Brief Life History of Thor
When Thor Ivarsen was born on 31 October 1878, in Lavik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, his father, Ivar Klaussen Østerbø, was 48 and his mother, Kari Thorsdatter Digernes, was 40. He married Inga Nilsine Salvesen on 4 October 1903, in Grønland, Kristiania, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Kristiania, Norway in 1912. He died on 23 March 1963, at the age of 84.
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- Thor Iversen, "Norway, Oslo, Census, 1912"
- Thor Ivarsen Østerbø, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
- Thor Iversen, "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930"
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Birth year of Sigrid Undset. Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Her best-known work is Kristin Lavransdatter.
1893 · Fridtjof Nansen
Birth year of Fridtjof Nansen. Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
1904 · Åsta Holth
Birth year of Åsta Holth. Well-known Norwegian author who was born at Svullrya in Hedmark county. She was of Forest Finnish descent. Many of her written works were about the residents of Finnskogen. Norwegian novelist, poet and short story writer.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Iver, Bernt, Erik, Niels, Svein, Alf, Anders, Bent, Bjorg, Einer, Gudmund, Jorgen.
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Iver, from Old Norse Ívarr, a compound of either ív ‘yew tree, bow’ or Ing (the name of a god) + ar ‘warrior’ or ‘spear’.
North German: patronymic from an ancient Germanic personal name, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Iverson 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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