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Torvalds () is a constructed Swedish/Finnish family name, created by journalist and poet Ole Torvalds (born Ole Torvald Elis Saxberg), who fashioned it from his middle name. It may refer to:

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Torvalds () is a constructed Swedish/Finnish family name, created by journalist and poet Ole Torvalds (born Ole Torvald Elis Saxberg), who fashioned it from his middle name. It may refer to:

==People== Ole Torvalds (1916–1995), journalist and poet Nils Torvalds (born 1945), son of Ole; broadcast journalist, writer and politician Linus Torvalds (born 1969), son of Nils; software engineer and creator of the Linux kernel, who now works and lives in the U.S. Meta Torvalds (1922–2012), wife of Ole; journalist

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