Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson ( born 19 March 1967 in Reykjavík, Iceland ), known internationally as Thor Bjorgolfsson, is an Icelandic businessman and entrepreneur, and former chairman of the financial firm Straumur-Burðarás and chairman of investment firm Novator Partners.

The eighth of Thor's eleven children was Margrét Þorbjörg Thor, whose daughter Margrét Þóra Hallgrímsson ( known as Þóra ), had Björgólfur Thor as her only child by her third husband Björgólfur Guðmundsson.

Björgólfur Thor chose to go to the United States in 1986 when his father Björgólfur Guðmundsson's bankrupt firm, Hafskip, was embroiled in a financial scandal involving fraud and embezzlement.

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Björgólfur is heir to a long lasting family legacy in Icelandic business and politics.

Heyerdahl was born in Larvik, the son of master brewer Thor Heyerdahl and his wife Alison Lyng.

* Thor Hushovd ( born 1978 ), road bicycle racer-2010 World Road Race Champion, the first Norwegian to wear the yellow jersey and win the green jersey in the Tour de France, and the second Norwegian to win a stage

Arthur, the fifth son of Stephen Martin-Leake of Thor Hall, Essex, was born at Standen, near Ware, Hertfordshire, and was educated at Westminster School before studying medicine at University College Hospital, London, qualifying in 1893.

* Jon Mikl Thor ( born 1955 ), Canadian heavy metal singer and bodybuilder

* Thor Salden ( born 1997 ), Belgian singer

* Thor ( singer ) ( born 1982 ), Filipino singer, performer & songwriter

* Thor Halvorssen Hellum ( born 1943 ), Venezuelan-Norwegian businessman and ambassador

* Thor Halvorssen Mendoza ( born 1976 ), human rights advocate and film producer

* Thor Hansen ( born 1947 ), Professional Poker Player and 2 time World Series of Poker Bracelet Winner

* Thor Hushovd ( born 1978 ), Norwegian professional road bicycle racer

When Thor decided to switch to in-house development, Paul McKenna ( Managing Director & Owner ) thought it appropriate to form a new company, hence Odin Computer Graphics was born.

Chris Roner ( born March 4, 1980 ), who goes by his middle name Thor, is a former American soccer player.

Thor Pedersen ( born 14 June 1945 ) is a Danish politician representing the Liberal party, Venstre.

Gregory Cameron Thor ( born 17 March 1960 ) is an American actor, writer and director.

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson ( born May 12, 1954 ; pronounced ), sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director.

Arngrim was born in Toronto, Canada, the son of actress Norma MacMillan and Thor Arngrim.

Thor Kunkel, a German author, was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1963.

* Thor Henning ( 1894 – 1967 ), Swedish Olympic medalist in swimming

Launchers have included Jupiter C / Juno I, Juno II, various Thor rockets such as Thor-Able, Scout, various Delta and Delta II rockets ( see Delta rocket family ), and Pegasus.

Examples of goddesses attested in Norse mythology include Frigg ( wife of Odin, and the Anglo-Saxon version of whom is namesake of the modern English weekday Friday ), Skaði ( one time wife of Njörðr ), Njerda ( Scandinavian name of Nerthus ), that also was married to Njörðr during Bronze Age, Freyja ( wife of Óðr ), Sif ( wife of Thor ), Gerðr ( wife of Freyr ), and personifications such as Jörð ( earth ), Sól ( the sun ), and Nótt ( night ).

móður hold mellu dolgs " flesh of mother of enemy of giantess " is the Earth ( Jörd ), personified as a goddess who was the mother of Thor, the enemy of the Jotuns.

The larger wooden Cult image | idol represents Frey ( Ing ), the picture in front of it Sól ( sun ) | Sunna, and the small red idol Thor.

The painted tablet on the back depicts Sól ( sun ) | Sunna, the two larger wooden idols Odin ( left ) and Freyr | Frey ( right ), in front of them there are the three Norns, and in the front row a red Thor and other idols.

In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (, or ), typically spelled Ragnarǫk in the handwritten scripts, is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures ( including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki ), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water.

Of these, Thor was disqualified for throwing his hammer ( he was allowed to use it since he was powerless without it ), The Incredible Hulk was disqualified because the Champion refused to " soil his hands on a mindless animal ," Wonder Man was disqualified for tearing up the ring after being battered badly in the first round, Sasquatch was knocked out in the first round, and Colossus was defeated by technical knockout in the first round when he was unable to continue fighting.

The Tigris was crewed by eleven men: Thor Heyerdahl ( Norway ), Norman Baker ( USA ),

In genitival compounds, it takes the form, e. g. in " Thor of the Aesir ", besides found in ás-brú " gods ' bridge " ( the rainbow ),, " gods ' kin ", " gods ' leader ", " gods ' might " ( especially of Thor ), " divine wrath " etc.

Painting depicting the English god Thunor ( the Norse Thor ), after whom Thursday is named, by Mårten Eskil Winge, 1872

Since the Roman god Jupiter was identified with Thunor ( Norse Thor in northern Europe ), most Germanic languages name the day after this god: Torsdag in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, Hósdagur / Tórsdagur in Faroese, Donnerstag in German or Donderdag in Dutch.

Sif is additionally mentioned in two kennings found in poems collected in the Poetic Edda ; Hymiskviða ( where Thor is referred to as the " Husband of Sif " thrice ), and Þrymskviða ( where Thor is once referred to as " Husband of Sif ").

In the medieval legal arena, according to Joseph Campbell, " And at the Icelandic Things ( court assemblies ) the god invoked in testimony of oaths, as ' the Almighty God ,' was Thor.

In Icelandic collection of texts from 1220 Prose Edda in the book Gylfaginning, Elli defeats Thor in a wrestling match.

But the Eyrbyggja saga from the Icelandic Scandinavian influence tradition speak of human sacrifices in honor of the Scandinavian god Thor.

Some identify the sons as Freyr ( aka Yngvi ) and Thor and Odin ( aka Jormun ) of the Icelandic Eddas.

He has for example sculptured the faces of Johann Sebastian Bach, Björk and the Icelandic writer Thor Vilhjálmsson.

Thor is holding Mjöllnir, sculpted in the typically Icelandic cross-like shape.

* Thor Eldon, Icelandic / American singer, member of The Sugarcubes

Icelandic authenticity was aided by the collaboration of Thor Tulinius, the Reykjavik based actor, playwright and theatre director.

The Icelandic saga Prose Edda names Thor ( or Tror ) as a fair-haired chieftain ancestral to the Germanic peoples, and a king of Thrace.

His great-grandfather was the legendary Danish-born Icelandic entrepreneur Thor Jensen, who all but introduced the term " big business " to the country in the early years of the twentieth century.

The Þórsfrónvé is an alternate Icelandic flag with the same division of the three colours but with a stylized ‘ hammer of Thor ’ replacing the Crusaders ’ cross.