Thorvald Explained

Thorvald is from the Old Norse name Þórvaldr, which means "Thor's ruler".^[1] 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)
• 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 skier
• Thorvald Hedgehog (2000-2016), the world's oldest European hedgehog
• Thorvald Jørgensen (June 1867 – 1946), Danish architect
• 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 (1935–2016), 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 (1931–2018), prominent Norwegian politician
• Thorvald Strömberg (1931–2010), 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 & Chum Chum
• Jürgen Thorwald (1915–2006) a German writer, journalist and historian
• Turoldus, a variant of "Thorvald", was the traditional name of the author of the medieval Chanson de Roland (also Théroulde, Troude, Théroude, Thouroude)

See also

• Torvald (disambiguation)
• Torvalds
• Þorvaldur

References

1. Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Torvald. Mike Campbell. Behind the Name. 2022-07-11.