Truls or Troels is a Nordic masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. Truls is mainly used in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

, and to a lesser extent in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. Troels (and the rare form Truels) is predominantly used in

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. It is a short form of ''Torgils'', derived from

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

''Þórgísl'' (Old Danish ''Thrugils, Thrugels'', Old Swedish ''Thorgils, Thorgisl''), composed of '' Þór-'', the name of the god of thunder, and ''gísl'' "arrow, arrow-shaft".

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Troels Frederik Lund Troels Frederik Troels-Lund (5 September 1840 – 12 February 1921) was a Danish historian. Biography Troels-Lund was born in Copenhagen, the youngest son of Henrik Ferdinand and Anna Cathrine Lund. Henrik Ferdinand's first marriage was to Sø ...

(1840–1921), Danish historian *

Troels Wörsel Troels Wörsel (November 10, 1950 - December 12, 2018) was a Danish painter active in Cologne and Pietrasanta. Biography Troels Wörsel was born in Aarhus, Denmark. He was self taught. In the 1970s, he moved to Cologne and became interested in p ...

(born 1950), Danish painter *

Troels Rasmussen Troels Rasmussen (born 7 April 1961) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Danish clubs Vejle Boldklub and AGF. He played 391 games for AGF, and scored five goals from penalty kick A penalty shot or penalt ...

(born 1961), Danish football (soccer) player * Troels Bech (born 1966), Danish football player, then manager *

Troels Lyby Troels Lyby (born 15 October 1966) is a Danish actor. He made his big break in Hella Joof's film ''En kort en lang'', but had previously acted in ''Let's Get Lost (1997 film), Let's Get Lost'' by Jonas Elmer (director), Jonas Elmer and Lars von ...

(born 1966), Danish film, television and stage actor * Troels Svane (born 1967), Danish cellist and part of the Zapolski Quartet * Troels Brun Folmann (born 1974), musical composer specialized in orchestral music featured in TV shows, trailers and video games *

Troels Lund Poulsen Troels Lund Poulsen (born 30 March 1976) is a Danish politician, who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark and leader of . He also serves as Minister of Defence. He previously served as Minister for the Environment from 2007 to 2010, Minist ...

(born 1976), Danish politician and government minister * Lars Troels Jørgensen (born 1978), Danish handball player *Troels Nielsen or Troo.L.S (born 1982), Danish musician and music producer *

Troels Vinther Troels Rønning Vinther (born 24 February 1987) is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the , Team Capinordic, , (over three spells) and teams. Major results ;2005 : 1st Road ...

(born 1987), Danish road bicycle racer * Troels Gustavsen (born 1988), Danish singer/songwriter, part of the Danish duo Noah *

Troels Harry Troels Harry (born 25 December 1990 in Hvidovre) is a Danish curler. He is a former world junior champion and four-time Danish men's champion (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016). Career Harry has represented Denmark in four World Junior Championships. ...

(born 1990), Danish curler

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Truls Fyhn Truls Fyhn (14 May 1945 – 25 December 2011) was a Norwegian police chief. He was born in Tromsø. Fyhn chaired the narcotics section of the Oslo Police District from 1983, and the crime section from 1990 to 1994. He served as Chief of pol ...

(1945–2011), Norwegian police chief * Truls Glesne (1916–1971), Norwegian economist and civil servant * Truls Heggero, Norwegian singer *

Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff Truls Johannessen Wiel Graff (16 April 1851 – 1918) was a Norwegian County governor (Norway), county governor. He was the youngest living son of captain Christian Fredrik Graff (1818–1893) and Cathrine Magdalene Bull Wiel. In 1882 he married ...

(1851–1918), Norwegian county governor *

Truls Korsæth Truls Engen Korsæth (born 16 September 1993) is a Norwegian former cyclist, who competed for the Lillehammer CK, and teams between 2012 and 2018. He turned professional with Astana in 2017 after four years riding for . During the 2018 season h ...

(born 1993), Norwegian cyclist *

Truls Kristiansen Truls Kristiansen (born 5 April 1964) is a Norwegian former ice hockey player. He was born in Asker, Norway and played for the club IF Frisk Asker. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 ...

(born 1964), Norwegian ice hockey player *

Truls Möregårdh Truls Carl Eric Möregårdh (; born 16 February 2002) is a Swedish professional table tennis player. He took silver in the men's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships. In 2018, he too ...

, Swedish table tennis player *

Truls Mørk Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk (born 25 April 1961) is a Norwegian cellist. Biography Mørk was born in Bergen, Norway to a cellist father, John Fritjof Mørk, and a pianist mother, Turid Otterbech. His mother began teaching him the piano when he ...

(born 1961), Norwegian cellist *

Truls Ove Karlsen Truls Ove Karlsen (born 25 April 1975 in Oslo) is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. He made his Alpine Skiing World Cup debut in Sölden in 2001. He made a total of 143 World Cup starts, finishing third in a slalom in Sestriere in December 2002 an ...

(born 1975), Norwegian alpine skier *

Truls Wickholm Truls Aronsen Wickholm (born 15 October 1978) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as a deputy member of parliament for Oslo between 2005 and 2017 and later served as mayor of Nesodden between 2017 and 2021, when he became s ...

(born 1978), Norwegian politician and member of parliament

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