Halldór
Halldór is an Icelandic and Faroese masculine given name.
The name comes from the Old Norse Hallþórr and means " Thor's rock" ( hallr = "hill; rock, big stone").
Other forms
- Hallþór (Icelandic)
- Haldor (Danish, Norwegian)
Name bearer
- Halldór Laxness (1902–1998), Icelandic writer and Nobel Prize for Literature
- Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947–2015), Icelandic politician and Prime Minister
- Halldór Stefánsson (1892–1979), Icelandic writer
- Haldor Halderson (1900-1965), Canadian ice hockey player
- Haldor Topsøe (1913–2013), Danish entrepreneur and founder of the catalyst manufacturer of the same name
Derived names
- Haldórsvík , place in the Faroe Islands
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Behind the Name - Haldor
- ↑ Zoëga's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic ( Memento of the original from November 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.