Famous People with Name Torgeir

Torgeir Bryn            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Torgeir Bryn: is a professional basketball player from Norway. A 6'9" (2.06 m) and 250 lb (113 kg) center. Bryn is notable for being the first Scandinavian to play in the NBA, and remains the only Norwegian who has played in the league thus far. He is the most capped p

Torgeir Bjørn            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Torgeir Bjørn: is a retired Norwegian cross country skier. He represented Alvdal IL. He is a nephew of Kristian Bjørn. He finished eleventh in the 50 km race at the 1988 Winter Olympics. He also had top-ten finishes in the World Cup. He later became known as a sports co

Reinert Torgeirson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Reinert Torgeirson: was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist parties. He was also an active poet, playwright and novelist. He was a journalist in Ny Tid from 1910 to 1915, manager in Norges Socialdemokratiske Ungdomsforbund from 1915 to 1918, and director of the Labour Party publishing house Det Norske Arbeiderpartis Forlag from 1919 to 1923. In 1923 he broke away from the Labour Party, joining the Communist Party.[2] From 1924 to 1925 he edited Møre Arbeiderblad, and then Glomdalens Arbeiderblad in 1925 and Arbeidet from 1925 to 1929. From 1929 to 1930 he studied in the Soviet Union.