Truls or Troels is a Nordic masculine

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. Truls is mainly used in Norway, and to a lesser extent in

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. Troels is predominantly used in Denmark. It is a short form of ''Torgils'', derived from Old Norse ''Þórgísl'' (Old Danish ''Thrugils, Thrugels'', Old Swedish ''Thorgils, Thorgisl''), composed of '' Þór-'', the name of the god of thunder, and ''gísl'' "arrow, arrow-shaft".

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* Troels Frederik Lund (1840–1921), Danish historian * Troels Wörsel (born 1950), Danish painter * Troels Kirk (born 1956), Danish painter *

Troels Rasmussen Troels Rasmussen (born 7 April 1961) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Danish clubs Vejle Boldklub and AGF. He played 391 games for AGF, and scored five goals from penalty kicks. From 1982 to 1991, he pla ...

(born 1961), Danish football (soccer) player *

Troels Rusel Troels "Dex" Rusel (born 12 February 1964) is a Danish former professional darts player. Darts career Rusel made one appearance in the BDO World Darts Championship in 1994, where he beat Alan Brown and Ian Sarfas to reach the quarter finals ...

(born 1964), Danish darts player * Troels Bech (born 1966), Danish football player, then manager * Troels Lyby (born 1966), Danish film, television and stage actor * Troels Svane (born 1967), Danish cellist and part of the Zapolski Quartet *

Troels Brun Folmann Troels Brun Folmann (born 10 January 1974, in Copenhagen) is a Danish composer who specializes in orchestral music, featured in TV shows, trailers, and video games. His work includes the soundtrack for some of the ''Tomb Raider'' series, traile ...

(born 1974), musical composer specialized in orchestral music featured in TV shows, trailers and video games * Troels Lund Poulsen (born 1976), Danish politician and government minister * Lars Troels Jørgensen (born 1978), Danish handball player *Troels Nielsen or Troo.L.S (born 1982), Danish musician and music producer *

Troels Vinther Troels Rønning Vinther (born 24 February 1987) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the , Team Capinordic, , (over three spells) and teams. Major results ;2005 : 1st Road ...

(born 1987), Danish road bicycle racer *

Troels Gustavsen Troels Gustavsen from Sakskøbing, Denmark, born in 1988 is a Danish singer/songwriter who released his first studio album titled ''Soon'' in March 2007 on the indie label "NoobFactory" and on "A:larm Music" (for distribution). It included his sin ...

(born 1988), Danish singer/songwriter, part of the Danish duo Noah * Troels Harry (born 1990), Danish curler

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Truls Fyhn Truls Fyhn (14 May 1945 – 25 December 2011) was a Norwegian police chief. He was born in Tromsø. Fyhn chaired the narcotics section of the Oslo Police District from 1983, and the crime section from 1990 to 1994. He served as Chief of po ...

(1945–2011), Norwegian police chief * Truls Glesne (1916–1971), Norwegian economist and civil servant *

Truls Heggero Lukestar was an indie rock band based in Oslo, Norway. , the band was signed to the label 'Tuba Records', among others. They are known for their musical fusion of hardcore punk and indie rock. Biography The band was formed in 1995 under the na ...

, Norwegian singer *

Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff (16 April 1851 – 1918) was a Norwegian county governor. He was the youngest living son of captain Christian Fredrik Graff (1818–1893) and Cathrine Magdalene Bull Wiel. In 1882 he married Benta Tomine Marie Cathrine ...

(1851–1918), Norwegian county governor *

Truls Korsæth Truls Engen Korsæth (born 16 September 1993) is a Norwegian former cyclist, who competed for the Lillehammer CK, and teams between 2012 and 2018. He turned professional with Astana in 2017 after four years riding for . During the 2018 season h ...

(born 1993), Norwegian cyclist *

Truls Kristiansen Truls Kristiansen (born 5 April 1964) is a Norwegian former ice hockey player. He was born in Asker, Norway and played for the club IF Frisk Asker. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team The Norway men's national ice hockey team ...

(born 1964), Norwegian ice hockey player * Truls Mørk (born 1961), Norwegian cellist *

Truls Ove Karlsen Truls Ove Karlsen (born 25 April 1975 in Oslo) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. He made his Alpine Skiing World Cup debut in Sölden in 2001. He made a total of 143 World Cup starts, finishing third in a slalom in Sestriere in December 2002 an ...

(born 1975), Norwegian alpine skier * Truls Wickholm (born 1978), Norwegian politician and member of parliament

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