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Ole Torvald Elis Saxberg (Torvalds) b. 4 August 1916 d. 9 February 1995

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Person:274588

Lineage	Saxberg
Sex	Male
Full name (at birth)	Ole Torvald Elis Saxberg
Other last names	Torvalds
Wiki-page	wikipedia:en:Ole Torvalds

Events

4 August 1916 birth:

child birth: ♂ Nils Torvalds [Torvalds]

marriage: ♀ Märta von Wendt [Wendt]

9 February 1995 death:

Notes

Ole Torvalds (1916–1995) was a Finnish-Swedish journalist and poet from Finland. He was the father of Nils Torvalds and grandfather of Linus Torvalds.

His full name was Ole Torvald Elis Saxberg, but he was also named Karanko after his step father, Toivo T. Karanko. In 1935 when he had moved to Helsinki for studies he changed his name to Torvalds. In 1944 he was awarded a literature prize from Svenska Dagbladet (shared with Harry Martinson, Lars Ahlin and Elly Jannes).