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Thorvald is from the Old Norse name Þórvaldr, which means "Thor's ruler".[1] 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
Thorvald Bindesbøll (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
Thorvald Hedgehog (2000-2016), the world's oldest European hedgehog
Thorvald the Red, a fictional Viking on the TV series Fanboy & Chum Chum
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)
^Mike Campbell. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Torvald". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
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