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Ole Torvalds

Finnish-Swedish journalist and poet from Finland (1916-1995)

  • Fame49.5
  • Momentum11.4
  • Wikipedia1.8K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1916–1995, aged 79
JournalistsJournalist
  • Wikipedia
    10 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1916–1995
    Aged 79
  • Awards
    2
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-07-17

Ole Torvalds was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist and poet. He was the father of journalist-politician Nils Torvalds and grandfather of software engineer Linus Torvalds famous for the Linux kernel.

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49.5
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
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Momentum11.4
Historical8.4
Now attention7.7
Source confidence55.0
Completeness60.0
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