Thorleif

The Germanic first name Thorleif (which means son of Thor) with variants Torleif (Swedish), Thorleiv/Torleiv (Norwegian) and Þorleif (Icelandic) may refer to:

• Torleif Hoppe (born 1965), co-creator and scriptwriter on Danish crime drama series The Killing and creator of 2019 series DNA^[1][2]
• Torleif Torkildsen (1892–1944), Norwegian gymnast and Olympian

• Torleiv Trondson Benkestok Norwegian nobleman (beginning of 16th century)
• Torleiv Bolstad (1915–1979), Norwegian musician and Hardanger fiddle player
• Torleiv Corneliussen (1890–1975), Norwegian sailor and Olympian
• Torleiv Hannaas (1874–1929), Norwegian philologist
• Torleiv Hytten (1890–1980), Norwegian-Australian economist
• Torleiv Maseng (born 1946), Norwegian engineer
• Torleiv Ole Rognum (born 1948), Norwegian physician and politician for the Christian Democratic Party

• Thorleiv Røhn (1881–1963), Norwegian gymnast who won a gold medal in the team competition at the 1906 Summer Olympics

• Thorleif Andresen (born 1945), Norwegian cyclist who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Thorleif Christoffersen (1900–1975), Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
• Thorleif Enger (born 1943), Norwegian businessperson and chief executive officer of Yara International
• Thorleif Haug (1894–1934), Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country
• Thorleif Holbye (1883–1963), Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
• Gunnar Thorleif Hvashovd (born 1924), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Thorleif Karlsen (1909–2010), Norwegian police inspector, who also became known through the radio program Trafikk og musikk
• Thorleif Kristensen (1916–1997), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
• Thorleif Lund (1880–1956), Norwegian stage and film actor of the silent film era
• Thorleif Lintrup Paus (1912–2006), Norwegian lawyer and diplomat
• Thorleif Rattray Orde Mangin (1896–1950), British colonial administrator
• Thorleif Petersen (1884–1958), Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics
• Thorleif T. Peterson (1885–1982), American farmer and politician
• Ola Thorleif Ruud (1926–2018), Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party
• Thorleif Schjelderup (1920–2006), Norwegian author and in the 1940s and 1950s one of Norway's best ski jumpers
• Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup (1859–1931), Norwegian businessperson
• Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe (1894–1982), Norwegian zoologist who described the pecking order of hens
• Thorleif Torstensson, leader of Thorleifs, a Swedish dansband active 1962–2012
• Thorleif Vangen (1920–1996), Norwegian skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics

• Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl