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Thorin may refer to:
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- Peetre, Jaak; Grandell, Jan; Bondesson, Lennart (2008), "The life and work of Olof Thorin (1912--2004)", Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 57 (1): 18–25, doi: 10.3176/proc.2008.1.02 , ISSN 1736-6046, MR 2555072
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