When Thor Teiste Olafsen was born about 1416, in Hafslo, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, his father, Olaf Teiste, was 32 and his mother, Mrs. Olaf Teiste, was 28. He married Mrs. Thor Olafsen about 1445, in Hafslo, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Olaf, from Old Norse Óláfr, Ólafr, variant Óleifr, earlier Anleifr, from proto-Scandinavian elements meaning ‘ancestor’ + ‘heir, descendant’. Olaf (also Olav, in Sweden Olof) has always been one of the most common Scandinavian names; it continued to be popular in the Middle Ages, in part as a result of the fame of Saint Olaf, King of Norway, who brought Christianity to his country c. 1030. This surname is rare in Denmark. Compare Olafson .
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