother died in childbirth after having him. Torfinn married Aagot Sofie Lien (1898–1973) in December 1922 in Solum. When Sigmund Skard married Ã…se Gruda Skard, Ã…sa became Torfinn's sister-in-law, and he was thereby also an uncle of MÃ¥lfrid Grude Flekkøy, Torild Skard and Halvdan Skard. Career Torfinn Skard was an apprentice in horticulture at three different schools between 1907 and 1911, studied at two different folk schools including Askov folkehøiskole in Denmark f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torfinn Haukås
Torfinn Haukås (1931–1993) was a Norwegian novelist. He was born in Høyanger Høyanger () is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Høyanger. Other villages in Høyanger municipality include Austreim, Bjordal, Kyrkjebà .... Notable novels include ''63 Johnsen'' (1958), ''Meg skal dere aldri få tak i'' (1967), ''Søndag i Andorra'' (1977) and ''Duellen'' (crime, 1981). References 1931 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Norwegian novelists People from Høyanger {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torfinn Bentzen
Torfinn Bentzen (1912–1986) was a Norwegian jurist and sports official. He chaired the Norwegian Confederation of Sports The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( no, Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in No ... from 1967 to 1973. He was a barrister by occupation. References 1912 births 1986 deaths Norwegian sports executives and administrators 20th-century Norwegian lawyers {{Norway-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torfinn Bjarkøy
Torfinn Bjarkøy (27 July 1952 – 7 October 2022) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in Narvik. He served as the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman from 1995 to 2000, having previously worked as a sub-director for the ombudsman from 1989. He died in Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ... in October 2022. References 1952 births 2022 deaths People from Narvik Directors of government agencies of Norway Ombudsmen in Norway {{Norway-gov-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torfinn Bjørnaas
Torfinn Bjørnaas (1 August 1914 – 15 September 2009) was a Norwegian resistance member. He was born in Sulitjelma, but the family soon moved to Løkken Verk. He served his compulsory military service in His Majesty The King's Guard in 1936, and attended Trondheim Technical School and a ''Technische Hochschule'' in Germany. He visited Norway in the spring of 1940, and while he was here World War II reached Norway with the German invasion. Bjørnaas participated in the subsequent fighting to repel the invaders, but Norway capitulated. Bjørnaas tried to reach Northern Norway via Sweden, then England, but both to no avail. In the spring of 1941, Bjørnaas and others fled to England via India. He went through training for the Norwegian Independent Company 1 in England and Scotland, and was later dispatched to Norway to conduct sabotage. He was best known for the Thamshavn Line locomotive sabotage in 1943, but also had sabotage missions in Sulitjelma and Terningmoen. He is also kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torfinn Opheim
Torfinn Opheim (born 12 April 1961, in Sauda) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland in 2005. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 2001–2005. On the local level Opheim was a member of Sauda Sauda ''()'' is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sauda, where most of the population lives. Other villages in the municipality include Saudasjøen and Amdal. Despite being ... municipality council from 1987 to 2005, and he was mayor for the last six years of that period. References * 1961 births Living people Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Rogaland Labour Party (Norway) politicians 21st-century Norwegian politicians People from Sauda {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorfinn (other)
Thorfinn (Þorfinnr) is a Scandinavian name, which originally referred to the god Thor and which survived into Christian times. Thorfinn may refer to: * Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson (died c. 963), Earl of Orkney * Thorfinn Karlsefni (), Icelandic explorer * Thorfinn the Mighty or Thorfinn Sigurdsson (1009?–c. 1065), Earl of Orkney * Thorfinn of Hamar Thorfinn of Hamar (died 1285) was the Bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Hamar in medieval Norway. Biography Thorfinn was born in Trøndelag, possibly in Trondheim, Norway, and may have been a Cistercian monk before becoming Bishop of Hamar ... (died 1285), Christian bishop and saint * Thorfinn (''Vinland Saga''), a fictional character from the manga series ''Vinland Saga'' See also * Torfinn, a related modern name * Thorfinnsson * Earl Thorfinn (other) {{given name Scandinavian masculine given names fr:Thorfinn (prénom) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 7th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid-to-late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not absolute, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse, ''Old West Norse'' or ''Old West Nordic'' (often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse, ''Old East Norse'' or ''Old East Nordic'', and ''Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thor
Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred groves and trees, Physical strength, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility. Besides Old Norse , the deity occurs in Old English as , in Old Frisian as ', in Old Saxon as ', and in Old High German as , all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym , meaning 'Thunder'. Thor is a prominently mentioned god throughout the recorded history of the Germanic peoples, from the Roman Empire, Roman occupation of regions of , to the Germanic expansions of the Migration Period, to his high popularity during the Viking Age, when, in the face of the process of the Christianization of Scandinavia, emblems of his hammer, , were worn and Norse paganism, Norse pagan personal names containing the name of the god bear witness to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish People
Finns or Finnish people ( fi, suomalaiset, ) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland. Finns are traditionally divided into smaller regional groups that span several countries adjacent to Finland, both those who are native to these countries as well as those who have resettled. Some of these may be classified as separate ethnic groups, rather than subgroups of Finns. These include the Kvens and Forest Finns in Norway, the Tornedalians in Sweden, and the Ingrian Finns in Russia. Finnish, the language spoken by Finns, is closely related to other Balto-Finnic languages, e.g. Estonian and Karelian. The Finnic languages are a subgroup of the larger Uralic family of languages, which also includes Hungarian. These languages are markedly different from most other languages spoken in Europe, which belong to the Indo-European family of languages. Native Finns can also be divided according to dialect into subgroups sometimes called ''heimo'' (lit. ''tribe''), although suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torfin, Minnesota
Torfin is an unincorporated community in Roseau County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to .... History A post office called Torfin was established in 1907, and remained in operation until 1914. The community was named for Iver Torfin, county official. References Unincorporated communities in Roseau County, Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Minnesota {{RoseauCountyMN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
