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Thoralf is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Hoyer or Høyer can refer to:

Christiansen is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Christian. The spelling variant Kristiansen has identical pronunciation. Christiansen is the sixteenth most common name in Denmark, but is shared by less than 1% of the population.

Alf is a given name, nickname and surname.

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Michelsen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Mikkel/Michael". There are related English, German, Swedish and other spellings of this name. People with the name Michelsen include:

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Jens is a male given name and a Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Faroese and Frisian derivative of Johannes. It was the top given name for boys in Denmark in 2008.

Ditlev is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Hagen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Holter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Preben is a given name of Slavic origin (vendic/sorbian) most common in Denmark were it arrived around 1350 from the neighbouring Germany. Notable people with the name include:

Ib is a Danish masculine given name which may refer to: