Rolfsen is a surname derived from a masculine given name
Rolf Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. A ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alf Rolfsen
Alf Rolfsen (28 January 1895 – 10 November 1979) was a Norwegian painter and muralist.
Personal life
Rolfsen was born in Oslo, Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of writer Nordahl Rolfsen (1848-1928) and Hedevig Martha Hastrup B ...
, Norwegian painter and muralist
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Christian Lange Rolfsen, Norwegian politician and attorney
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Dale Rolfsen
In knot theory, prime knots are those knots that are indecomposable under the operation of knot sum. The prime knots with ten or fewer crossings are listed here for quick comparison of their properties and varied naming schemes.
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Erik Rolfsen
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Harald Rolfsen
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Jens Rolfsen
Jens Rolfsen (24 July 1765 – 17 December 1819) was a Norwegian merchant and politician.
Rolfsen was born in Kristiansand. He was a shipbuilder, shipmaster, shipowner and wholesaler. He ...
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Katie Rolfsen
Katie Rolfsen (10 November 1902 – 22 September 1966) was a Norwegian-Swedish film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1925 and 1965. She was born in Oslo, Norway and died in Rådmansö, Sweden.
Selected filmography
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Nordahl Rolfsen
Johan Nordahl Brun Rolfsen (12 June 1848 – 18 January 1928) was a Norwegian writer, educationalist and teacher, journalist, translator and speaker. He is best known for the series of five readers for elementary school, (1892–1895), w ...
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Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen
Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen (born 4 May 1972) is a Norwegian film director, producer and writer. He is best known for his action drama ''IZZAT'' (2005), his TV series ''TAXI'' (2011) as well as documentary films ''Voluntarily Forced'' (2014) and '' Rec ...
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Norwegian-language surnames