Thorup (or Torup) is the name of at least thirteen villages and towns in

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and is also used as a surname. The name Thorup ends on "rup" (rup, strup, torp, and drup are all descended from an old Scandinavian designation for a group of houses), which means that it originates from the late

Viking Age The Viking Age () was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. It followed the Migration Period and the Germ ...

, circa AD 1000. The name Thorup may refer to:

People

* Børge Thorup (born 1943), Danish football player *

Jess Thorup Jess Thorup (born 21 February 1970) is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who most recently managed Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen. Playing career Thorup progressed through the youth academy of Odense Boldklub (OB). He ...

(born 1970), Danish football player and manager * Jørgen Thorup (born 1950), Danish fencer * Kirsten Thorup (born 1942), Danish author * Majken Thorup (born 1979), Danish swimmer * Mikkel Thorup (born 1965), Danish computer scientist * Peter Thorup (1948–2007), Danish musician * Stanley N. Thorup (1929-1997), American lawyer, judge, and politician *

Thurop Van Orman Mark "Thurop" Ashton Van Orman (born April 26, 1976) is an American cartoonist, animator, voice actor, television writer, producer and director best known for being the creator of Cartoon Network's ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', in ...

(born 1976), American animator

Sources

A Danish document on place names
Populated places in Denmark Danish-language surnames {{Denmark-hist-stub

People

See also

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