Thorup (or Torup) is the name of at least thirteen villages and towns in

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and is also used as a surname. The name Thorup ends on "rup" (rup, strup, torp, and drup are all descended from an old Scandinavian designation for a group of houses), which means that it originates from the late

Viking Age The Viking Age (about ) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Viking Age applies not only to their ...

, circa AD 1000. The name Thorup may refer to:

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Børge Thorup Børge Thorup (born 4 October 1943) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender. His career spanned from 1962 to 1974 and he both started and ended his career, at a time when the Danish league was amateur-only, with Br ...

(born 1943), Danish football player * Jess Thorup (born 1970), Danish football player and manager *

Johannes Hoff Thorup Johannes Hoff Thorup (born 19 February 1989) is a Danish professional football manager who was most recently the head coach of EFL Championship club Norwich City. Career Thorup played youth football at Frederiksberg and AB, but never played as ...

(born 1989), Danish football manager *

Jørgen Thorup Jørgen Thorup (born 7 May 1950) is a Danish fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 ( ...

(born 1950), Danish fencer *

Kirsten Thorup Kirsten Thorup (born 1942) is a Danish author. Background and education Kirsten Thorup was born in Gelsted, Funen, Denmark in 1942. After a brief stay in Cambridge as an au pair, she studied English at the University of Copenhagen, dropping out ...

(born 1942), Danish author *

Majken Thorup Majken Thorup Toft (born 1 May 1979) is a Danish former swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships. The same year she competed in three events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated ...

(born 1979), Danish swimmer *

Mikkel Thorup Mikkel Thorup (born 1965) is a Danish computer scientist working at University of Copenhagen. He completed his undergraduate education at Technical University of Denmark and his doctoral studies at Oxford University in 1993. From 1993 to 1998, h ...

(born 1965), Danish computer scientist * Peter Thorup (1948–2007), Danish musician * Stanley N. Thorup (1929–1997), American lawyer, judge, and politician *

Thurop Van Orman Mark "Thurop" Ashton Van Orman (born April 26, 1976) is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, producer, director, and voice actor. He worked with Cartoon Network to create and produce the animated series '' The Marvelous Misadventures of F ...

(born 1976), American animator

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A Danish document on place names
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