Ture (name)
Ture , Thure is a Scandinavian masculine given name .
Origin, meaning and distribution
The name is a North Germanic variant of Tore , which is derived from the name of the old Germanic thunder god Thor . After 1900, the name became more popular , especially in Sweden . The Finnish variant is Tuukka .
In the twenties, the name became popular in Germany , although initially mostly written with an "h", ie as Thure .
Well-known namesake
Thure
- Thure Andersson (1907–1976), Swedish wrestler
- Thure Cederström (1843–1924), Swedish genre painter from the Düsseldorf and Munich schools
- Thure von Klinckowström (1887–1972), German administrative officer
- Thure Gustav Klinckowström (1693–1765), Chancellor of Swedish Pomerania
- Thure Leonard Klinckowström (1735–1821), Swedish High Court Marshal and President of the Wismar Tribunal
- Thure Lindgren (1921-2005), Swedish ski jumper
- Thure Lindhardt (* 1974), Danish actor
- Thure Aksel Nieminen (1894–1968), Finnish ski jumper
- Thure Riefenstein (* 1965), German actor and director
- Thure Georg Sahama (1910–1983), Finnish geochemist, geologist and mineralogist
- Thure Sjöstedt (1903–1956), Swedish wrestler
- Thure von Uexküll (1908-2004), German medic
- Thure Westerdahl (1904–1936), Swedish football player
Door
- Ture Johan Bielke (1742–1792), Swedish lawyer
- Ture Nerman (1886–1969), Swedish communist, journalist and author
- Ture Ödlund (1894–1942), Swedish curler
- Ture Person (1892–1956), Swedish sprinter
- Ture Håkan Pettersson (1949–2008), Swedish ice hockey player
- Ture Rangström (1884–1947), Swedish composer, conductor, singing teacher and music critic
- Ture Wersäll (1883–1965), Swedish tug of war