Turid is a Norwegian feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Turid Balke (1921–2000), Norwegian actress, playwright and artist * Turid Birkeland (born 1962), Norwegian cultural executive and former politician for the Labour Party *

Turid Hundstad Turid Hundstad (born 1945) is a Norwegian civil servant. Having graduated with the siv.øk. degree from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, she embarked on a career as a civil servant. She first worked in the Ministry of Fi ...

(born 1945), Norwegian civil servant * Turid Iversen (born 1934), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party * Turid Karlsen, Norwegian operatic soprano and voice teacher who has had an active international performing career since the 1980s * Turid Knaak (born 1991), German footballer *

Turid Leirvoll Turid Leirvoll (born 24 June 1956 in Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east a ...

(born 1956), Norwegian and Danish politician who was Party Secretary of the Socialist Left Party from 1993 to 2001 *

Turid Kjellmann Pedersen Turid Kjellmann Pedersen (26 September 1937 – 16 August 2012) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Talvik as a daughter of two smallholders. She finished secondary education, and after various jobs she worked at an ...

(1937–2012), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Turid Rugaas, Norwegian dog trainer *

Turid Sannes Turid Sannes is a Norwegian handball player. She played 54 matches and scored 122 goals for the Norway women's national handball team between 1975 and 1977. She participated at the 1975 World Women's Handball Championship The 1975 World Women ...

, Norwegian handball player * Turið Sigurðardóttir (born 1946), Faroese educator, writer and translator, specializing in the history of Faroese literature * Turid Smedsgård, Norwegian former handball goalkeeper *

Turid Thomassen Turid Thomassen (born 19 April 1965) is a Norwegian politician who was party leader of the Norwegian Red party from 2010 to 2012, succeeding Torstein Dahle. Born in Stathelle, Telemark, Thomassen works in the administration offices of the De ...

(born 1965), Norwegian politician who was party leader of the Norwegian left-wing party Red from 2010 to 2012 * Turid Torkilsdottir (c. 960 – c. 1047), powerful influential woman during the Viking Age in the Faroe Islands * Turid Dørumsgaard Varsi (born 1938), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party

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