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“Thor” + “thunder”
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Swedish
01 / Meaning & origin
Torgny is a masculine given name documented in Swedish, Danish and Finnish. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Þorgnýr, from the components “Thor” + “thunder”.
Meaning: “Thor” + “thunder”
Old Norse Þorgnýr, Þórr (“Thor”) + gnýr (“rumble", "roar", possibly referring to "thunder”), with identical meaning in modern Swedish.
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03 / By the numbers
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04 / Through time
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Swedish writer (1938-2017)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
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