Thorvald is from the ''Old Norse'' name ''Þórvaldr'', which means "

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'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 (Eiríkr Rauði) * Thorwald Bergquist (1899–1972), Swedish politician *

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(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
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(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 *

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(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 *

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(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 ''

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'' * 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)

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