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  • Lendmann Alv Erlingsson til Tandberg (c.1190 - 1240)
    Alv Erlingsson of Tornberg (b. About 1190 el 1180 - approx. 1240 or 1278) ==Was a powerful resident of Ringerike. ==Spouse==* Married: Ingeborg Bårdsdatter of Rein, sister to Duke Skule. Alv's seat was...
  • Alv Erlingsson Tornberg (b. - 1290)
    Alv Erlingsson, norsk baron og jarl, d. 1290, tilhørte Tanberg-ætten (Þornberg) fra Norderhov på Ringerike og var sønn av baron Erling Alvsson. Erling var sønn av lendmannen Alv Erlingsson (d. ca. 1240...
  • Erika* Marie Auguste Pauline Kirschbaum {Tanira} (1886 - 1940)
    Sünd vkj 16. novembril 1886 Tallinna Oleviste kogudus I pihtkonna personaalraamat J-O; 1898-1924. TLA.236.2.26 lk.185 "Klooga kallaletungija vanglasse". Päewaleht nr 352, 29. detsember 1939. lk 6 ...
  • Ingeborg Bårdsdotter (b. - 1250)
    i Trøndelag, syster til hertug Skule, gift 1226 ødt før 1194 i Rein, Rissa, Sør-TrøndelagIngeborg was the sister of Earl Skujle of Trøndelåg. These two were from the most powerful families in Norway.. ...
  • Johan Johansson Tornberg (1670 - 1751)
    Kyrkoherde i Jukkasjärvi, Luleå stift. Pastor. === GEDCOM Note ===Brita Tornberg b: 1700 in Prästgården, Juckasjärvi,BDLars Tornberg b: 1702 in Prästgården, Juckasjärvi,BDJohan Tornberg b: 1706 in Präs...

About the Tornberg surname

The surname "Tornberg" means "towering mountain." It originates from Scandinavian Germanic languages. The surname is currently found in countries like Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Germany and England.

Finland

Nicolaus Nicolai Ulopolitanus (1605-1676), who represented a merchant family from Oulu, is considered the founder of the family. Family members have been influential as priests, merchants and officials, e.g. Tornedalen, Kautokeino and Kuusamo. In Kautokeino, the family's descendants bear the name Tornensis.

In 1991, Tornbergin Sukuseura RY (Tornberg Family Association) was formed in Kuusamo, north-eastern Finland, to unite and preserve the history and heritage of the family.