Thormodus Torfæus (Thormodr Torfason, Thormod Torfæus, or Þormóður Torfason) (1636—1719) was an Icelandic historian, born on 27 May 1636 at Engey, Iceland...
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early modern (17th century) Icelandic version of the tale. Historian Thormodus Torfæus had asserted that a story of Amlodi was part of popular folklore in...
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len [no], not Norway altogether. Speculum Regale Islandicum after Thormodus Torfæus, as elocuted by Egede. The Speculum contains a detailed digression...
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grandchild of sheriff Torfi Erlendsson of Stafnes and related to Thormodus Torfæus, historian of the King of Denmark. She lived in Stokkseyri, thereby...
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Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1687) May 27 – Thormodus Torfæus, Icelandic historian (d. 1719) June 3 – John Hale, Beverly minister...
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Norway winner T Erik Thorstvedt, football player Pia Tjelta, actress Thormodus Torfæus, historian Per Inge Torkelsen, comedian Kari Traa, skier U Ole Gabriel...
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Allies (contra Marlborough and the War of the Spanish Succession) Thormodus Torfæus – Historia Rerum Norvegicarum Ned Ward – The Life and Notable Adventures...
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in the latter's Don Juan dedication Speyeria diana and S. atlantis Thormodus Torfaeus Waxwing Pierinae Word golf William Wordsworth, including "The River...
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and Nordic Renaissance, historians such as the Icelandic-Norwegian Thormodus Torfæus, Danish-Norwegian Ludvig Holberg, and Swedish Olof von Dalin developed...
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Historia rerum Norvegicarum and other works of the Icelandic historian Thormodus Torfæus, who lived and worked in Kopervik, Karmøy. In addition, Augvald is...
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(1860–1939, Ecuador, nf/p) Friedrich Torberg (1908–1979, Austria, f/nf) Thormodus Torfæus (1636–1719, Iceland, nf) Mikael Torfason (born 1974, Iceland, f/d/nf)...
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Icelandic historian Thormodus Torfæus...
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1611–1679), a clergyman and parish priest of Avaldsnes from 1635–1679 Thormodus Torfæus (1636—1719), an Icelandic-born resident of Kopervik, the first Royal...
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Copenhagen's northern city gate is constructed by Prince Charles of Denmark. Thormodus Torfæus: Gronlandia antiquæ, Copenhagen 1706 (new edi. w/notes 1947) 4 March...
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Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1687) May 27 – Thormodus Torfæus, Icelandic historian (d. 1719) June 3 – John Hale, Beverly minister...
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Treschow, merchant and industrial pioneer (born c. 1659). 31 July – Thormodus Torfæus, historian (born 1636 in Iceland). Nils Engelhart, priest, pietist...
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February 2019. (English translation, with translator's notes, of Torfaeus, Thormodus, 1697){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) Plummer, Carolus...
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into the History of Tain: Earlier and Later, Tain: Alexander Ross Torfæus, Thormodus (1866), Pope, Alexander (ed.), Ancient History of Orkney, Caithness...
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Prehistory to 1520, vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-47299-7 Torfæus, Thormodus (1866), Pope, Alexander (ed.), Ancient History of Orkney, Caithness...
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Scotland: MDCCLXIX (4th ed.), London: Printed for Benjamin White Torfæus, Thormodus (1866), Pope, Alexander (ed.), Ancient History of Orkney, Caithness...
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