Søby is a
Danish surname
Heritable family names were generally adopted rather late within Scandinavia. Nobility were the first to take names that would be passed on from one generation to the next. Later, clergy, artisans and merchants in cities took heritable names. Fam ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Egil Søby
Egil Vike Søby (born 25 November 1945) is a retired Norwegian sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the le ...
(born 1945), Norwegian sprint canoeist
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Frode Søby
Frode Søby (born 16 April 1935), is a Danish chess player.
Chess career
In the 1960s Frode Søby was one of the leading Danish chess players. He participated in the finals of Danish Chess Championships and reached her best result in 1962, when ...
(born 1935), Danish chess master
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Nina Søby
Nina Søby (born 4 August 1956) is a Norwegian former professional racing cyclist. She won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1980 and 1983. She also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es ...
(born 1956), Norwegian former professional racing cyclist
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Tove Søby
Tove Goltermann Søby (née Nielsen, born January 23, 1933) is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s.
She won a silver medal in the K-1 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon.
She won a bronze ...
(born 1933), Danish sprint canoer
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Danish-language surnames