Tornquist or Törnquist or Tørnquist is a surname of Swedish origin. The word tornquist means "thorn branch". See also the spelling
Törnqvist.
Tornquist may refer to:
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Tornquist, Buenos Aires
Tornquist is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Tornquist Partido.
History
The settlement was founded on 17 April 1883 by Ernesto Tornquist and was settled by German Argentine, Germans and Volga Germans. Histo ...
, a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Tornquist Partido, a district in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Tornquist Bay, along the north coast of South Georgia
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Tornquist Sea
The Tornquist Sea or Tornquist Ocean was a sea located between the palaeocontinents Avalonia and Baltica about . The remains of the sea today form a suture stretching across northern Europe ( Tornquist Zone).
Geologic evolution
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, a paleo-sea between Baltica and Avalonia during early Paleozoic time
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Tornquist line,
Tornquist Zone,
Tornquist Fan: suture features running through Europe from the North Sea to the Black Sea
People with the surname
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Alexander Tornquist (1868–1944), German-Austrian geologist
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Einar Tørnquist
Einar Tørnquist Johansen (born 23 June 1982) is a Norwegian drummer and talk-show host. He hosts the eponymous Tørnquist-show which is available from VG's, Norway's largest newspaper, web-TV. He also featured in the comedy late-night talk sho ...
(born 1982), Norwegian comedian, talk-show host, and drummer
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Ernesto Tornquist (1842–1908), Argentine businessman
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Evie (singer) (born 1957) (Evie Karlsson, née Tornquist), American singer
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John Törnquist (1876–1937), Swedish missionary to Xinjiang
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Jorrit Tornquist (1938–2023), Austrian-Italian artist and color theorist
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Kristine Tornquist (born 1965), Austrian artist and stage director, work includes
Šimon Voseček's ''Hybris''
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Ragnar Tørnquist (born 1970), Norwegian game designer and author
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Steffo Törnquist (born 1956), Swedish journalist
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Swedish-language surnames