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Thorvald is from the ''Old Norse'' name ''Þórvaldr'', which means "Thor's ruler".〔(Behind the Name )〕 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 (Eiríkr Rauði) *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 skier *Thorvald Jørgensen (June 1867 – 1946), Danish architect *Thorvald Kodransson (''vittfaren''), Icelandic skald and missionary *Thorvald Lammers (1841–1922), Norwegian baritone singer, conductor, composer and biographer *Thorvald Mejdell (1824–1908), Norwegian forester *Glør Thorvald Mejdell (1851–1937), Norwegian barrister, judge and political writer *Thorvald Mellingen (born 1935), Norwegian engineer *Thorvald Meyer (1818–1909), Norwegian businessman in real estate development in Oslo, and forestry *Thorvald Olsen (1889–1938), Norwegian wrestler and sports official *Thorvald Sørensen (1902–1973), Danish botanist and evolutionary biologist *Thorvald Solberg (1852–1949), the first Register of Copyrights (1897–1930) in the United States Copyright Office *Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942), first social democratic Prime Minister of Denmark *Thorvald Steen (born 1954), Norwegian writer *Thorvald Stoltenberg (born 1931), prominent Norwegian politician *Thorvald Strömberg (born 1931), Finnish flatwater canoeist *Thorvald N. Thiele (1838–1910), Danish astronomer, actuary and mathematician *Thorvald Thronsen (1917–2003), Norwegian paramilitary officer *Thorvald Wilhelmsen (1912–1996), Norwegian long-distance runner *Thorvald the Red, a fictional Viking on the TV series ''Fanboy and Chum Chum'' *Jürgen Thorwald (1915–2006) a German writer, journalist and historian. *''Turold'', a variant of "Thorvald", was the name of the author of the Medieval Chanson de Roland, Théroulde, Troude, Théroude, Thouroude are also variant. ==See also== *Torvald (disambiguation) *Torvalds *Þorvaldur 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thorvald」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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