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Type Surname (from given name)
Usage Swedish
Other Forms FormsThorvaldsson (Swedish variant), Þorvaldsson (Icelandic)
Meaning & History
Swedish patronymic meaning "son of Torvald". It was the surname name of Erik the Red (Eiríkr Þorvaldsson, anglicized as Erik Thorvaldsson or Erik Torvaldsson), father of Viking explorer Leif Erikson.