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Torvald is a Scandinavian masculine
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
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Torvald Appelroth Torvald Appelroth (28 July 1902 – 12 March 1984) was a Finnish fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport o ...
(1902–1984), Finnish fencer * Torvald Haavardstad (1893-1965), Norwegian politician *
Torvald Högström Torvald Högström (16 February 1926 – 28 May 2010) was a Finnish racing cyclist. He won the Finnish national road race title in 1951. He competed in three events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the ...
(1926-2010), Finnish racing cyclist * Torvald Kvinlaug (1911–1997) was a Norwegian politician *
Torvald Tu Torvald Tu (22 July 1893 – 15 January 1955) was a Norwegians, Norwegian poet, playwright, novelist and writer of humoresques. He was born in Klepp as a son of farmers. His literary debut was the 1914 play ''Storbrekkmyri'', and his first poetry ...
(1893–1955), Norwegian poet, playwright, novelist and writer of humoresques


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Torvald Helmer ''A Doll's House'' (Danish and nb, Et dukkehjem; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having be ...
, a fictional character in the play ''A Doll's House'' * Commander Torvald, a fictional character from the Big Finish ''
Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'' spin-off ''Gallifrey'' * Torvald, a fictional character in the Nickelodeon cartoon '' Hey Arnold!'' * Torvald Utne, a fictional character in the FX cartoon Archer * Torvald, a Front Line champion in
Paladins The Paladins, also called the Twelve Peers, are twelve legendary knights, the foremost members of Charlemagne's royal court, court in the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval (12th century) ''chanson de geste'' cycle of the Matter of F ...


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Thorvald 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: * Thorv ...
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Torvalds Torvalds ({{IPA-sv, ˈtǔːrvalds, lang) is a Swedish/Finnish family name. It may refer to: People * Ole Torvalds (1916–1995), journalist and poet * Nils Torvalds (b. 1945), son of Ole; broadcast journalist, writer and politician * Linus Torvalds ...
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