Thorvald is from the ''Old Norse'' name ''Þórvaldr'', which means " Thor's ruler". 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 Thorvald Aagaard (8 June 1877 in Rolsted, Faaborg-Midtfyn – 22 March 1937 in Ringe) was a Danish composer, organist and college teacher. He wrote the music to several continually popular songs, such as "" (The sparrow sits in silence behind ...

(1877–1937), Danish composer, organist and college teacher * Thorvald Astrup (1876–1940), Norwegian architect, known for industrial architecture *

Thorvald Asvaldsson Thorvald Ásvaldsson ( non, Þórvaldr Ásvaldsson ; Modern Icelandic: ; 10th century; died before 980) was the father of the first Norse settler of Greenland, Erik the Red, and grandfather of Leif Erikson, who visited North America centuries be ...

, father of the colonizer of Greenland, Erik the Red (Eiríkr Rauði) *

Thorwald Bergquist Thorwald Bergquist (1 December 1899 – 3 December 1972) was a Swedish politician who held various cabinet and political posts. He was a member of the People's Party. Johan Östling argues that Bergquist was one of the Swedish ''generation of 19 ...

(1899–1972), Swedish politician * Thorvald Bindesbøll (1846–1908), Danish architect and designer *

Thorvald Eigenbrod Jakob Thorvald Eigenbrod (2 December 1892 – 5 May 1977) was a Danish field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; ge ...

(1892–1977), Danish field hockey player * Thorvald Ellegaard (1877–1954), Danish track racing cyclist * Thorvald Eriksson, son of Eric the Red and brother of Leif Ericsson *

Thorvald Hansen Thorvald Hansen can refer to: * Thorvald Hansen (skier), Norwegian nordic combined skier * Thorvald Hansen (composer) Frederick Thorvald Hansen (3 May 1847 - 24 January 1915) was a Danish trumpeter and composer. As a boy, he learned to play th ...

, Norwegian Nordic combined skier * Thorvald Jørgensen (June 1867 – 1946), Danish architect * Thorvald Lammers (1841–1922), Norwegian baritone singer, conductor, composer and biographer * Thorvald Mejdell (1824–1908), Norwegian forester *

Glør Thorvald Mejdell Glør Thorvald Mejdell (29 May 1851 – 24 November 1937) was a Norwegian barrister, judge and political writer. He was born in Kongsberg as a son of mining engineer Nicolai Mejdell (1822–1899), nephew of forester Thorvald Mejdell and grandnephew ...

(1851–1937), Norwegian barrister, judge and political writer *

Thorvald Mellingen Thorvald L. Mellingen (8 October 1935 – 29 October 2016
) was a Norwegian engineer. H ...

(born 1935), Norwegian engineer *

Thorvald Meyer Thorvald Meyer (23 September 1818 – 3 February 1909) was a Norwegian businessman and philanthropist. He was a wholesaler, retailer and shipowner as well as a land owner and developer. Biography Meyer was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norwa ...

(1818–1909), Norwegian businessman in real estate development in Oslo, and forestry * Thorvald Olsen (1889–1938), Norwegian wrestler and sports official * Thorvald Sørensen (1902–1973), Danish botanist and evolutionary biologist *

Thorvald Solberg Thorvald Solberg (April 22, 1852 – July 15, 1949) was the first Register of Copyrights (1897–1930) in the United States Copyright Office. He was a noted authority on copyright and played an instrumental role in shaping the Copyright Act of 1 ...

(1852–1949), the first Register of Copyrights (1897–1930) in the United States Copyright Office *

Thorvald Stauning Thorvald August Marinus Stauning (; 26 October 1873 in Copenhagen – 3 May 1942) was the first social democratic Prime Minister of Denmark. He served as Prime Minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 1942. Under Staun ...

(1873–1942), first social democratic Prime Minister of Denmark *

Thorvald Steen Thorvald Steen (born 9 January 1954) is a Norwegian writer and government scholar. He made his literary debut in 1983, and has subsequently published a wide range of novels, plays, collections of poems, books of short stories, children's books a ...

(born 1954), Norwegian writer * Thorvald Stoltenberg (born 1931), prominent Norwegian politician * Thorvald Strömberg (1931–2010), Finnish flatwater canoeist * Thorvald N. Thiele (1838–1910), Danish astronomer, actuary and mathematician * Thorvald Thronsen (1917–2003), Norwegian paramilitary officer * Thorvald Wilhelmsen (1912–1996), Norwegian long-distance runner *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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