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Þorvaldur Þórðarson
Þorvaldur (English transliteration: ''Thorvaldur'') is an Icelandic masculine given name and may refer to: *Þorvaldur Örlygsson (born 1966), Icelandic football midfielder *Þorvaldur Sigbjörnsson (born 1974), Icelandic footballer *Þorvaldur Skúlason (1906–1984), Icelandic painter *Þorvaldur Thoroddsen (1855–1921), Icelandic geologist and geographer See also *Thorvald *Torvald (other) Torvald is a Scandinavian masculine given name and may refer to: * Torvald Appelroth (1902–1984), Finnish fencer * Torvald Haavardstad (1893-1965), Norwegian politician * Torvald Högström (1926-2010), Finnish racing cyclist * Torvald Kvinla ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorvaldur Icelandic masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is ReykjavÃk, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Language
Icelandic ( ; , ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. Since it is a West Scandinavian languages, West Scandinavian language, it is most closely related to Faroese language, Faroese, western Norwegian dialects, and the extinct language Norn language, Norn. It is not mutually intelligible with the continental Scandinavian languages (Danish language, Danish, Norwegian language, Norwegian, and Swedish language, Swedish) and is more distinct from the most widely spoken Germanic languages, English language, English and German language, German. The written forms of Icelandic and Faroese are very similar, but their spoken forms are not Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible. The language is more Linguistic conservatism, conservative than most other Germanic languages. While most of them hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þorvaldur Örlygsson
Þorvaldur "Toddy" Örlygsson (born 2 August 1966) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a midfielder. After retiring, he has worked as a manager, with his most recent side being Icelandic club KeflavÃk. He is the younger brother of former international player Ormarr Örlygsson. Þorvaldur started at Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar and played most of his career in England, first in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest and later for First Division clubs Stoke City and Oldham Athletic before returning to Iceland. On 24 February 2024, Þorvaldur was elected as chairman of the Football Association of Iceland. Career "Toddy" arrived at Nottingham Forest in December 1989 for a fee of £175,000 from KA Akureyri after impressing Brian Clough. Þorvaldur took a while to make an impact and it was not until 1992 that he established himself in Forest's line-up. He played in 23 matches during the 1992–93, the first season of the Premier League which saw Forest suffer releg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þorvaldur Sigbjörnsson
Þorvaldur (English transliteration: ''Thorvaldur'') is an Icelandic masculine given name and may refer to: *Þorvaldur Örlygsson (born 1966), Icelandic football midfielder * Þorvaldur Sigbjörnsson (born 1974), Icelandic footballer *Þorvaldur Skúlason (1906–1984), Icelandic painter * Þorvaldur Thoroddsen (1855–1921), Icelandic geologist and geographer See also *Thorvald *Torvald (other) Torvald is a Scandinavian masculine given name and may refer to: * Torvald Appelroth (1902–1984), Finnish fencer * Torvald Haavardstad (1893-1965), Norwegian politician * Torvald Högström (1926-2010), Finnish racing cyclist * Torvald Kvinla ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorvaldur Icelandic masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þorvaldur Skúlason
Þorvaldur Skúlason (April 30, 1906 – August 30, 1984) was an Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...ic painter. He was one of the pioneers of abstract art in Iceland. He was influenced by French Cubism, which he met in France in the 1940s. Life He was born in Borðeyri. Notes 1906 births 1984 deaths Thorvaldur Skulason Thorvaldur Skulason Icelandic male painters {{Iceland-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þorvaldur Thoroddsen
Þorvaldur Thoroddsen (6 June 1855 – 28 September 1921) was an Icelandic geologist and geographer. Biography Þorvaldur was the son of the writer Jón Thoroddsen. He graduated from the Learned School of ReykjavÃk in 1875 and then immediately proceeded to Copenhagen to further his studies. He studied natural history and zoology but also nourished a strong interest in geology; this was amplified in 1876 when he served as a guide for the geologist Johannes Frederik Johnstrup in an expedition to Iceland to study Askja and the volcanoes at Mývatn. Unable to complete his studies for financial reasons Þorvaldur accepted a teaching placement at Möðruvellir in the north of Iceland in 1880 and worked there until 1885 when he became an adjunct at the Learned School. In 1887 he married Þóra, daughter of bishop Pétur Pétursson. They had one child, SigrÃður (1888–1903). Þóra died in 1917.Steindór J. Erlingsson, page 1 (online edition). In 1899, Þorvaldur resigned his po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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: * Thorvald Aagaard (1877–1937), Danish composer, organist and college teacher * Thorvald Astrup (1876–1940), Norwegian architect, known for industrial architecture * Thorvald Asvaldsson, father of the colonizer of Greenland, Erik the Red (EirÃkr Rauði) * Thorwald Bergquist (1899–1972), Swedish politician *Thorvald Bindesbøll (1846–1908), Danish architect and designer * Thorvald Eigenbrod (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, Norwegian Nordic combined skierThorvald Hedgehog(2000-2016), the world's oldest European hedgehog * Thorvald Jørgensen (June 1867 – 1946), Danish architect * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torvald (other)
Torvald is a Scandinavian masculine given name and may refer to: * Torvald Appelroth (1902–1984), Finnish fencer * Torvald Haavardstad (1893-1965), Norwegian politician * Torvald Högström (1926-2010), Finnish racing cyclist * Torvald Kvinlaug (1911–1997) was a Norwegian politician * Torvald Tu (1893–1955), Norwegian poet, playwright, novelist and writer of humoresques Fictional characters * Torvald Helmer, a fictional character in the play ''A Doll's House'' * Commander Torvald, a fictional character from the Big Finish ''Doctor Who'' 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 court in the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval (12th century) ''chanson de geste'' cycle of the Matt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Masculine Given Names
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic orthography *Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle, a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
